Ren Zeyuan (b. 1997), currently lives and works in between Shanghai and Ningbo.

He holds an MFA in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design.

Spanning lens-based media, installation and performance, his practice is rooted in the composite experiences of displacement between coasts, ruminating on liminality in the context of historical and geographic specificity. His recent research concerns the imaginary lines charted by the West in the waters of the Yangtze River estuary during the 19th century, and the concrete representations of imperial optics.

Ren's works have been exhibited and screened at venues including Fotografiska Shanghai, Guangdong Times Museum, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, de Young Museum and Microscope Gallery. He was the finalist of the Three Shadows Photography Award in 2024 and the UCCA Lab X Perrier Emerging Artist Program in 2022.








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