Robert Zhao Renhui
Awards
2011Deutsche Bank Award In Photography, University of the Arts London
2010
Young Artist Award, Singapore
2009
Arts Creation Fund, Singapore National Arts Council
United Overseas Bank Prize, Painting of the Year Award, Singapore
2008
PhotoLevallois Festival, Special Mention, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014
A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World, Galarie Anzenberger, Vienna
The Nature Shop, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco
A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan
The Last Thing You See, 2902 Gallery, Singapore
2012
The Institute of Critical Zoologists, Chapter Arts Centre, United Kingdom
Living Proof, Bangkok University Gallery, Thailand
2011
The Land Archive, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2010
The Whiteness of Whales, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2009
If a tree falls in the forest, Substation, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Paris Photo, Presented by East Wing - Dubai / Doha, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
Unseen Photography Fair, Presented by East Wing - Dubai / Doha, Grand Palais, Paris, FR
Ocean of Possibilities, Noorderlicht Festival of Photography, Gronigen, NL
Going, Going Until I Meet the Tide, Busan Biennale, Korea
Origins, Memories & Parodies, Daegu Photo Biennale, Korea
Mapping Asia, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Truths, Facts, Fictions, Lies, PhotoIreland, Dublin, IRE
A time of dreams, Moscow International Biennale of Young Art, Russia
Landscape: the virtual, the actual, the possible? Times Museum, Guangdong, China
Grand prix Fotofestiwal, Lodz, PL
Unearthed, Singapore Art Museum
Ghost Nature, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Projections Animalieres, La Box, Bourges at The École Nationale Supérieure d'Art in France
The Land Archive, 24/7, Sculpture Square, Singapore
Do you believe in Angels?, MO_Space, Philippines
2013
If the world changed, Singapore Biennale, The Peranakan Museum
Photoquai 4, Museum de Branly, Paris FR
Novel Ecologies, Cross Art Projects, Sydney, AUS
The Artist, The Book and the Crowd, Substation, Singapore
Living in the ruins of the 20th Century, University of Technology, Sydney, AUS
International Festival of Photography, Mineiro Museum, Brazil
The Realm In The Mirror, The Vision out of Image, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, China
Engaging Perspectives, New Art From Singapore, Centre of Contemporary Art, Singapore
President’s Young Talent Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum
Edit, Image Phobia and Fetish, Shangart, Shanghai, China
Earth Works, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
Adapting to the Anthropocene, Unesco House, Paris, FR
Going where, Shangart, Singapore
Encounter : The Royal Academy in Asia, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
Beast Bloom for Thee, Canna Galarie, Jakarta, Indonesia
Between Conversations, Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore
2012
Terra Cognita, Noorderlitcht Festival of Photography, Groningen, NL
FutureMap, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
FutureProof, Singapore Art Museum
Hijacked III, Contemporary Photography from the UK and Australia, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2011
We who saw signs, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
Territories of the real and unreal, Langgeng Arts Foundation, Indonesia
Animal Talk, Jendela, Singapore
Right Here, Right Now, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
Not too far away, 2902 Gallery, Singapore 2010“Haven’t You Heard?”, The Hong Kong Arts Centre
When Species Meet : A gaze that is nonhuman, MOMA Warsaw, PL
Emerging Wave, GoEun Museum of Photography, Korea
Art & The Law, M1 Fringe Festival, Jendela Gallery, Singapore
CUT 2010, New Photography from Southeast Asia : Parallel Universe, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
2009
A touch of violence, National Arts Gallery, Albania
Photocinema, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2008
We decided to go to the zoo but it was raining, PhotoLevallois Festival, Paris, FR
Residencies
2014
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, USA
2013
Earth Observatory of Singapore
2012
National Museum of Wales, Residency by Chapter Arts Centre, UK
Langgeng Arts Foundation, Residency on Dutch Colonial Archives
2011
Bangkok University Gallery
The Arctic Circle Residency
Ffotogallery, Wales, UK
2010
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Selected Bibliography
2014Altered Realities Robert Zhao, Katarzyna Majak, Archivo
The Origin of Invented Species Robert Zhao Renhui, Profiles by Sylvia Tsai, ArtAsiaPacific
2013
Enough Room To Fall, Tan Siuli, President’s Young Talents
Speculative Everything, Aesthetics of Unreality Anthony Daune & Fiona Raby, The Mit Press
Misrepresented, The Design Society Journal No.6
Art Cities of the future, Phaidon
Contemporary Photography in Asia, Prestel
Zhao Renhui: A Photographer’s Obsession with Animals, The Muse
2012
Art Forum, Openings, Essay by Jeffrey Kastner
Nature, Documents of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel
LAND Journal, Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore
Asian Art News, March/April, Exploring Artifice and Context, Interview by Steven Pettifor
Punctum, Issue 3, Essay by Lisa Botos
2011
Fotografia, Zhao Renhui, Essay by Katarzyna Perlak
2010
NY Arts, New York, Summer 2010, Voices, Artist’s Interview
Public art, Korea : June, Issue 045
Cabinet, Issue 38, Pulau Pejantan
The Straits Time, Life!Arts, Interview, The Japanese side of whaling, August 07
Art Forum, Best of 2010, December, Selected by Pauline J.Yao
2009
Extra 03, Feature, Antwerp FotoMuseum, The Zoo as Cinema
Portfolio Magazine, Contemporary Photography in Britain, Cover and feature, Issue 49
2008
L’oeil de la Photographie, France, Nov, Image of the Month
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