任前 Qian Ren（中國｜CN）

學術顧問｜Academic Consultant
1971年出生於中國重慶。 1995年畢業於四川美術學院美術教育系油畫專業。現生活工作於紐約、重慶。從1999年至今，任前的跨媒介和跨領域工作包括：現場行為表演，裝置，聲音與錄像藝術，攝影、繪畫等，曾經組織策劃過重慶早期的《失語》觀念藝術展，《渡》新媒體藝術展。 2006年獲得英國著名雕塑家安東尼·格姆雷「亞洲的土地」藝術基金獎。 2005－2006年獲得英國文化協會Artistlinks的邀請，到英國曼切斯特華人藝術中心和倫敦蓋斯沃克斯工作室進行駐地創作。 2009年《取水》藝術作品獲得德國ProArt機構和英國BananaPark畫廊舉辦的錄像藝術展特別獎。 2017年5月獲得德國杜塞爾多夫城市文化局邀請為駐留訪問藝術家。 2017年6月獲得美國傑出藝術家申請。旅居美國紐約。
Ren Qian was born on 1971. He graduated from Teaching Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute . He is an artist based in Chongqing & New York. Ever since 1999, he has been working with multiple media across multiple disciplines. His works include performance arts, installation, photography, audio and video arts. By far, He has participated in many national and international art shows. He was also the curator of the contemporary art shows of 「Traverse」 and 「Dumb」 at Chongqing.. Ren took part in the residency at Chinese Art Center, Manchester 2005. He was awarded the prize by the Antony Gormley Foundation in 2006. He was awarded the prize by the Kulturamt Landeshauptadt Dusseldorf Germany invited to become the resident artist in 2017.Access to outstanding artists in the United States and living in New York in 2017..He also received a special award by ProArt Germany and BananaPark Gallery for his video work 「Water」 in 2009. He has collaborated with many artists from home and abroad.