PROFILE
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
1993-1995
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
1997
French embassy, cultural section, solo Beijing, CHINA
1998
Galerie H.S. Steinek, solo photo show Vienna, Austria
2001
"RONGRONG, CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM CHINA", Chambers Fine Art, New York
"RONGRONG", Fundacao Oriente, Macau
2002
"RONGRONG/RETROSPECTIVE", Galerie Loft, Paris, France
"RUIN PICTURES", Art of Chen, Taipei, Taiwan
2003
"RONGRONG'S EAST VILLAGE", Chambers Fine Art, New York
The image World of RongRong & i n r i. 1993-2003

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1995
"CHINA'S NEW PHOTOS THREE PERSON SHOW", Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996
"CHINESE AVANT-GARDE ART SHOW", Gallery Q,, Tokyo, Japan
1997-1998
"CONTEMPORARY CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY", Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin/Stadtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/Kunsthalle Darmstadt
1998
"ART BASEL", Stand of Galerie Alice Panli, Basel, Switzerland
"FIAC", Stand of Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France
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, UK
"LA BIENNALE D'ISSY", Paris, France
"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
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
2001
"CHINA ART NOW!", Singapore Art Museum
"CHINA CONTEMPORARY ART ROUGES", Loft Galerie, Paris
"CHINA-NAARDEN WALL-TO-WALL: FOTOFESTIVAL NAARDEN 2001", Amsterdam
"PROMINADE 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
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
2002-2004
"CHINART", Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany; Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy
2002-2005
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2003
"A STRANGE HEAVEN", Galerie Rudplfinum, Praha
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, New York; 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

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