b.1977, Suzhou, China
Hu Renyi | 胡任乂 sets out to push more contemporary mediums, such as installation, performance, social engagement and video. His work emphasizes on many social contradictions, historical research and global identity.
Hu has been international shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions; including such prestigious art institutions as the Minsheng Art Museum, Chi K11 Art Museum, V-Art Center, Today Art Museum, Changjiang Contemporary Art Museum, Himalaya Museum, Berkshire Museum and the Taft Museum of Art.
Hu also teaches at the School of Visual Arts (SVA-NYC) and divides his time between his studios in Shanghai and New York.
Selected Solo Projects
〉2017
Longtang Clan, Public, Shanghai, China
〉2016
Confession Car, Public, Shanghai, China
〉2015
Come Clean, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Confession Car, Public, Shanghai, China
Spiritual Room, Yanji Subdistrict Office, Shanghai, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
〉2017
Protection Error, O'NEWWALL E'JUHEON Seoul, Korea
〉2014
Come Clean, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
〉2013
The War of The Worlds, V Art Center, Shanghai, China
Artificial Function – Hu Renyi Solo Exhibition, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
〉2009
The Memory of Yi – Hu Renyi, Shi Ji Han Mo Gallery, Beijing, China
〉2008
Welcome, 798 Avant Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Hu Renyi – Memories of My Childhood, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA
〉2005
Hu Renyi Solo Exhibition, Shi Ji Han Mo Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
〉2002
City Relationship: Hu Renyi Solo Exhibition, Godot Museum, Suzhou, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
〉2017
Performance Is Alive, Miami, FL, USA
Longtang Clan, Himalaya Museum, Shanghai, China Shanghai
Urban Art Season, Shanghai, China
All Happens After Sunset…, MoCa Shanghai, Shanghai, China
〉2016
Immortal Palace, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Shenzhen New Media Festival, Shenzhen, China
AMNUA Academies Project: Threshold Frequency, AMNUA Museum, Nanjing, China
WE, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Exquisite Porch, Morean Arts Center, MA, USA
Public Privacy, Private Residence, North Chongqing Road, Shanghai, China
China Community of Celibates, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
〉2015
Immortal Present: Art and East Asia, Berkshire Museum, MA, USA
Future of Today, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Immigration, Leo Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Big Biannual, Big Space, Shanghai, China
Changjiang International Photography & Video Biannual, Changjiang Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing, China
Small is Beautiful 4, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
〉2014
China-Italy Biannual, Beijing, China
Kyu-Kyu, Eclipse Mill Gallery, MA, USA
A New Museum Coming, V Art Center, Shanghai, China
Enlightened, USST Museum, Shanghai, China
〉2013
Sun, V-Art Center, Shanghai, China
Small is Beautiful 3, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
Reborn, Suzhou Yucun Museum, Suzhou, China
〉2012
Missinglinks, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY, USA
Talent 2012, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, New York, NY, USA
Place/Displace/Replace, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Small is Beautiful 2, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China
〉2011
Young Chinese Artists, Vivienne Gallery, Paris, France
〉2009
Zen Holiday, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY, USA
Shabu, Shabu, New Vision: Asian Contemporary Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
〉2008
Art Asia Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Merger, 798 Avant Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Brush, Clay, Wood - The Nancy & Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Power of the Brush, Leading Painters from Asia, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NYC, New York, NY, USA
Altered Traditions, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA
〉2007
ArtHaus Miami UnFair '07, Miami Beach, FL, USA
No East, No West, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY, USA
Three 70's Born Artists, 798 Avant Gallery, New York, NY, USA
〉2006
Candy for Dinner, Remy-Toledo Project, New York, NY, USA