Walsh Gallery

Rong Rong & Inri

Rong Rong

1968
  • Born in Zhangzhou city, Fujian province. China
1986
  • Studied painting at Fujian Industrial Art Institue.
1988
  • Began studying photography and taking photos. Fujian province. China
1992
  • Entered Central Industrial Art Institute(Beijing), photography department.
1993–95
  • Move to Beijing "East Village" in Beijing suburbs. Did long term photo study on lives of young avant garde artists from around the country who were gathered and living in Beijing East Village. Beijing
1995
  • Established "New Photo" magazine.
1996
  • Established Rong Rong Photo studio Beijing
2000
  • Start to Collaborate works with Ms. inri
2001
  • KUNST Artist in Residence program - Vienna
2003
  • Published portfolio "Rong Rong's East Village"

Solo Exhibitions

2005
  • Walsh GALLERY, Chicago
2003
  • "Rong Rong's East Village", Chambers Fine Art. NY
  • "(Transfiguration) The imageWorld of RongRong & i n r i. 1993-2003" (RongRong & i n r i)
2002
  • "RONG RONG / RETROSPECTIVE", GALERIE LOFT, Paris
  • "Ruin Pictures", ART OF CHEN. Taipei, Taiwan.
2001
  • "RongRong, Contemporary photography from China" Chambers Fine Art, New York
  • "RongRong", FUNDACAO ORIENTE, Macau
1998
  • Galerie H.S. Steinek, solo photo show, Vienna, Austra
1997
  • French embassy, cultural section, solo Beijing, China

Group Exhibitions

2005
  • "About Beauty" House of World Cultures, Berlin
  • "Living in Interestiong Times - A Decade of New Chinese Photography", Israel Museum of Photography. Israel
  • "Beauty Berlin : Beijing", Alexander Ochs Galleries. Berlin.
  • "Beyond: recent photographs by Rong Rong & i n r i", curated by Wu Hung, Walsh Gallery
2004
  • "ALL UNDER HEAVEN", Museum van hedendaagse kunst antwerpen. Belgium
  • "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China", International Center of photography, Asia Society, NY
  • The Smart Museum of Art. Chicago / Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago.
  • "The Monk and the Demon", Musee d' art contemporain de Lyon, France
  • 5th Shanghai Biennale "Techniques of the Visible" Shanghai Art Museum
2003
  • "A STRANGE HEAVEN", Galerie Rudplfinum. Praha.
2002–04
  • "Chinart", Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe. Duisburg, Germany.
  • Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma. Rome. Italy. Ludwig Museum. Budapest. Hungary.
2002
  • "DREAM 02", Red Mansion Foundation. London, UK
  • "Beijing Afloat", Beijing-Tokyo Art Project. Beijing, China.
  • "Guang Zhou Triennial", Guang dong Museum of Art. China.
  • "CHINA", Museum de Arte Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2001
  • "China Art Now!", Singapore Art Museum
  • "China Contemporary Art Rouges", LOFT GALERIE, Paris
  • "China-Naarden WALL-to-WALL", FOTOFESTIVAL NAARDEN 2001, Amsterdam
  • "Promenade in Asia Beijing-Seoul-Taipei-Tokyo", Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
  • "RONG RONG . PIA FRIES", THE BOX Associati , Torino
  • "CROSS PRESSURES", Oulu City Art Museum, The Finnish Museum of Photograph, Finland
  • "PARIS PHOTO", Stand of THE BOX Associati, Paris
  • .KUNST, Artist In Residence Program "Chinese Contemporary Photography"
  • Halle Steinek, Austria
2000
  • "BIG TORINO 2000", biennale of emerging artists, Torino
  • "I giovani, ilmondo la fotografia", 1a Mostra Fotografica Internazionale, Alessandria
  • "Home" Motions by Contemporary Artists, Shanghai
  • "Chinese Contemporary Photography" Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York
  • "From Inside the Body", ISE Foundation Gallery, New York
  • "Fuck Off" East Link Gallery, Shanghai
  • "PORTRAITS FIGURES COUPLES AND GROUPS", Biz Art space, Shanghai
1999
  • "TRANSIENCE: Chinese Experimental Art at the end of the Twentieth Century", Smart Museum of Art, Chicago University, USA
  • "Unveiled Reality Contemporary Photography", Museum of Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
  • Art Beauts Gallery, Canada.
  • "99 CHINA-JAPAN Contemporary Art Exhibition", FUZHOU > AICHI > KAGOSHIMA
  • "Beijing in London", ICA, London
  • "La Biennale d' Issy", Paris
  • "Hsin: A Visible Spirit: Contemporary Photography from China", Cypress College Photography Galleries
  • "Love: Chinese Contemporary Photography & video", Tachikawa Art Festival ,Tokyo
  • "Fire: Memory of 100 years", Haung Rui Studio, Osaka
1998
  • "Art Basel", Stand of Galerie Alice Panli, Basel, Swiss
  • "FIAC", Stand of Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
1997–98
  • "Contemporary Chinese Photography", Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
  • Berlin/ Stadtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/ Kunsthalle Darmstadt
1996
  • "Chinese Avant–Garde Art show", Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1995
  • "China's New Photos three person show", Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Inri

1973
  • Born in Kanagawa pre. Japan
1992
  • Graduated from Nippon photography Instituty, Tokyo, Japan
1994–97
  • Work at the AsahiShinbun as a Photographer
1997
  • Became Freelance photographer and Started individual Activities
2000
  • Start to collaborate on works with Rong Rong
2001
  • .KUNST Artist in Residence program, Vienna

Solo Exhibitions

2005
  • "Beyond: recent photographs by RongRong & i n r i", curated by Wu Hung, Walsh Gallery, Chicago
2003
  • "(Transfiguration) The Image World of RongRong & i n r i. 1993–2003"
2001
  • "Maximax", Fujikawa Gallery / next. Osaka, Japan
1998
  • Kodak Photo salon, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2005
  • "About Beauty", House of World Cultures. Berlin
  • "Living in Interestiong Times - A Decade of New Chinese Photography", Israel Museum of Photography. Israel
  • "Beauty Berlin : Beijing", Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin
2004
  • "ALL UNDER HEAVEN", Museum van hedendaagse kunst antwerpen. Belgium.
  • "The Monk and the Demon", Musee d' art contemporain de Lyon, France
  • 5th Shanghai Biennale "Techniques of the Visible" Shanghai Art Museum
2003
  • "A STRANGE HEAVEN", Galerie Rudplfinum. Praha.
2002–04
  • "Chinart", Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe. Duisburg, Germany.
  • Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma. Rome. Italy.
  • Ludwig Museum. Budapest. Hungary.
2002
  • "DREAM 02", Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
  • "Beijing Afloat", Beijing-Tokyo Art Project, Beijing, China.
2001
  • "CROSS PRESSURES", Oulu City Art Museum, The Finnish Museum of Photograph, Finland
  • .KUNST, Artist In Residence Program, "Chinese Contemporary Photography", Halle Steinek, Austria