CHEN Ronghui
陈荣辉
Chen Ronghui is a Chinese photographer currently based in Shanghai and New Haven. His work focuses on different dimensions of China’s urbanization and industrialization. He has published two photobooks, Freezing Land, and Land of Ambitions, and exhibited both in China and internationally. He has won a number of awards including the World Press Photo; BarTur Photo Award; Three Shadows Photography Award & AlPA special prize and Hou Dengke Documentary Photography.
Publications
2020 - Chen Ronghui’s Photographs Depict Home As Both Confining And Comforting，Art in America
2019 - Ronghui Chen photographs the young people of China’s forgotten “Freezing Lands”，IT’S NICE THAT(Nov.2019)
2019 - The photographers capturing the nuances of Chinese youth culture, DAZED
2019 - Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans, NYT Magazine
2019 - The view from China-in picture, The Guardian
2019 - 5 Photographers Capturing Chinese Youth Culture Today, Artsy
2019 - China’s shrinking cities: ‘Most of my classmates have left,’ FT magazine
2019 - Shrinking Cities in China, Springer
2019 - Young People Left Behind in China’s Snowbound Rust Belt, The New York Times
2019 - Forever/Now, British Journal of Photography
2019 - Freezing Land, Lensculture
2019 - The young and lonely hearts of China’s shrinking cities, National Geographical
2018 - Photos: China’s surreal, larger-than-life amusement parks, QUARTZ
2017 - Nine Chinese Photographers You Need to Follow, Time Magazine
2019 - Ronghui Chen photographs the young people of China’s forgotten “Freezing Lands”，IT’S NICE THAT(Nov.2019)
2019 - The photographers capturing the nuances of Chinese youth culture, DAZED
2019 - Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans, NYT Magazine
2019 - The view from China-in picture, The Guardian
2019 - 5 Photographers Capturing Chinese Youth Culture Today, Artsy
2019 - China’s shrinking cities: ‘Most of my classmates have left,’ FT magazine
2019 - Shrinking Cities in China, Springer
2019 - Young People Left Behind in China’s Snowbound Rust Belt, The New York Times
2019 - Forever/Now, British Journal of Photography
2019 - Freezing Land, Lensculture
2019 - The young and lonely hearts of China’s shrinking cities, National Geographical
2018 - Photos: China’s surreal, larger-than-life amusement parks, QUARTZ
2017 - Nine Chinese Photographers You Need to Follow, Time Magazine
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 - An Ordinary Evening in New Haven, +3 Gallery Beijing
2022 - In Praise of Shadows, UP Gallery
2021 - Land of Ambition, +3 Gallery Xiamen
2020 - Land of Ambition, +3 Gallery Beijing
2020 - Freezing Land, UP Gallery
2018 - Freezing Land, Photography Museum of Lishui, China
2018 - Freezing Land, Modern Art Base, Shanghai
2015 - All The Way North, IG Art Gallery, Shanghai
2022 - In Praise of Shadows, UP Gallery
2021 - Land of Ambition, +3 Gallery Xiamen
2020 - Land of Ambition, +3 Gallery Beijing
2020 - Freezing Land, UP Gallery
2018 - Freezing Land, Photography Museum of Lishui, China
2018 - Freezing Land, Modern Art Base, Shanghai
2015 - All The Way North, IG Art Gallery, Shanghai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Personal: A New Form of Documentary Photography, Shanghai Photography of Center
2021
SORRY, WE MISSED YOU, Yale 2021 Photography MFA thesis exhibition, Green Hall Gallery
Resonance—A Tribute to Robert Frank, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
2020
Flowing Waters Never Return to the Source: Photographers Gazing at the River in China, Jumièges Abbey
China Imaged, Breda Photo 2020
Runaway World, Gaotai Gallery
Being of Evils, Hive, Beijing
ABOUT US. Young Photography from China, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich
2019
Photo fairs Shanghai, UP Gallery
Photo fairs Shanghai, +3 Gallery
Human Space, 6th Tianjin International Design Week
Photo London, UP Gallery
Format Festival, UK
Contemporary Chinese Photography, Angkor Photo Festival
FIELD MEETING, Asia Contemporary Art Week, Dubai
2018
Social Geography Ten journeys with a camera, SCôP, China
OFF_festival Bratislava 2018, Slovak
