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"I left poetry for painting in order to connect with more people. The route to painting was indirect. First I created paper cuts using scissors and paper, then scissors transformed into a chisel and I started to incise wood to create images. I moved onto painting, using black ink on rice paper and oil on canvas. Through all these forms, I maintain a pointillist technique where images are obscured, yet discernable. Whatever the medium, my works are uncomplicated and honest. Typically subjects are people, landscapes or sites familiar to me. I often use red when I paint. For me, it elicits a sense of excitement, attraction and heat. Painting with red gives any subject a new vitality and strength. When people see my art, I hope they receive both an emotional and a material pleasure, a sense of viewing something familiar, but in a new and fresh way."Ren Hui was born in 1957 in Nanjing, China. From 1977~1989 he made his living as a poet and was published in various Asian literature magazines. Since 1989, Ren Hui has focused on the visual arts, creating paper cuts, wood cuts and subsequently, ink on paper and oil on canvas paintings. Aside from solo exhibitions, his works have been featured in galleries and international art fairs in the US, China, Canada, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore. His art has been sold worldwide and can be found in many private collections, including that of Morgan Stanley Investment Bank. Ren Hui maintains a studio in Songzhuang Artists Village in Beijing, China, and has an ongoing exhibit at the Courtyard Gallery in Beijing. In 2011 Ren Hui established a studio in Ottawa, Canada.
RenHui CV.pdf
A Conversation with Ren Hui.pdf
