1980
Born in Hebei Province, China
2004-2007
MA Photography and Digital Media, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China.

Solo Exhibitions
2010
“Spring . Dream”,Dun Gallery,Beijing
2009
“Peony Pavilion”,VIPS International Art Galleries,Amsterdam,Nederland
2008
“Fotofest2008” Houston,TX,USA
“Peony Pavilion”,Andrew James Art,Shanghai
“Liu Ren’s Photographs”,Cais Gallery,Seoul,Korea
“Between the real and the surreal”,VIPS International Art Galleries,Rotterdam,Nederland
2006     
“Someday Somewhere”,Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery,Beijing
2005    
“Perfect Life”,Must Be Contemporary Art Center,Beijing

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Hong Kong International Art Fair”,Hong Kong Converntion&Exhibition Centre,Hong Kong
“Filter Window”, Young Chinese Artists Group Exhibition Beyond Art Space,Beijing
“Digital Generation”, Gallerie Paris-Beijing,Beijing
“2010 Screenage Art Document Exhibition”, Songzhuang Art Museum ,Beijing
“THEIR HORIZON — Young artists promotion chapter 2”, 798 Center For Art Promotion,Beijing
2009
“Speak?Describe — 2009 Cross-Strait Contemporary Art”,National Art Museum of China, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
“Metropolis Now,The Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art”,Meridian International Center,Washington, USA
“Stars of China Past and Present”,Museum JAN VAN DER TOGT, Rotterdam,Nederland
“PHOTO KOREA 2009”,Seoul,Korea
“Animamix Biennial”, Today Art Museum, MOCA Taipei,MOCA Shanghai,Guangdong Museum Of Art
“reai-life fairy tale”,Beyond Art space,Beijing
“Art and Cultural Vision at Moment — 2009 Art Chongqing Biennale of the young,” Chongqing International Convention & Exhibition Center,Chongqing
“GREEN ART FAIR 2009”China World Trade Center Exhibition Hall,Beijing
“Multiple Visions”,Epson Imaging Gallery, Beijing
“Beyond Globalization”,Beyond Art Space,Beijing
“Seemingly Beautiful”,PYO Gallery,Beijing
“The Dimensions of Double Images”,Venue Beijing New Age Gallery,Beijing
2008  
“Busan Biennale”, Busan,Korea
“Butterfly Dream”,Moca Shanghai,Shanghai
“Moscow International Biennale for Young Art”,Moscow, Russia
“Soliloquy:The Reconstruction Of Art”,Shuimu Art Space,Beijing
“Exquisite Corpse: China Surreal”,M97 Gallery,Shanghai
“Waiting in the Wings”,beyondartspace,Beijing
“Hetero-Imagery – A Kind of Psychology of Urban Image”,798 Photo Gallery,Beijing
“Dreams:LIU REN & CHEN ZHUO/HUANG KEYI”,Ooi Botos Gallery,Hong Kong
2007
“the Alchemy of Shadows-Third Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2007”,Lianzhou
“Seventh Photo Festival CHINA,Contemporary Photo&Video”,Gana Art Gallery,Seoul,South Korea
“Dual Space”,Gallery Mook Contemporary Art,Beijing
“CHILE/CHINA_SEWN”,Segment Space,Beijing
“Art Beijing 2007 Contemporary Art Fair”,National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing
“ShContemporary 2007”,Shanghai Exhibition Center,Shanghai
“Between Reality and Illusion”,Marty Walker Gallery,Dallas,,USA
“3 Three photography”,Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington DC, USA
“China International Gallery Exposition 2007”,Beijing
“Trust the Future”,Beijing TS1 Contemporary Art Center,Beijing
“Asiana-A Survey of Contemporary Asian Art”,Artcore/Fabrice Marcolini,Toronto,Canada
“Only Child”,Shanghai Zhu Qi Zhan Art Gallery, Toured to Beijing TS1 Contemporary Art Center,Beijing Imperiarl City Art Exibition Center
2006  
“Arles Photograph Art Festival”,Arles,France
“Object to France”,Centre Culturel France in Beijing,Beijing
“Ultra-Sense”,Seoul International Photography Festival, South Korea
“China/Chai-na”,706 Space,Beijing
“Post Electronic Image”,Must Be Contemporary Art Center, Shanghi Eastlink Gallery,New York Long Island Art Space
2005
“The Second Reality-Photographs from China”, touring exhibition in Europe
“Beijing Art Documental-Jiang Hu”,799 Art Center,Beijing
 
Awards
2007
Elinchrom Photography Scholarship 2007
2006
“First Prize”,French Embassy and French Cultural Center in China Photography Competition November 2005.
“Creativity Award (Academic Section)”,2006 International Digital Art and Harries National Digital Art Awards New Media Art Lab of BFA
“New Person Prize”,China Pingyao International Photography Festival 2006
“Award for Excellence”,Photography and Digital Section, China Tongli University Photography Festival
 
Collections
National Art Museum of China,Beijing
Museum JAN VAN DER TOGT, Rotterdam,Nederland
Gana Art Gallery,Seoul,South Korea
M97 Gallery,Shanghai
Cais Gallery, Korea
Andrew James Art,Shanghai
VIPS International Art Galleries, Nederland
Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery,Beijing
Ooi Botos Gallery,Hong Kong
 
Publication and Report
2010
“Liu Ren Photography”, Timezone8,December 2006
2009
CCTV1 - News report on March 25,2009
2008
CCTV2 - Tales of creating wealth on March 6,2008
“Young Chinese Artists:The Next Generation”,Prestel.Munich.Berlin.London.New York,2008
2007
“Chinese Fine Art Photography, China Guardian 2007 Autumn Auctions”, CHINA GUARDIAN AUCTIONS CO., LTD, November 2007
“Cheng Xuan 2007 Autumn Auctions Chinese Photography”, Beijing Cheng Xuan Auction Co., November 2007
“Chinese Fine Art Photography, China Guardian 2007 Spring Auctions”, CHINA GUARDIAN AUCTIONS CO., LTD, May 2007
2006
“Liu Ren Photography”, Timezone8,December 2006
“3030 New Photography In China", 3030 Press, 2006