RongRong&inri
榮榮&映里
RongRong (China) and inri (Japan) have been working together since 2000. Their works reflect the intimate world that they have created together and push the boundaries of traditional black-and-white darkroom techniques. Their critically acclaimed series of works, such as Mt. Fuji (2001), Liulitun (1996-2003), and Tsumari Story (2012-2014), reflect their shared life and surroundings, delving into the rapidly changing world around them. In 2007, RongRong&inri established the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in the Beijing Caochangdi Art District. In 2008, they launched the annual Three Shadows Photography Award (TSPA), a prize aimed at discovering and encouraging China’s most promising young photographers. In 2010, they started a collaboration with the Arles International Photography Festival (Les Rencontres d'Arles) and co- produced the Caochangdi Photo Spring Festival in Beijing for three years – from 2010 to 2012. They have continued this collaboration at Three Shadows’ Xiamen location, where since 2015 they have co-hosted the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival. RongRong&inri received the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize at the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, and the International Award at the 2022 Photography Society of Japan Awards, in recognition of both their careers as artists and their significant impact on Asian photography.
Publications
1996 - "NEWPHOTO" No.1,《新摄影》第一期, May
1996 - "NEWPHOTO" No.2,《新摄影》第二期, October
1997 - "NEWPHOTO" No.3,《新摄影》第三期
1998 - "NEWPHOTO" No.4,《新摄影》第四期, August
2001 - "RongRong: Ruin Pictures", Chambers Fine Art, New York
2001 - 「亜細亜散歩 - AFTER KITSCH」, Shiseido Gallery
2001 - "MAXIMAX", Fujikawa gallery/ next, Osaka
2003 - "RongRong's East Village",《荣荣的东村》, Wu Hung, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing
2004 - "Tui (Transfiguration) - The Image World of RongRong & inri 1993-2003",《蜕――荣荣和映里的影像世界1993-2003年》,Wu Hung, Timezone 8 Ltd, Beijing
2004 - “Shanghai Biennale 2004: Techniques of the Visible, 2004上海雙年展: 影像生存”, Shanghai Art Museum, 上海美術館
2005 - "Beyond: Recent Photographs by RongRong & inri", Walsh Gallery, Chicago
2006 - "Liulitun",《六里屯》, Chambers Fine Art, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2007 -"New Photo 10 Years", 《新攝影 十年》,Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
2008 - "RongRong&inri: EL Poder de las Ruinas", Casa Asia, Madrid
2008 - "From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows: New Works by RongRong & inri", 《從六里屯到三影堂：榮榮和映里新作展》, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
2010 - "Compound Eye - Works by RongRong & inri, 2000-2010", 《复眼――荣荣&映里作品 2000-2010年》, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
2010 - "Caochangdi PhotoSpring 2010",《草场地摄影季2010》, Thinking Hands Limited, Three Shadows Press Limited
2011 - "RongRong & inri - Three Begets Ten Thousand Things",「榮榮＆映里写真展：三生万物」, Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, Tokyo
2011 - "Three Begets Ten Thousand Things, RongRong & inri", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 - "Caochangdi Photospring 2011",《草场地摄影季2011》, Thinking Hands Limited
2012 -「独行」中国現代写真 三影堂撮影芸術中心コレクション展カタログ、Tokyo Photo, MEM Gallery, Japan
2014 - "RongRong & inri: Tsumari Story", 「榮榮＆映里：妻有物語」, Three Shadows Press Limited
2016 - "Memories through Cycle - Images by RongRong & inri and Yuan Goang-ming",「記憶の円環：榮榮＆映里と袁廣鳴の映像表現」, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
2017 - MAM Research 005: "Loboratory for Chinese Contemporary Photography Three Shadows Photography Art Centre", MAMリサーチ005：「中国の現代写真の現場ー三影堂撮影芸術中心」, Mori Art Museum
2019 - “RongRong's Diary: Beijing East Village” Steidl / The Walther Collection, June
1996 - "NEWPHOTO" No.2,《新摄影》第二期, October
1997 - "NEWPHOTO" No.3,《新摄影》第三期
1998 - "NEWPHOTO" No.4,《新摄影》第四期, August
2001 - "RongRong: Ruin Pictures", Chambers Fine Art, New York
2001 - 「亜細亜散歩 - AFTER KITSCH」, Shiseido Gallery
2001 - "MAXIMAX", Fujikawa gallery/ next, Osaka
2003 - "RongRong's East Village",《荣荣的东村》, Wu Hung, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing
2004 - "Tui (Transfiguration) - The Image World of RongRong & inri 1993-2003",《蜕――荣荣和映里的影像世界1993-2003年》,Wu Hung, Timezone 8 Ltd, Beijing
2004 - “Shanghai Biennale 2004: Techniques of the Visible, 2004上海雙年展: 影像生存”, Shanghai Art Museum, 上海美術館
2005 - "Beyond: Recent Photographs by RongRong & inri", Walsh Gallery, Chicago
2006 - "Liulitun",《六里屯》, Chambers Fine Art, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
2007 -"New Photo 10 Years", 《新攝影 十年》,Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
2008 - "RongRong&inri: EL Poder de las Ruinas", Casa Asia, Madrid
2008 - "From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows: New Works by RongRong & inri", 《從六里屯到三影堂：榮榮和映里新作展》, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
2010 - "Compound Eye - Works by RongRong & inri, 2000-2010", 《复眼――荣荣&映里作品 2000-2010年》, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
2010 - "Caochangdi PhotoSpring 2010",《草场地摄影季2010》, Thinking Hands Limited, Three Shadows Press Limited
2011 - "RongRong & inri - Three Begets Ten Thousand Things",「榮榮＆映里写真展：三生万物」, Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, Tokyo
2011 - "Three Begets Ten Thousand Things, RongRong & inri", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 - "Caochangdi Photospring 2011",《草场地摄影季2011》, Thinking Hands Limited
2012 -「独行」中国現代写真 三影堂撮影芸術中心コレクション展カタログ、Tokyo Photo, MEM Gallery, Japan
