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Biography
Lingfei Ren is a visual artist, curator and producer based in New York City, US. She received her MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts, New York City, her BA in Fine Arts at Southeast University, Nanjing, and an MA in Arts Management at George Mason University, Washington DC. Her art practices discuss the definition of “home” and people’s psychological conditions affected by identity, family, social construction, and urban life.
Ren started her career interning and working at Shanghai Museum, Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Fotografiska New York. Now she is the Senior Photo Editor at Musée Magazine, an independent curator, and Founder of Ren Studio, a photo and video production company for various clients.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 From That Day On, Quad, Derby, UK
2021 From That Day On, The 7th Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Art Within Reach II, APSMuseum, Shanghai, China
2024 Unbound, Chengdu Art Museum, China
2023 A Retrospective: The 20th Anniversary of Lishui Photo Festival, Lishui, China
2023 Blinding of Lights, Parallel Exhibition of Chengdu Biennale, Allab Art Center, Chengdu, China
2023 JINGPHOTO, Beijing, China
2022 New Connection, Yue Art Museum, Beijing, China
2022 Lishui Photography Museum, Lishui, China
2022 New Connection, Fuji X-Space, Shanghai, China
2022 A Body: Figure and Fresh, Floor_ Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 For A Bigger Picture, APSMuseum, Shanghai, China
2022 Flat File, Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York City, US
2021 In Between, Xishuangbanna International Foto Festival, Xishuangbanna, China
2021 Prototype Room: The Pictorial Turn, ART021 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2021 BLURS, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing, China
2021 Do-Until Loop Parade, The Exhibition in a Box, New York City, US
2020 2020 Visions, SVA Gallery, New York City, US, online
2020 Arm's Reach, SVA Gallery, New York City, US, online
2020 Take/Make, Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK, online
2020 #ICPConcerned, The International Center of Photography, New York City, US
2020 One Flower One World, The 20th Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2020 Unbounded Project, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China
2020 Interior Life, Filter Space, Chicago, US
2019 People's Choice, Greenpoint Gallery, New York City, US
2019 Small and Smaller, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York City, US
2019 When Black Swallows Red, La Mama Galleria, New York City, US
2019 Object & Reflex, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York City, US
Selected Productions
2019- Photographer/Photo Editor, Digitalize artworks and antiques for collectors and art dealers
2022 Photographer/Photo Editor, Wasteland at Undercurrent, Brooklyn
2021 Art Director/Photographer/Photo Editor, Antique Feast, Seidenberg New York Campaign
2021 Photographer/Videographer, Invocations: Retracing Seneca, A Public Walk with Karen Finley & Kimiyo Bremer
2021 Director/Director of Photography, Chop Suey Club Social Media Campaign
2020 Producer/Production Manager, Feed_Back (short film)
2020 Photographer/Videographer/Editor/Music Composer, Deux · Melanie Surya F/W Campaign
2020 Photographer/Photo Editor, "Marc Glimcher: Defining the Avant Garde," WSJ. Magazine China, Issue October
2020 Producer/Photographer/Photo Editor, "The Daughter of the Earth," PAP Magazine, Issue April
2020 Photographer/Photo Editor, "We Are Not: Adam Pendleton," Wallpaper* China, Issue March
2019 Videographer, A Performance by Rue Bainbridge at Pace Gallery
2019 Photographer/Photo Editor, "Cheer Leader: Raymond Pettibon," Wallpaper* China, Issue Nov/Dec
2019 Producer/Director of Photography/Editor/Music Composer, Split (fashion film)
2019 Director of Photography, In Reality (fashion film)
2019 Assistant Photographer, "Ugo Rondinone," T Magazine, Issue April
2019 Assistant Photographer, "Marcel Dzama," Wallpaper* China, Issue May/June
2018 Assistant Photographer, "Jeff Koons," GQ China, Issue April
2017 Videographer/Editor, Artists' Profiles, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
Awards
2022 Top 10 Annual Photography Rankings of China
2021 Winner, FORMAT Photography Award
2021 One Shot / Our Times, Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards
2020 Video, Fine Art, Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards
2020 Collage, Fine Art, Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards
2020 Winner of the Professionals' Choice, Danny Wilson Awards, Photo Fringe
2019 Alice Beck-Odette Scholarship
Talks & Workshops
2023 The Ph Word, BA (Hons) Photography Guest Lecture, University of Derby, Derby, UK
2023 Workshop: Photo Collage, Quad, Derby, UK
2022 Artist Talk, Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York City, US, online (upcoming)
2022 Artist Talk, Shuttling Photography Between 2D and 3D, China, online
2021 Artist Talk, Do-Until Loop Parade, New York City, US, online
2021 Artist Talk: Lingfei Ren, Fringe Photo, Brighton, UK, online
Press/Publications
2023 Interview with Barbara Kruger, Musée Magazine, Issue 28 Control, printed
2023 Interview with James Welling, Musée Magazine, Issue 28 Control, printed
2023 Interview with Mona Kuhn, Chinese Photographers, April 2023, printed
2023 Lingfei Ren, Rooms at Home, Chinese Photography, Issue 523, January 2023, printed
2022 Interview with Jeff Wall, Chinese Photographers, October 2022, printed
2022 Spreading the Goodness: Interview with Alec Soth, Musée Magazine, Issue 27 Performance, printed
2022 Chaos as Bliss: Interview with Prager, Musée Magazine, Issue 27 Performance, printed
2022 Representing the World Through 2D and 3D Spaces: Interview with Ren Lingfei, Chinese Photographers Magazine,
Issue April, printed
2021 Family Binds: Interview with Thomas Holton + William Chan, Musée Magazine, Issue 26 PerformenSpace, printed
2021 Universe, Cactus Magazine, Climax FW 21/22
2021 Exhibition Review: Sarah Moon: At the still point, Musée Magazine, October 29, online
2021 Exhibition Review: Diana Markosian: Santa Barbara, Musée Magazine, October 7, online
2021 Starting A New Conversation on Photography in China: An Interview with Liu Heung Shing and Karen Smith,
Musée Magazine, June 22, online
2021 Curation at the Guggenheim: Interview with Nat Trotman, Musée Magazine, May 25, online
2021 Lingfei Ren, Metropolitan Zoo, Musée Magazine, Issue 25 Curation, printed
2021 Women's History Month: Interview with Funa Ye, Musée Magazine, Mar 31, online
2020 #ICPConcerned, The International Center of Photography, printed
2020 Lingfei Ren, From That Day On, Der Greif, Nov 18, online
2020 Surplus Management (In and Out of Order), Der Greif, Issue 13, printed
2020 Discover the Art World’s Rising Stars In These 2020 MFA Graduate Shows, Galerie Magazine, July 10, online