Biography

LIU Ren (b. 1983) graduated from the Department of Printmaking at Fine Art College of Shanghai University in 2007 and now lives and works in Shanghai. LIU’s art practice mainly involves painting, sculpture and installation. He so often draws inspiration from everyday materials around him and conceals accumulated sentiments and analytical texts behind the clean, neat and orderly visual forms. He focuses on the passage of time, the consumption of life and the state of human beings, where fragmented information and mundane materials are transformed.

 

LIU Ren’s solo exhibitions include "Yesterday Once More" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2021), "Times" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2018), "Spring, River, Flowers, Moon, Night" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2016), "FILTRATE" (White Space, Beijing, 2013), "Youth: Everything in Between - Liu Ren & Su Chang" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2012), “2008102020091112..8:35...” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2009) etc. His work has also been widely exhibited at ASE Foundation (Shanghai, 2023), 798 CUBE (Beijing, 2023), By Art Matters (Hangzhou, 2022), Art Basel (Hong Kong, 2021), K11 Art Museum (Shanghai, 2021), Sinan Mansions (Shanghai, 2020), West Bund Art Centre-Ceramic House (Shanghai, 2019), UNArt Center (Shanghai, 2019), Frank F. Yang Art and Education Foundation (Shenzhen, 2018), Yuz Museum (Shanghai, 2017), chi K11 art museum (Shanghai, 2016), Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum (Shanghai, 2016), Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (Shanghai, 2015), CAFA Art Museum (Beijing, 2015) and Shanghai Himalayas Museum (Shanghai, 2014), etc.