2014 - "RongRong & inri: Tsumari Story", 「榮榮＆映里：妻有物語」, Three Shadows Press Limited
2016 - "Memories through Cycle - Images by RongRong & inri and Yuan Goang-ming",「記憶の円環：榮榮＆映里と袁廣鳴の映像表現」, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
2017 - MAM Research 005: "Loboratory for Chinese Contemporary Photography Three Shadows Photography Art Centre", MAMリサーチ005：「中国の現代写真の現場ー三影堂撮影芸術中心」, Mori Art Museum
2019 - “RongRong's Diary: Beijing East Village” Steidl / The Walther Collection, June
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 -
"Trace: The Photographic Journey of RongRong&inri", Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, Chengdu, China
"Jifei kyoto", KYOTOGRAPHIE, Lake Biwa Canal Museum, Kyoto, Japan
"Nature and Love" A special exhibition in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of China-Austria diplomatic relations, Winland International Finance Center, Beijing, China
2019 - "Day After Day- RongRong and the Beijing East Village",THE WALTHER COLLECTION, New York, USA
2016 -
"Memories through Cycle: Images by RongRong & inri and Yuan Goang-ming", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
"Tsumari Story", Chambers Fine Art New York, New York, USA
"RongRong&inri: Tsumari Story", 10Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2015 -
"Geography: Documents and Works by RongRong&inri", Three Shadows +3 Gallery, Beijing, China
"Tsumari Story", KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto, Japan
"Focus: RongRong&inri", The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA
2014 -
"Tsumari Story", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"Tsumari Story", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "Rebirth from Ruins: RongRong&inri Photography 2002-2009", Kuhlhause Berlin, Germany
2011 -
"Three Begets Ten Thousands Things", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Three Begets Ten Thousands Things", Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Ruins Series: 1996-1998", Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China (RR)
"RongRong&inri", Michael Ku Gallery, Taibei
2010 -
"RongRong&inri: Selections from the Three Shadows Collection", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"RongRong&inri", MEM Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Compound Eye", HeXiangNing Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2008 -
"From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows New Works by RongRong&inri", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"Ruins to Renewal: Works by RongRong&inri", SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, USA
"RongRong&inri: The Power of Ruins. Between Destruction and Construction", Casa Asia, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
2007 - "RongRong&inri", Rencontres d' Arles, France
2006 -
"The Third Space", Alexander Ochs Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
"Liulitun", Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2005 - "Beyond", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2003 - "Tui-Transfiguration: The Image World of RongRong&inri, 1993-2003", 798 Art District, China
"Trace: The Photographic Journey of RongRong&inri", Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, Chengdu, China
"Jifei kyoto", KYOTOGRAPHIE, Lake Biwa Canal Museum, Kyoto, Japan
"Nature and Love" A special exhibition in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of China-Austria diplomatic relations, Winland International Finance Center, Beijing, China
2019 - "Day After Day- RongRong and the Beijing East Village",THE WALTHER COLLECTION, New York, USA
2016 -
"Memories through Cycle: Images by RongRong & inri and Yuan Goang-ming", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
"Tsumari Story", Chambers Fine Art New York, New York, USA
"RongRong&inri: Tsumari Story", 10Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2015 -
"Geography: Documents and Works by RongRong&inri", Three Shadows +3 Gallery, Beijing, China
"Tsumari Story", KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto, Japan
"Focus: RongRong&inri", The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA
2014 -
"Tsumari Story", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"Tsumari Story", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "Rebirth from Ruins: RongRong&inri Photography 2002-2009", Kuhlhause Berlin, Germany
2011 -
"Three Begets Ten Thousands Things", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Three Begets Ten Thousands Things", Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Ruins Series: 1996-1998", Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China (RR)
"RongRong&inri", Michael Ku Gallery, Taibei
2010 -
"RongRong&inri: Selections from the Three Shadows Collection", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"RongRong&inri", MEM Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Compound Eye", HeXiangNing Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2008 -
"From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows New Works by RongRong&inri", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"Ruins to Renewal: Works by RongRong&inri", SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, USA
"RongRong&inri: The Power of Ruins. Between Destruction and Construction", Casa Asia, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
2007 - "RongRong&inri", Rencontres d' Arles, France
2006 -
"The Third Space", Alexander Ochs Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