PHOTOFAIRS SHANGHAI 2018, Modern Art Space
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography, OCAT
3rd Beijing Photo Biennial, China
Documenting China, Stories of Change, Photoville, New York
ICP PROJECTED: EMERGING ANALOG, ICP Museum
Art Beijing, Beijing
2017
Lishui Photography Festival, China
China Through Chinese Eyes, Photoville, New York
Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2nd Changjiang International Photography Biennial, Chongqing
Contemporary Photography of Zhejiang, Cipa Gallery, Beijing
2016
Jimei & Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen
Go East Project, UNDEF/NE, Shanghai
2013
Taipei International Photography Festival, Taipei
Dali International Photography Festival, Dali, China
Personal: A New Form of Documentary Photography, Shanghai Photography of Center
2021
SORRY, WE MISSED YOU, Yale 2021 Photography MFA thesis exhibition, Green Hall Gallery
Resonance—A Tribute to Robert Frank, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
2020
Flowing Waters Never Return to the Source: Photographers Gazing at the River in China, Jumièges Abbey
China Imaged, Breda Photo 2020
Runaway World, Gaotai Gallery
Being of Evils, Hive, Beijing
ABOUT US. Young Photography from China, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich
2019
Photo fairs Shanghai, UP Gallery
Photo fairs Shanghai, +3 Gallery
Human Space, 6th Tianjin International Design Week
Photo London, UP Gallery
Format Festival, UK
Contemporary Chinese Photography, Angkor Photo Festival
FIELD MEETING, Asia Contemporary Art Week, Dubai
2018
Social Geography Ten journeys with a camera, SCôP, China
OFF_festival Bratislava 2018, Slovak
PHOTOFAIRS SHANGHAI 2018, Modern Art Space
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography, OCAT
3rd Beijing Photo Biennial, China
Documenting China, Stories of Change, Photoville, New York
ICP PROJECTED: EMERGING ANALOG, ICP Museum
Art Beijing, Beijing
2017
Lishui Photography Festival, China
China Through Chinese Eyes, Photoville, New York
Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2nd Changjiang International Photography Biennial, Chongqing
Contemporary Photography of Zhejiang, Cipa Gallery, Beijing
2016
Jimei & Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen
Go East Project, UNDEF/NE, Shanghai
2013
Taipei International Photography Festival, Taipei
Dali International Photography Festival, Dali, China
Awards
2021 - Richard Benson Prize, Yale University
2020 - PhotoBook Awards Shortlist: First PhotoBook, Aperture foundation & Paris Photo
2020 - Winner，BarTur Photo Award 2020
2019-2020 - Sanyu Scholarship, Yale University
2019 - Nominee, 10th ANNIVERSARY PRIX PICTET COMMISSION
2019 - Nominee, C/O Berlin TALENT AWARD
2018 - Finalists, The Emerging Photographer Fund, Burn Magazine 2018
2018 - Winner，Photography, China National Art Funds
2018 - Juror’s Picks, Lensculture Emerging Talents 2018
2018 - 1st place, PDN storyteller
2018 - Winner, 10th Three Shadows Photography Award & ALPA prize
2018 - Nominee, Foam Paul Huf Award, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
2017 - Winner, 6th Hou Dengke Documentary Photography Award
2016 - Best Photography of the Year, China Photography Museum
2015 - 2nd Prize, Category of Contemporary Issue, 58th World Press Photo
2020 - PhotoBook Awards Shortlist: First PhotoBook, Aperture foundation & Paris Photo
2020 - Winner，BarTur Photo Award 2020
2019-2020 - Sanyu Scholarship, Yale University
2019 - Nominee, 10th ANNIVERSARY PRIX PICTET COMMISSION
2019 - Nominee, C/O Berlin TALENT AWARD
2018 - Finalists, The Emerging Photographer Fund, Burn Magazine 2018
2018 - Winner，Photography, China National Art Funds
2018 - Juror’s Picks, Lensculture Emerging Talents 2018
2018 - 1st place, PDN storyteller
2018 - Winner, 10th Three Shadows Photography Award & ALPA prize
2018 - Nominee, Foam Paul Huf Award, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
2017 - Winner, 6th Hou Dengke Documentary Photography Award
2016 - Best Photography of the Year, China Photography Museum
2015 - 2nd Prize, Category of Contemporary Issue, 58th World Press Photo
