Explore workLU RENJIE · ARTIST ARCHIVESHANGHAI · CHINA
Celestial SphereShan Hai Jing
01WAYS OF SEEING, WAYS OF MAKING
观看 · 材料 · 形态ART / FORM / LIFE
Across materials.
Through many forms.
Lu Renjie is an independent artist born in Shanghai, working across painting, illustration, sculpture, ceramics, installation and applied design. His body of work includes portraits, self-portraits, early studies and independent works, alongside thematic series such as Dream of the Red Chamber and Shan Hai Jing.
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Every scale of imagination.
63 works and series, across media.
SERIES FOCUS / SHAN HAI JING
Shan Hai Jing.A series.
One body of work within Lu Renjie’s wider practice, exploring classical texts through painting, form and space.
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From the series: The Shanhai Scroll
THE SHANHAI SCROLL03IN THE WORLD
In the world
Beyond the studio,
into shared spaces.
2025Exhibition programme2024Public space2023Special exhibition2021Exhibition
Fractured Horizons
PI Art Center / VSDesign · ShanHai-verse
Shanhai Jinzhong
Jinzhong Plaza · Shanghai
Shan Hai: Hidden Treasures
Guangfulin Cultural Relics Park · Shanghai
Chasing Light
Baoku Culture Center, Shanghai Tower
Past exhibitions & public projects · Follow each entry to its source
IN CONVERSATION / ON FILM
Behind the work, a voice.
From television interviews to gallery films, step inside Lu Renjie’s world.
INSIDE THE PRACTICE
A world begins
with a single detail.
From paintings of people and cities to ceramics, sculpture and spatial installations, Lu Renjie works across subjects and materials. The archive brings together his series, independent works and studies.
The artist & his practice