"Liulitun", Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2005 - "Beyond", Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2003 - "Tui-Transfiguration: The Image World of RongRong&inri, 1993-2003", 798 Art District, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 -
"Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy", Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
"WHAT IS LEFT UNSPOKEN, LOVE", High Museum of Art, Atlanta
2021 -
"M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation", M+ museum, Hong Kong, China (RongRong)
"LOVE IN THE DREAM", 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"ART'N DIOR", Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China
"Focus China", Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany
2020 -
"About Us: Young Photography from China", Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich
"The Stillness Within", 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 - "Practice and Exchange: An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art", UCCA, Beijing, China
2017 - "MAM RESEARCH 005: Laboratory for Chinese Contemporary Photography-Three Shadows Photography Art Centre", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2016 -
"4th Annual Collectors' Contemporary Collaboration: Intimate Curiosity", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
"Why are we doing what we are doing?", Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
"Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition", Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
An Art Exhibition to celebrate the Anniversary of the Tasmania-Fujian Sister State Relationship, Fujian Museum, Fuzhou, China
2015 -
"Designing view beyond the earth: The first Xi'an contemporary art document exhibition", Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China
"We may have met before—Chinese Contemporary Photography", Foam Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherland
"Chinese Photography: Twentieth Century and Beyond", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"The Second Beijing Photo Biennial", Beijing, China
"The photograph: What You See & What You Don't #02", The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian", Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2014 -
"HongKong International Photography Festival", Hong Kong, China
"China Photography 1911-2014", Stavanger Art Muesum, Norway
"The Symposium of Challenge the Tradition-20th Century Western Classical and Chinese Contemporary Photography", Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
"China ARTE Brasil Exhibition", São Paulo, Brazil
"Hanart 100: Idiosyncrasies", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2013 -
"Portrait of the Times—30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art", Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
"How Far—Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Photography", Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China
"New Framework: Chinese Avant-garde Photography 1980s-90s", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Collection Exhibition 2013: The Aesthetics of Photography", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
"All you need is Love: 10th Anniversary Exhibition", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012 -
"Transformation: A View on Chinese Contemporary Art", Istanbul Modern, Turkey
"Passing Through Memory, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition", Suzhou Jinji Lake Museum, Suzhou, China
"To Walk Alone: Contemporary Chinese Photography", Toyko Photo, Tokyo, Japan
"WORLD BOUNDARY: Three Realms & Ten Directions Exhibition", Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan
2011 -
"Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960", Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (RR)
"New Photography from China", Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA (RR)
"Interconnected: Selections from the Three Shadows Collection", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2009 -
"Europalia—International Art Festival", Brussels Art Museum, Brussels,Belgium
"Third Guangdong International Biennale", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2008 -
"DIOR & CHINESE ARTISTS", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
"LASST HUNDERT BLUMEN" BLÜHEN Der Dresdner Kunstverein
"2008 Daegu Photo Biennale", Daegu, Korea
"Right Hand, Left Hand—Couples in Contemporary Art", MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2007 -
"Net: Reimiganing Space, Time and Culture", Chambers Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
"Convection", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2006 -
"Another world - photography from China", Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
"Intimate Beijing–Photography exhibition (China–Japan–Netherlands)", 706 Factory, Beijing, China
"Inner Scopes", Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
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, Musée Art Contemporain Lyon, Rhône, France
2003 -
"Chinart", Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany; Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Italy; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
"A Strange Heaven", Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech
2002 -
"Beijing Afloat", Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
"Dream 02", Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
2001 -
"Chinese Contemporary Photography", Galerie Steinek-Halle, Vienna, Austria
