Ren Zi
About the artist
Ren Zi’s first public showcase in 2013 was funded through a Kickstarter campaign. More recently, in late 2015, his works were simultaneously presented in a solo at Charles B Wang Center, Stonybrook University, another solo in Singapore + a 2-person exhibition at OCBC Artspace. An autodidact, he has been awarded several grants from Singapore’s National Arts Council + Singapore International Foundation. He was a participant of the International Artist Residency at NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, New York. His works + shows have been mentioned/featured in traditional + online media, including the AsiaArt Pacific 2016 Almanac.
Ren Zi’s work explores the inner universe within each of us through the lens of mythology and themes of ceed, nation, homeland,home, tribe, family, motherfather and selfness. The scenery in his works represent the psychic landscapes (or as the artist prefers, psi-scapes) each telling a profound story of the human journey.
Ren Zi
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Singapore twilight, Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
2015 naming the bright & dark stars, Galerie Sogan/Jada Art, Singapore
2015 Reality Override, Charles B Wang Center, Stonybrook University, New York, USA
2013 between earth & void, The Factory, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2018 I.D. (The Body’s Still Warm), Displacements @ 42 Cambridge Rd, Singapore
2017 Binary, Art Porters Gallery/Jada Art, Singapore
2016 The Peony & The Raven, Displacements: Lorong 24A Shophouse Series, Singapore
2016 Repurposing Nostalgia, Displacements: Lorong 24A Shophouse Series, Singapore
2015 ∍Δ∅∫⊥∞ : Invisible Frequencies, OCBC ArtSpace, Singapore
2015 Open Door Discourse, NARS Foundation, New York, USA
2014 Art Taipei 2014, Taiwan
2014 Büffel Art Project, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore
2014 Bring Your Own Beamer, Instinc Gallery, Singapore
2014 Our Elusive Here, Volvo Art Loft, Singapore
2013 The Affordable Art Fair 2013, Singapore
2013 The Art of Shopping, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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Artworks
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to the cardinal gods: full consecration configuration [site 5 triptych]
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ENQUIRY2017-18
Chromaluxe dye-sublimation print on gloss white aluminium
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all the land we’ll never be: the limit of ambition
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ENQUIRY2017/18
Chromaluxe dye-sublimation print on white gloss aluminium
H60 x W90cm
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through the dark glass of duplicity’s wonderland
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ENQUIRY2014
UV-resistant ink on clear acrylic & archival photopaper
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quetzalcoatl’s descent into the world challenges the veracity of other eschatological schools
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ENQUIRY2015
Duratrans film on LED lightbox, digital print on transparency & moire optical film
H40.6 x L50.8 cmcoyote skims fat off the land & shits out spiritual goodness
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ENQUIRY2015
Duratrans film on LED lightbox, digital print on transparency & moire optical film
H40.6 x W50.8 cmagainst the wind & winding of time
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x W40 cmscarred trajectory of a stymied fury
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x W40 cma question for tomorrow
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x W40 cmthe hours, the fates
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x W40 cmif death were never to seek our twilight shore
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x W40 cmthe density of darkness
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x W40 cmsudden aurora
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x L40 cm
Numbered and signed edition of 5heirs of a half-fired heaven
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H40 x L40 cm
Numbered and signed edition of 5the tears given & taken
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on archival photo paper
H60 x L60 cm
Numbered and signed edition of 5days of our burning: hour of the wolf
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ENQUIRY2015
UV-resistant ink on clear acrylic and archival photo paper
H80 x L80 cm