RongRong (China) and inri (Japan) have been working together since 2000. Their works reflect the intimate world that they have created together, while pushing the boundaries of traditional black-and-white darkroom techniques. Their past critically acclaimed series of works, such as Mt. Fuji, In Nature, and Liulitun, focus on the beauty of the human being in nature and the urban environment.
In the 2007, RongRong and inri established the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre.

Rongrong
1968
Born in Zhangzhou city, Fujian Province, China
1992
Entered the photography department of the Central Industrial Art Institute, Beijing
1993
Moved into Beijing’s “East Village”, and began a long-term photographic study on the lives of the young avant-garde artists who were living there
1996
Established “New Photo” magazine
2006
Established “Three Shadows Photography Art Centre”

Inri
1973  
Born in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
1994  
Graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute, Tokyo
1994-97
Worked as a photographer for the newspaper Asahi Shinbun
1997  
Became a freelance photographer and started individual creative work
Became a freelance photographer and started individual creative work
2000  
Started to make collaborative works with RongRong
2001  
Took part in the KUNST Artist in Residence program, Vienna, Austria
2006   
Established “Three Shadows Photography Art Centre”

RongRong & inri / Selected  Solo Exhibitions
2008   
From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows, ThreeShadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
Ruins to Renewal: Works by RongRong & inri, SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, USA
Rong Rong & inri: The Power of Ruins. Between Destruction and Construction", Casa Asia, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
2007   
RongRong&inri, Rencontres d' Arles, France
2006   
The Third Space, Alexander Ochs Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
Liulitun, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2005   
Beyond, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
2003   
Tui-Transfiguration: The Image World of RongRong and inri, Dashangzi Art district, Beijing, China

RongRong & inri / Selected Group Exhibitions
2009—2010   
Still Life: 2009 Europalia - China International Art Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2009   
2009 Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Couples in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2008   
Christian Dior & Chinese Artist, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
While Alive: Chinese Contemporary Photographs, Daegu Photo Biennale 2008, Daegu, Korea
2007   
Convection, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, China
Net: Reimiganing Space, Time and Culture, CHAMBERS FINE ART BEIJING,
2006   
Inner Scopes, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Intimate Beijing–Photography exhibition (China–Japan–Netherlands), 706 Factory, Beijing, China
Another world - photography from China, Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2005   
About Beauty, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2004   
5th Shanghai Biennale-Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
All Under Heaven, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium
Le moine et le demon: Art Contemporain Chinois, Musée Art Contemporain Lyon, France
2003-04   
Chinart, Museum Kuppersmuhle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany;
Museo Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Italy; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2003   
A Strange Heaven, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech
2002   
Dream 02, Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
Beijing Afloat, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
2001   
Cross Pressures, Oulu City Art Museum, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
Chinese Contemporary Photography, Galerie Steinek-Halle, Vienna, Austria