"Cross Pressures", Oulu City Art Museum, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
"Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy", Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
"WHAT IS LEFT UNSPOKEN, LOVE", High Museum of Art, Atlanta
2021 -
"M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation", M+ museum, Hong Kong, China (RongRong)
"LOVE IN THE DREAM", 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"ART'N DIOR", Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China
"Focus China", Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany
2020 -
"About Us: Young Photography from China", Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich
"The Stillness Within", 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 - "Practice and Exchange: An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art", UCCA, Beijing, China
2017 - "MAM RESEARCH 005: Laboratory for Chinese Contemporary Photography-Three Shadows Photography Art Centre", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2016 -
"4th Annual Collectors' Contemporary Collaboration: Intimate Curiosity", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
"Why are we doing what we are doing?", Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
"Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition", Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
An Art Exhibition to celebrate the Anniversary of the Tasmania-Fujian Sister State Relationship, Fujian Museum, Fuzhou, China
2015 -
"Designing view beyond the earth: The first Xi'an contemporary art document exhibition", Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China
"We may have met before—Chinese Contemporary Photography", Foam Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherland
"Chinese Photography: Twentieth Century and Beyond", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
"The Second Beijing Photo Biennial", Beijing, China
"The photograph: What You See & What You Don't #02", The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian", Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2014 -
"HongKong International Photography Festival", Hong Kong, China
"China Photography 1911-2014", Stavanger Art Muesum, Norway
"The Symposium of Challenge the Tradition-20th Century Western Classical and Chinese Contemporary Photography", Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
"China ARTE Brasil Exhibition", São Paulo, Brazil
"Hanart 100: Idiosyncrasies", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2013 -
"Portrait of the Times—30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art", Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
"How Far—Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Photography", Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China
"New Framework: Chinese Avant-garde Photography 1980s-90s", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Collection Exhibition 2013: The Aesthetics of Photography", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
"All you need is Love: 10th Anniversary Exhibition", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012 -
"Transformation: A View on Chinese Contemporary Art", Istanbul Modern, Turkey
"Passing Through Memory, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum Opening Exhibition", Suzhou Jinji Lake Museum, Suzhou, China
"To Walk Alone: Contemporary Chinese Photography", Toyko Photo, Tokyo, Japan
"WORLD BOUNDARY: Three Realms & Ten Directions Exhibition", Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan
2011 -
"Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960", Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (RR)
"New Photography from China", Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA (RR)
"Interconnected: Selections from the Three Shadows Collection", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2009 -
"Europalia—International Art Festival", Brussels Art Museum, Brussels,Belgium
"Third Guangdong International Biennale", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2008 -
"DIOR & CHINESE ARTISTS", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
"LASST HUNDERT BLUMEN" BLÜHEN Der Dresdner Kunstverein
"2008 Daegu Photo Biennale", Daegu, Korea
"Right Hand, Left Hand—Couples in Contemporary Art", MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2007 -
"Net: Reimiganing Space, Time and Culture", Chambers Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
"Convection", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2006 -
"Another world - photography from China", Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
"Intimate Beijing–Photography exhibition (China–Japan–Netherlands)", 706 Factory, Beijing, China
"Inner Scopes", Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
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, Musée Art Contemporain Lyon, Rhône, France
2003 -
"Chinart", Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany; Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Italy; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
"A Strange Heaven", Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech
2002 -
"Beijing Afloat", Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
"Dream 02", Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
2001 -
"Chinese Contemporary Photography", Galerie Steinek-Halle, Vienna, Austria
"Cross Pressures", Oulu City Art Museum, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
