ARTIST PROFILE

Ding Ren

  • China (b. 1983 in Wuhan)
  • Currently in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Ding Ren is an artist and writer based in Amsterdam, NL. Her work examines cross-cultural patterns and phenomena through analog photographic practices.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012

  • i went to the beach and stared west, Amsterdams  Centrum  voor  Fotografie, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • when a line becomes a mountain, Upominki, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2011

  • like the shoreline of a lake, AWA Gallery at OT301, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2010

  • Observations & Interventions, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, United States.

2009

  • HERE/THERE, Stamp Gallery, College Park, United States.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Some Uses of Photography, Katzen Arts Center Museum, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Contested Divisions, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, United States.

2013

  • Regional Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, United States.
  • Tender Mercies, 39th St Gallery, Mt. Rainier, United States.
  • Voyage: sea journeys, island-hoping, and trans-oceanic concepts, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.

2010

  • Puzzling (a) Space, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, United States.

2009

  • Exercises: In Situ, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Propositions, Area 405, Baltimore, United States.

LOCATION

  • Born 1983 in Wuhan, China.
  • Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

EDUCATION

  • 2007 - 2009
    George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
    Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
  • 2001 - 2005
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States
    BA in Photography

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Semi-finalist, Sondheim Award
    Sondheim, Baltimore, United States
  • 2013
    Shortlist Finalist, Eva-International, Biennial of Visual Art
    Eva-International, Limerick, Ireland
  • 2012
    Shortlist Finalist, Emdash Award, Frieze Foundation
    Frieze Foundation, London, United Kingdom
  • 2010
    Finalist, Trawick Prize
    Trawick Prize, Washington, DC, United States

RESIDENCIES

  • 2013
    Guesthouse Residency, The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland
  • 2013
    Provisions Research Fellowship, Provisions Library , Washington, DC, United States