RONG Rong

♂ *1968 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

Day After Day

RongRong and the Beijing East Village

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
13 Jun 2019 – 23 Nov 2019
East Village

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
12 Feb 2015 – 21 Jun 2015
Ruin Pictures: 1996-1998

Chambers Fine Art, Beijing (CN)
23 Apr 2011 – 5 Jun 2011
East Village - 1993-1998

Galerie Loft, Paris (FR)
18 Sep 2003 – 15 Oct 2003

Group

INTO THE UNSEEN

The Walther Collection

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
24 Oct 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

with Martina Bacigalupo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt, Ana María Gómez López, Santu Mofokeng, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Jo Ractliffe, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Berni Searle, Munemasa Takahashi …
A Window Suddenly Opens

Contemporary Photography in China

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
4 Nov 2022 – 7 Jan 2024

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, HONG Lei …
Between Performance and Documentation

Contemporary Photography and Video from China

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
26 Aug 2023 – 17 Dec 2023

with LIU Bolin, XING Danwen, SONG Dong, Tao Hui, HONG Lei, Pixy Liao , Ma Qiusha, CHENG Ran, LIN Yilin, Miao Ying, JIANG Zhi, QIU Zhijie
Trace - Formations of Likeness

Photography and Video from The Walther Collection

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
14 Apr 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Edson Chagas, SONG Dong, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt …
About us

Junge Fotografie aus China

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München (DE)
4 Jun 2020 – 29 Jan 2021

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), CAI Dongdong, YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Gao Mingxi, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, Chen Ronghui, RongRong & inri, CHEN Wei, Liang Xiu
Then and Now

Life and Dreams Revisited

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
6 May 2019 – 27 Oct 2019

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, SONG Dong, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, Zhang Hai'er, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, Sze Tsung LEONG …
Turn of the Century: Photography in China

Chambers Fine Art, New York (US)
27 Jun 2019 – 17 Aug 2019

with SONG Dong, HONG Hao, HONG Lei, WANG Tiande, Yin Xiuzhen
Art and China after 1989

Theater of the World

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
10 Nov 2018 – 24 Feb 2019

with CHEN Chieh-Jen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin, Cai Guo-Qiang, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, WANG Jianwei, LIANG Juhui, MA Liuming …
Photo Symbiosis

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Oct 2017 – 27 Feb 2018

with Huang Rui
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival

3rd edition

Three Shadows Xiamen, Xiamen (CN)
25 Nov 2017 – 3 Jan 2018

with Candida Hoefer, Chin-San Long, Joel Meyerowitz, Oscar Motuloh, Mathieu Pernot
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017)

Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Jun 2017 – 15 Oct 2017

with Adou, ZHAO Bandi, Wei Bi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali …
China: grain to pixel

A Story of Photography in China

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
5 Jun 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Adou, Felice Beato, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), HAI Bo, Song Chao, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Jiahao, JIANG Jian, Geng Jianyi, DI Jinjun …
Scripts of The Bodies

Three Shadows Xiamen, Xiamen (CN)
12 Mar 2016 – 13 May 2016

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernard Faucon, Hisaji Hara, Eikoh Hosoe, Kimbei Kusakabe, Man Ray , Yasumasa Morimura, Yuki Onodera, RongRong & inri
Grain to Pixel: A Story of Photography in China

Shanghai Centre Photo, Shanghai (CN)
6 Sep 2015 – 30 Nov 2015

with Adou, Felice Beato, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), HAI Bo, Song Chao, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Jiahao, JIANG Jian, Geng Jianyi, DI Jinjun …
Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2014

Hong Kong Photo Festival, Hong Kong (CN)
8 Aug 2014 – 11 Nov 2014

with anothermountainman, Wong Wo Bik, Almond Chu, Gohar Dashti, Rena Effendi, AN Ge, Shadi Ghadirian, YONG He, HEI Ming, NASA , Raghu Rai, WANG Wenlan …
My Chinese friends

ALEXANDER OCHS PRIVATE, Berlin (DE)
28 Jun 2014 – 9 Aug 2014

with Xu Bing, ZHU Jinshi, YANG Shaobin, Maurice Weiss, Ai Weiwei, MIAO Xiaochun, Yin Xiuzhen, ZHAO Zhao
FROM NEW PHOTOGRAPHY TO ROOKIE AWARD: THREE SHADOWS' COLLECTION

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
26 Oct 2013 – 26 Jan 2014

with Adou, GAO Bo, He Chongyue, XING Danwen, ZHANG Haier, LIU Heung Shing, ZHUANG Hui, HONG Lei, HAN Lei, CHEN Lingyang, WANG Ningde, MO Yi …
Rising Dragon

