Ren Tianjin

BIOGRAPHY

1962 Born in Shanghai, China
1980s A Doctor of Fine Arts, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China studied under Wang Dongling
A Doctor of Business Administration, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France 
1990s Started living and worked in China and USA
2018 Lectured “Art and Collection”, Hang Seng Bank, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China

2020 Lectured, Boao International Design and Art Summit, Hainan, China
Lectured “Creativity of Broken Circumstances: Innovative Creation of Contemporary Art”, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Sichuan, China

2021 Teacher of Training Workshop, EaDe School, Xi’an, China
Interview, TIF Talk, Shanghai Television Station, Shanghai, China
Lectured “Comparative Study of Innovative Creation in Contemporary Art”, WS Space, Shanghai, China

Lectured “Innovation from Dot & Line Diagrams”, EaDe School, Xi’an, China

Lectured "Art Innovation", Moleskine Store, K11, Shanghai, China

2023 Lectured “Modern Integration of Traditional Culture from Chinese Calligraphy”, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China

Lectured “The Art of Communication”, Tian Yu Kong Creative Festival, Beijing, China

Present Lives and works in China and USA
Researcher, Modern Calligraphy Research Centre, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Fellow, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Works by Ren Tianjin, 216 Space, Beijing, China
• The Luminous Path, Porsche Centre, Shanghai, China

• Beautiful Is In the Wind: Ren Tianjin Exhibition, Aston Martin House of Beautiful, Shanghai, China

2020

• Inquiry on Water: Ren Tianjin, Jiu Zhang Fu, Hangzhou, China

• Universal Resonance: Ren Tianjin, The School of Art and Design of Eurasia University, Xi’an, China

SELECTED  GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024     

• Word Play, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

• Art 021, Shanghai, China
• Asian Art in London, London, UK
• The Road of Calligraphy Education: 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Higher Education in Chinese Calligraphy, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
• Diaoyutai Hotel, Qingdao, China

2022

• Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
• Gilding of Summer Poetry, Brics Tower, Shanghai, China
• Abstract Art New Shanghai, Young Art Museum, Shanghai, China

• Yellow Box Open Exhibition: International Sculpture Exhibition, Yellow Box Art Museum, Qingdao, China
• Unforgettable Sight: Longmen Grottoes Art Dialogue Special Exhibition, Shanghai University Museum, Shanghai, China

• The Collection of Biennial Exhibition of Lanting Calligraphy Association, Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, China
• Step by Step… Long Journey, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
• 2nd Zhejiang International Youth Art Festival, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2019

• Ink Now, Suning Art Museum, Shanghai, China

• Writing Non-Writing Hangzhou International Modern Calligraphy Festival, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
• Nowhere • Anywhere, WS Space, Shanghai, China
• 2nd Sculpture Projects, Pingyao, China

2018

• The Artistic Creation and Practice Exhibition of Celebrating the 40th Reform Anniversary, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
• Biennial Exhibition of Lanting Calligraphy Association, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
• China-ASEAN Calligraphy Exchanges Exhibition, Guangxi Art Museum, Nanning, China
• Experiencing China, Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Aston Martin Lagonda, London, UK
Moleskine, Milan, Italy
BMW, Munich, Germany
Royal Golden Eagle Group, Singapore
Gold Ascent Enterprises Limited, Singapore
Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Industrial Investment Group, Shanghai, China
Dowell Group, Shanghai, China
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Diaoyutai Hotel, Qingdao, China
BYD Centre, Handan, China
Porsche Centre, Handan, China
Ping An Group, Shenzhen, China
Garfunkel Foundation