Represented▼
Agan Harahap
AIDA Makoto
AKAMATSU Nelo
Albert Yonathan Setyawan
AMANO Yoshitaka
AOYAMA Satoru
Ari Bayuaji
Ashley YK Yeo
Budi Agung Kuswara
DU Kun
EGUCHI Ayane
Entang Wiharso
Gilang Fradika
Heri Dono
HORI Kosai
I Made Djirna
IKEDA Manabu
indieguerillas
Iwan Effendi
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
KANEKO Tomiyuki
KARIYA Hiroshi
Ken + Julia YONETANI
KONDOH Akino
KUMAZAWA Mikiko
MAJIMA Naoko
MATSUKAGE
MIYANAGA Aiko
MIZUNO Rina
MORI Junichi
Namonaki Sanemasa
Nasirun
O JUN
OGINO Yuna
OKADA Hiroko
OKAMOTO Ellie
SHINTSUBO Kenshu
SONE Yutaka
TANADA Koji
TSUTSUI Shinsuke
USAMI Masahiro
Wianta, Made
YAMAGUCHI Ai
YAMAGUCHI Akira
YAMAMOTO Masao
YAMAMOTO Ryuki
RongRong & inri
RongRong (China) and inri (Japan) have been working together since 2000. Their works reflect the intimate world that they have created together, while pushing the boundaries of traditional black-and-white darkroom techniques. Their past critically acclaimed series of works, such as Mt. Fuji, In Nature, and Liulitun, focus on the beauty of the human body in nature and the urban environment. In 2007, RongRong and inri established the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in the Caochangdi art district of Beijing, the premier platform for international communication. They also started the annual Three Shadows Photography Award to discover and encourage China’s most promising young photographers. RongRong and inri’s recent work brings attention to the beauty and value of new beginnings in their shared life and surroundings, especially amidst a rapidly changing world.
RongRong
1968 Born in Zhangzhou city, Fujian Province, China
1992 Entered the photography department of the Central Industrial Art Institute, Beijing
1993 Moved into Beijing’s “East Village”, and began a long-term photographic study on the lives of the young avant-garde artists who were living there
1996 Established “New Photo” magazine
2000 Started to make collaborative works with inri
2006 Established “Three Shadows Photography Art Centre”
Inri
1973 Born in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
1994 Graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute, Tokyo
1994-97 Worked as a photographer for the newspaper Asahi Shinbun
1997 Became a freelance photographer and started individual creative work
1997 Became a freelance photographer and started individual creative work
2000 Started to make collaborative works with RongRong
2001 Took part in the KUNST Artist in Residence program, Vienna, Austria
2006 Established “Three Shadows Photography Art Centre”
Tsumari Story No.13-3
2012
Hand-dyed silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.11-4
2014
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.9-2
2014
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.7-1
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.6-18
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.1-33
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.1-22
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.1-10
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.1-2
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Tsumari Story No.1-1
2012
Silver gelatin print, paper
Solo Exhibitions
2012
“rebirth from ruins: RongRong & inri photography 2002-2009”,Kuhlhause Berlin, Germany
2011
“RongRong & inri”, Michael Ku Gallery, TaibeiRuins Series: 1996-1998, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing
“three begets ten thousands things”, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“three begets ten thousands things”, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
Compound Eye, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
“RongRong & inri”, MEM, Japan
“RongRong & inri: Selections from the Three Shadows Collection”, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2008
“RongRong & inri: The Power of Ruins. Between Destruction and Construction”, Casa Asia, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
Ruins to Renewal: Works by RongRong & inri, SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, USA
From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows New Works by RongRong and inri, ThreeShadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2007
RongRong & inri, Rencontres d’ Arles, France
2006
Liulitun, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
The Third Space, Alexander Ochs Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
2005
Beyond, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2003
Tui-Transfiguration: The Image World of RongRong and inri, Dashangzi Art district, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2014
“Hanart 100: Idiosyncrasies”，Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
“CHINA ARTE BRASIL”Oca Sao Paulo, Brasil
2013
“All you need is Love” 10th Anniversary Exhibition・Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Collection Exhibition 2013 : “The Aesthetics of Photography”，Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
“New Framework” Chinese Avant-garde Photography 1980s-90s. Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China.
“How Far――Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Photography”，SongZhuang Art Center，Beijing，China
“Portrait of the Times―30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art”，Power Station of Art，ShangHai，China
2012
WORLD BOUNDARY: Three Realms & Ten Directions Exhibition，Echigo-Tsumari Japan
To Walk Alone: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Toyko Photo, Tokyo, Japan
Passing Through Memory, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition ,Suzhou Jinji Lake Museum, Suzhou, China.
Transformation: A View on Chinese Contemporary Art，İ陳齡anbul Modern，Turkey “Love” 10th Anniversary Exhibition・Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2011
“Interconnected: Selections from the Three Shadows Collection”, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
“New Photography from China”, Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
“Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960”, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2009
Third Guangdong International Biennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou”Europalia―International Art Festival”, Brussels Art Museum, Belgium
2008
Right Hand, Left Hand―Couples in Contemporary Art, MOCA Shanghai2008 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu.Korea
LASST HUNDERT BLUMEN BLÜ粐氾N Der Dresdner Kunstverein
“DIOR & CHINESE ARTISTS”, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2007
Convection, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, ChinaNet: Reimiganing Space, Time and Culture, CHAMBERS FINE ART BEIJING
2006
Inner Scopes, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Intimate Beijing－Photography exhibition (China－Japan－Netherlands), 706 Factory, Beijing, China
Another world – photography from China, Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2005
About Beauty, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2004
5th Shanghai Biennale-Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
All Under Heaven, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium Le moine et le demon: Art Contemporain Chinois, Musé怨 Art Contemporain Lyon, France
2003
A Strange Heaven, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech
Chinart, Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany; Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Italy; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2002
Dream 02, Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
Beijing Afloat, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
2001
Cross Pressures, Oulu City Art Museum, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland Chinese Contemporary Photography, Galerie Steinek-Halle, Vienna, Austria
