Zheng Ruoli

1994 Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province

2016 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with a bachelor’s degree

Currently works and lives in Chengdu and Chongqing

GROUP EXHIBITION

2016

2016 Art Nova 100, Beijing, China

The 19^th Exhibition by Students from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Huxi Community Chongqing, China

2015

The 18^th Exhibition by Students from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Huxi Community, Chongqing, China

Mirror of The Present - the 22^nd Annual Exhibition of Student's work from the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, CAEA Museum, Chongqing Museum, Chongqing, China

The 15^th China-Pingyao PIP Daily Snapshot Project, Pingyao Cotton Factory, Pingyao, China

The Cloud - Internet Art Exhibition, Blue Roof Museum, Chengdu, China

2014

The 17^th Exhibition by Students from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Huxi Community, Chongqing, China

Unusual Everyday - the 21^st Annual Exhibition of the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, CAEA Museum, Chongqing, Blue Roof Museum, Chengdu, China

Zheng Ruoli: I don’t think my way of living is any special. I simply have a different perspective in observing this world. Photography is my way to act and express my observation of the world. As photography equipment become ever easily accessible and diverse, the way and the quantity of people creating photographs have drastically changed. We can take photographs anytime and anywhere with our phones, tablet PC and the micro single cameras, followed by digital editing and using an array of different software, and finally posting them online. I am thoroughly aware that there are already too many pretty, practical and utility photographs in our life, thus I need not contribute even more. I hope my works are about the everyday life and are “functionless”. They should be able to provide viewers with a unique visual experience to convey a personal sentiment. They are not there to show off or glorify anything. Therefore I pay attention to the everyday life and common objects. By expressing through “abnormal” vocabularies, I attempt to achieve “functionless” effects to react against utilitarianism and the mediocre.