Biography:

Within contemporary sculpture in China, Ren Zhe is best known for his stainless-steel warrior sculptures that convey a sense of weighty stillness and power. Born in Beijing in 1983, Ren attended Tsinghua University’s Academy of Fine Arts Sculpture Department, where he graduated with both bachelor's and master’s degrees. From an early age, Ren has maintained a fascination for heroic figures told in epic tales of mythology and antiquity, which have become recurrent themes in the artist's oeuvre.