Contemporary Chinese Photography

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose (US)
2 Feb 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Adou, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, LU Guang, Yu Haibo, LU Hao, ZHANG Huan, SUN Ji, WANG Jin, LI Lang, Yao Lu, Maleonn (Ma Liang) …
A History of Chinese Photograhy

Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Brussels (BE)
13 Oct 2012 – 8 Dec 2012

with LIU Bolin, ZHANG Dali, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHANG Huan, CHEN Jiagang, ZHU Ming, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, SHENG Qi, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, LI Wei …
A Tribute To Photography

Primo Marella Gallery, Milano (IT)
9 Jun 2011 – 31 Jul 2011

with Eleanor Antin, Eelco Brand, Mat Collishaw, Tim Davis, Destiny Deacon , Tacita Dean, WENG Fen, Naomi Fisher, YANG Fudong, Chitra Ganesh, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon …
Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
28 Jan 2011 – 9 May 2011

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Matthew Barney, Guenter Brus, Valie Export, Valie Export, Robert Filliou, Lee Friedlander, Gilbert & George, George Maciunas, George Maciunas …
Photography from the New China

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
7 Dec 2010 – 24 Apr 2011

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Huan, Wang Qingsong, SONG Yongping, LIU Zheng, QIU Zhijie
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
1 Aug 2010 – 1 Nov 2010

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eleanor Antin, Eugene Atget, Hans Bellmer, Sibylle Bergemann, Constantin Brancusi, Brassai, Claude Cahun, ZHANG Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Roger Fenton …
Mahjong

Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
21 Feb 2009 – 17 May 2009

with HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, SHI Jinsong, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo, WANG Ningde, Wang Qingsong …
Contemporary Chinese Photography

Florida Museum Photo, Tampa (US)
12 Mar 2009 – 9 May 2009

with ZHANG Huan, CHEN Jiagang, MA Liuming, LIU Zheng
Zhù Yì ! China actual photography

La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (ES)
29 Feb 2008 – 25 May 2008

with ZHAO Bandi, ZHANG Dali, WENG Fen, WU Gao Zhong, SHI Guorui, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, WANG Jin, LIU Jin, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming …
FOTOFEST2008 - Photography from China, 1934 - 2008

Twelfth International Biennial of Photo-based Art

FotoFest, Houston (US)
7 Mar 2008 – 20 Apr 2008

with XING Danwen, WU Gao Zhong, ZHENG Guogu, ZHUANG Hui, WU Jialin, HONG Lei, LIU Lijie, CHEN Lingyang, Katharina Mouratidi, LIU Ren, Jennah Ward, CANG Xin …
NEW PHOTO - Ten Years

Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York (US)
9 Feb 2008 – 16 Mar 2008

with LIU Anping, GAO Bo, GUAN Ce, ZHENG Guogu, AN Hong, ZHUANG Hui, YAN Lei, HONG Lei, SAN Mao, WANG Xu, JIN Yongquan, Liang ZHAO …
China now

Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen (NL)
29 Sep 2007 – 27 Jan 2008

with HAI Bo, SONG Dong, ZHUANG Hui, SHEN Jianhua, MA Liuming, CHI Peng, Huang Rui, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, YANG Shaobin, LIU Wei (*1972), Ai Weiwei, MIAO Xiaochun …
Zhù Yi! Chinese Contemporary Photography

ARTIUM. Centro-Museo, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
15 Mar 2007 – 23 Sep 2007

with ZHAO Bandi, ZHANG Dali, WENG Fen, YANG Fudong, WU Gao Zhong, SHI Guorui, HONG Hao, XU Heng, ZHANG Huan, WANG Jin, LIU Jin, HONG Lei …
New Photo - Ten Years

Inaugural Exhibition of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
27 Jun 2007 – 1 Aug 2007

with LIU Anping, GAO Bo, GUAN Ce, ZHENG Guogu, AN Hong, ZHUANG Hui, YAN Lei, HONG Lei, SAN Mao, WANG Xu, JIN Yongquan, Liang ZHAO …
CHINA NOW

Die junge chinesische Avantgarde

Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (AT)
15 Sep 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, CHI Peng, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, Ai Weiwei, MIAO Xiaochun
Mahjong

Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
14 Sep 2006 – 18 Feb 2007

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jianwei, WANG Jin, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo …
Bodyscape - Documents of performance art