Works
  • Pantarhei-139219(4)
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Pantarhei-139219(4), 2021
    Silk Screening on straw paper, gold foil 丝网草纸、金箔
    220 x 140 cm
  • Roentgen & Forbidden Fruit 伦琴与禁果
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Roentgen & Forbidden Fruit 伦琴与禁果, 2021
    Straw paper, oil, gold foil, mixed media 草纸、油彩、金箔、综合材料
    17 × 26.5 × 33 cm
  • Cuts in Passing - Crows Cawing at Night . Last Night was Windy and Rainy (LI Yu) 锋利划过-乌夜啼.昨夜风兼雨 (李煜)
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Cuts in Passing - Crows Cawing at Night . Last Night was Windy and Rainy (LI Yu) 锋利划过-乌夜啼.昨夜风兼雨 (李煜), 2022
    Oil, straw paper, and ready-made object 油彩、草纸、现成品
    35.2 × 35.2 cm (36.8 × 36.8 × 4.3 cm with frame 含框)
  • OpenAI 开放人工智能研究中心
    LIU Ren 刘任
    OpenAI 开放人工智能研究中心, 2024
    Oil on straw paper, gold foil 油彩在草纸上、金箔
    27.5 × 17.5 × 11 cm
  • PantaRhei-202401271642
    LIU Ren 刘任
    PantaRhei-202401271642, 2024
    Silk screening on straw paper, gold foil 丝网草纸、金箔
    ⌀ 150 cm
    Unique 唯一版本
  • Bear 承受
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Bear 承受, 2016
    Eggs and mixed media 鸡蛋和综合材料
    80 x 80 x 43 cm
  • Crash 撞击
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Crash 撞击, 2018
    Oil paint, acrylic, UV printing, straw paper, gold foil, egg, wooden bench and steel bar clamp (readymade) 油彩,丙烯,UV打印,草纸,金箔,鸡蛋,木凳与木工夹 (现成品)
    49 x 26 x 137 cm
  • Einstein and Little Boy 爱因斯坦和小男孩
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Einstein and Little Boy 爱因斯坦和小男孩, 2016
    Oil and mixed media 油彩和综合材料
    27 x 18 x 24 cm
  • Forbidden Fruit 禁果
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Forbidden Fruit 禁果, 2018
    Straw paper, oil, gold foil, mixed media 草纸、油彩、金箔、综合材料
    17 × 26.5 × 33 cm
  • Genesis 创世纪
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Genesis 创世纪, 2016
    Oil on toilet paper 草纸上油彩
    26 x 17 x 10 cm
  • Hi there, See You in a Billion Years 你好, 10亿年后再见
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Hi there, See You in a Billion Years 你好, 10亿年后再见, 2018
    Straw paper, oil, mixed media 草纸,油彩,综合材料
    17 x 26.5 x 33 cm
  • Newton & Forbidden Fruit 牛顿与禁果
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Newton & Forbidden Fruit 牛顿与禁果, 2019
    Straw paper, oil, gold foil, mixed media 草纸,油彩,金箔,综合材料
    17 x 26.5 x 33 cm
  • Pain . Itch 痛 . 痒
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Pain . Itch 痛 . 痒, 2016
    Oil and mixed media 油彩和综合材料
    29 x 18 x 33 cm
  • Consumption 消耗
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Consumption 消耗, 2016
    mixed media 综合材料
    Dimensions variable尺寸可变
  • Success Branded Toilet Paper as Your Escort 成功牌草纸为您保驾护航
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Success Branded Toilet Paper as Your Escort 成功牌草纸为您保驾护航, 2018
    Toilet paper(readymade)草纸(现成品)
    17 x 23 x 5 cm
  • Holding Drink to Asking the Moon 把酒问月
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Holding Drink to Asking the Moon 把酒问月, 2018
    Straw paper, oil, mixed media 草纸,油彩,综合材料
    140 x 120 x 5 cm
  • Reincarnation 轮回
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Reincarnation 轮回, 2018
    Straw paper, oil, mixed media 草纸,油彩,综合材料
    17 x 26.5 x 11 cm Dimensions Variable 17 x 26.5 x 11 cm 尺寸可变
  • PantaRhei
    LIU Ren 刘任
    PantaRhei, 2018
    Silk Screening on straw paper 草纸 丝网
    Dimensions variable尺寸可变
  • Immortality 长生不老
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Immortality 长生不老, 2021
    Straw paper, egg shell, sewing machine, cotton, candle, gold foil 草纸,鸡蛋壳,缝纫机线,蜡烛,金箔
    60 x 77 x 18.5 cm
  • Fate 宿命
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Fate 宿命, 2012
    Oil on wood panel 木板油画
    20 x 20 cm
  • System Assimilates Bitches 系统可以消化婊子
    LIU Ren 刘任
    System Assimilates Bitches 系统可以消化婊子, 2016
    Oil and mixed media 油彩和综合材料
    26 x 17 x 11 cm
  • Space 场
    LIU Ren 刘任
    Space 场, 2011
    Single Channel Video 单频录像
    00:48:15
  • White Matrix 白色方阵
    LIU Ren 刘任
    White Matrix 白色方阵, 2005
    Formboard, half of an eggshell, sign pen, glue 模型纸板,半个鸡蛋壳,签字笔,胶水
    5 x 5 x 4 cm (box), 100 eggshell 5 x 5 x 4 cm (盒子)100个蛋壳
  • 55 Hours 48 minutes (Two Words) 55小时48分钟 (两个单词)
    LIU Ren 刘任
    55 Hours 48 minutes (Two Words) 55小时48分钟 (两个单词), 2011
    Oil on straw paper 油彩在草纸上
    22 x 16 cm
  • How Much Land Does A Man Need 一个人需要多少土地
    LIU Ren 刘任
    How Much Land Does A Man Need 一个人需要多少土地, 2013
    Oil on straw paper 油彩在草纸上
    30 × 25.5 × 4 cm × 10
  • 100 Notes 100个信息
    LIU Ren 刘任
    100 Notes 100个信息, 2008-2009
    Earthenware, sign pen, paper, 502 glue, slightly bigger than an eggshell 陶,签字笔,纸,502胶水,略大于一般蛋壳100个
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