Bi Rongrong, born in 1982, Ningbo. Currently lives and works in Shanghai. After completing the MA of Chinese Traditional Landscape Painting at Sichuan University, she obtained the MA of Painting Department of the Frank Mohr Institute in the Netherlands. Her works have been exhibited in various important art institutions and public art projects，including Centre for Heritage Arts & Textile (Hong Kong), Shanghai Museum of Glass, K11, Shanghai Pearl Art Museum, Sifang Art Museum (Nanjing), Cass Sculpture Foundation (UK), A Thousand Plateaus Art Space (Chengdu), Vanguard Gallery (Shanghai), Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, etc. She was the winner of the Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge in Muse, the Rolls-Royce Arts Program.

In her current practice, besides painting, Bi also explores and creates works in various media based on drawings and painting, such as textile, site-specific installations, and animation. Her works are interconnected with each other, driven by some kind of life energy, and the works give birth to works that together generate a well-structured and vibrant artistic organism.

Material：linen thread, viscose, wool yarn, cotton thread, wooden frame, LED and accessories, acrylic panel, metal connector
Size：630*730*165mm

In this work, I have transformed some fragments collected from different cities during my journey through different techniques and media, including the intangible cultural heritage handcraft Xiaoshan Lace, weaving, and LED animation, trying to link tradition and today’s technique language. In the LED animation, I decompose the traditional patterns expressed in the fabric, reassembled in the dimension of time, constantly generating new possibilities. For me, the most fascinating thing in urban landscapes is the infinitely evolving vein relationship between things behind the surface. Inspired by this, I have been exploring and expressing some linkages between things, between time and space in my own works.