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka (JP)
15 Jun 2006 – 29 Aug 2006

with Dock Jun Kwak, Jin Wang
Sound of people

silvia steinek galerie, Wien (AT)
2 May 2006 – 23 Jun 2006

with Jiri Cernicky, Alfredo Jaar
Zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft - Neue Fotografie und Video aus China

Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
24 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
15 Sep 2005 – 15 Jan 2006

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Expo.05 - Photo Chinoise

Galerie Loft, Paris (FR)
3 Nov 2005 – 30 Nov 2005

with SONG Dong, WENG Fen, ZHENG Guogu, LU Hao, HONG Hao, ZHUANG Hui, HONG Lei, Tianyuan Li, SHENG Qi, Wang Qingsong, HUANG Yan, SUN Yuan …
A UTOPIA OF THE VISIBLE

13 Outstanding Art Photographers In China

Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing (CN)
21 Sep 2005 – 21 Oct 2005

with HAI Bo, XING Danwen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), HONG Hao, WANG Jinsong, HAN Lei, HONG Lei, Tianyuan Li, WANG Ningde, Wang Qingsong, MIAO Xiaochun
Mahjong

Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg

Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (CH)
13 Jun 2005 – 16 Oct 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jianwei, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo, WANG Ningde …
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese photography

HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki (FI)
22 Jun 2005 – 28 Aug 2005

with HE An, ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, Chien Chi Chang, Leung Chi-Wo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHING Chin-Wai, WENG Fen, JIN Feng, YUAN Goang-Ming, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
The Venice Biennale - Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 Jun 2005 – 15 Aug 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Living in Interesting Times - A Decade of New Chinese Photography

The Open Museum of Photography at Tel Ha, Tel-Hai (IL)
5 Feb 2005 – 30 Jun 2005

with MU Chen, ZHU Fadong, WENG Fen, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, HONG Lei, Feng Mengbo, OU Ning, WANG Ningde, RongRong & inri …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
10 Feb 2005 – 8 May 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 16 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

Curated by Christopher Phillips and Wu Hung

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
11 Jun 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Le moine et le démon, Art contemporain chinois

Contemporary Chinese Art

, Lyon (FR)
8 Jun 2004 – 15 Aug 2004

with YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin, WANG Ningde, LI Yongbin, SONG Yongping
On the Edge - Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York (US)
30 Jun 2004 – 30 Jul 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, CHEN Baohong, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, XING Fei, AN Hong, ZHANG Jianjun, WANG Jinsong, FANG Ke, ZHOU Ming, WANG Peng, ZHANG Quan …
accrochage de groupe

Galerie Loft, Paris (FR)
1 Mar 2004 – 1 Apr 2004

with HE An, HONG Hao, Wang Qingsong, QIU Zhijie
Nouvel Art Chinois

Galerie Loft, Paris (FR)
22 Jan 2004 – 19 Feb 2004

with HE An, HONG Hao, Wang Qingsong, QIU Zhijie
Representación y Realidad: Fotografía China Contemporánea

Loft BCN, Barcelona (ES)
20 Dec 2003 – 31 Jan 2004

with HE An, Wang Qingsong, QIU Zhijie
Art contemporain Chinois

Galerie Loft, Paris (FR)
25 Nov 2003 – 3 Jan 2004

with Wang Qingsong, QIU Zhijie
The First Guangzhou Triennial

Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Nov 2002 – 19 Jan 2003

with ZHAO Bandi, Xu Bing, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, WU Ershan, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin …

Events

Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

Three Shadows +3, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Michael Cherney, Lahem, RongRong & inri, Taca Sui, Liang Xiu, MO Yi, Yin Yunya
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2023

32 exhibitions by over 100 artists from more than 20 countries

THREE SHADOWS BEIJING, Xiamen (CN)
15 Dec 2023 – 21 Jan 2024

with Sener Oezmen, Maciejka Art, Eric Bouvet, Samantha Box, btr, Philippe Calia, Eiffel Chong, Li Dan, Jeannette Ehlers, Ismail Ferdous , Fryd Frydendahl, LIU Gang …
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2019

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
20 Sep 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Jun Ahn, Ju Anqi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Xyza Cruz Bacani, Nicolas Baghir, Uldus Bakhtiozina, Xiomara Bender, Viktoria Binschtok, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Julian Charriere, Michael Cherney …
PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco 2018

PHOTOFAIRS , San Francisco (US)
23 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Karl Blossfeldt, Luo Bonian, Harry Callahan, Tammy Rae Carland, John Chiara, LUO Dan, Erica Deeman, CAI Dongdong, Monique Eller, Mitch Epstein …
RongRong's Diary: Beijing East Village

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)