REN Hang
任航
Ren Hang was born in Chang Chung in the Province of Jilin, China, in 1987. He worked as a photographer and poet. In 2010 he received the Third Annual Terna Prize for Contemporary Art. Ren Hang’s artistic work has been exhibited widely in China and Europe. He has published numerous photo books, most of which are already out of print. He lives and works in Beijing, China. Ren Hang died at the age of 29 in February 2017 in Beijing.
Publications
2011 - Ren Hang 2009–2011. China: self-published,
2011 - Room. China: self-published
2012 - Nude. China: self-published
2012 - Republic. Norway: Éditions du LIC
2013 - Poem Collection of Renhang. Taiwan: Neurasthenia
2013 - My depression. China: self-published
2013 - Son and bitch. Taiwan: Neurasthenia
2013 - The brightest light runs too fast. France: Editions Bessard
2014 - Physical borderline. China: ThreeShadows +3 Gallery
2015 - Food issue. China: Same studio
2015 - 野生 = Wild. Germany, Die Nacht
2015 - New Love 新欢. USA: Session 6, Session Press
2015 - 上海游客 Shanghai Visitors. China: self-published,
2015 - 海鲜派对 Seafood Party. China: self-published
2016 - 一月 January. China: self-published
2016 - 二月 February. China: self-published
2016 - March. China: self-published
2016 - April. China: self-published
2016 - May. China: self-published
2016 - June. China: self-published
2016 - July. China: self-published,
August. China: self-published
2016 - September. China: self-published
2016 - October. China: self-published
2016 - November. China: self-published
2016 - Athens Love 雅典的爱. USA: Session 8, Session Press
2017 - Word or two 只言片語. USA: BHKM
2011 - Room. China: self-published
2012 - Nude. China: self-published
2012 - Republic. Norway: Éditions du LIC
2013 - Poem Collection of Renhang. Taiwan: Neurasthenia
2013 - My depression. China: self-published
2013 - Son and bitch. Taiwan: Neurasthenia
2013 - The brightest light runs too fast. France: Editions Bessard
2014 - Physical borderline. China: ThreeShadows +3 Gallery
2015 - Food issue. China: Same studio
2015 - 野生 = Wild. Germany, Die Nacht
2015 - New Love 新欢. USA: Session 6, Session Press
2015 - 上海游客 Shanghai Visitors. China: self-published,
2015 - 海鲜派对 Seafood Party. China: self-published
2016 - 一月 January. China: self-published
2016 - 二月 February. China: self-published
2016 - March. China: self-published
2016 - April. China: self-published
2016 - May. China: self-published
2016 - June. China: self-published
2016 - July. China: self-published,
August. China: self-published
2016 - September. China: self-published
2016 - October. China: self-published
2016 - November. China: self-published
2016 - Athens Love 雅典的爱. USA: Session 8, Session Press
2017 - Word or two 只言片語. USA: BHKM
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 - In Addition to Sleep, Fotogallerie vaslisouza, Oslo
2014 - Hide by Ren Hang, MOST 2414 & MOST Gallery, Soy Sauce Factory, Bangkok
2014 - In Addition to Sleep, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 - The Wild, OstLicht [de], Vienna, Austria
2015 - Ren Hang, 2014, Gallery Capricious 88, 88 Eldridge Street, 5th FL, New York, USA
2015 - #OccupyAtopos exhibition, part of the artist residency program, ATOPOS cvc, Athens
2015 - Athens Love, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2017 - Naked/Nude, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2017 - Human Love, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 - Ren Hang, posthum, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany, coop. w. OstLicht, Vienna,
2019 - Love, Ren Hang, posthum, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, 2019; C/O Berlin, Berlin
2020 - Ren Hang. Nudi, posthum, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
2014 - Hide by Ren Hang, MOST 2414 & MOST Gallery, Soy Sauce Factory, Bangkok
2014 - In Addition to Sleep, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 - The Wild, OstLicht [de], Vienna, Austria
2015 - Ren Hang, 2014, Gallery Capricious 88, 88 Eldridge Street, 5th FL, New York, USA
2015 - #OccupyAtopos exhibition, part of the artist residency program, ATOPOS cvc, Athens
2015 - Athens Love, Klein Sun Gallery, New York
2017 - Naked/Nude, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2017 - Human Love, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 - Ren Hang, posthum, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany, coop. w. OstLicht, Vienna,
2019 - Love, Ren Hang, posthum, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, 2019; C/O Berlin, Berlin
2020 - Ren Hang. Nudi, posthum, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Awards
2010 - Third Terna Contemporary Art Award, Italy
2016 - Outset|Unseen Exhibition Fund
2016 - Outset|Unseen Exhibition Fund
