BAO RONG 包蓉
CV
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
2021-2023 Royal College of Art (RCA) Master of Art in Fine Art, Sculpture 水硕快跑！！！
2022 Zurich University of the Arts (ZUA) PHD Summer School, Commoning Curatorial and Artistic Education 混到的一个summer school哈哈写上来装逼用的
2018-2021 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Bachelor of Fine Art in Fine art 特别好的学校！
2015-2018 China Academy of Art (CAA) Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture and Public Space (transferred) 读到大三下学期辍学了是肄业但是遇到了一生挚友
2015 高考数学考了148分是全校文科数学单科状元
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 March-June BAO RONG IS ALSO ME Two! Carl Kostyal, Hong Kong, China
2024 Feb-May RONG BAO IS ME, Saatchi Gallery, London, The United Kingdom
"Rong Bao is Me," Bao's debut solo exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, not only marks a significant milestone in her career but also represents the first solo exhibition by a female Chinese artist at this renowned venue.
岳晨萱叫我低调一点不要见谁就说自己是历史上第一个受邀在萨奇美术馆举办大型个展的中国女性艺术家
(被问太多次了，不是花钱卖的展览哈，我要是能出得起萨奇美术馆三个月的租金我就直接躺平了啊哈哈哈哈。是美术馆自己的展览，美术馆的策展人主动邀请的我，不仅包了我所有作品运输和布展费用还给了一点材料费补助，虽然不多但是我很感激！我感觉自己要一直解释这个事情也真的很愚蠢，老会被问到。我真的不是富二代啊哈哈哈上学的时候也一直在打工勤工俭学靠着奖学金和在学校打工才把学读完的。希望这个世界对女生多一些善意吧！嫉妒真的会使人变疯，愿大家都不要遇到属于自己的疯疯。)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, China
2025 Gravity Art Museum. Beijing, China
2025 “La Pista 500”, Commissioned by Pinacoteca Agnelli Art Museum, Turin, Italy
2025 Orchard Street Gallery, Commissioned by Selfridges, London, UK
2024 UCCA x Absolute Vodka x Andy Warhol foundation commission, K11 Shanghai, China安迪沃霍尔基金会选了我哦
2024 Shanghai West Bund Art Fair, Spurs Gallery, Shanghai, China 上海西岸艺博会人好多啊谢谢Sherry
2024 Stemming from Umwelt, Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China 是北京总部别跑错地方啦
2024 Mary Mary, the Colab Artist Garden, London, The United Kingdom 是为盲人做的还受到了British council的支持！
2024 As Mountain As Feather, Inner Flow, Beijing, China 机器平时都没给我开 作品还给我搞坏了 天花板还漏水 差评
2023 Buffer 2, Guts Gallery, London, The United Kingdom 伦敦发掘新锐艺术家非常牛逼的画廊 画廊主人超好
2023 Triple Bill, The Colab Artist Garden Show, London 安东尼格姆雷来参加了我的开幕式然后我没去参加他的
2023 "A New Day, A New Dawn”, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London 策展人想一出是一出
2023 Middlesbrough Art Week, Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom 是英国东北部最大的艺术节！超级好玩
2023 Land Art Festival of Huang Songyu Pinggu Beijing, Beijing, China
2023 Up in the Air, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, China 谢谢鲁明军老师！！！（鞠躬）
2023 J_a_in, Tang Musume, GuangDong, China
2023 Hung, Drawn &Quartered, Standpoint Gallery (Residency), London, The United Kingdom
2022 ReA! Art Fair 2022, Via Ruggero Boscovich, Milan, Italy
2022 Muddy Mudlarks, Candid Arts Trust, London, The United Kingdom
2022 EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Chicago, The United States
2020 Art Nova 100 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
2019 Art Bash 2019, Chicago Site Gallery, Chicago, The United States
2018 Copper Field-T project exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2017 Public Sculpture Creation Camp/ China (Hui’an) International Sculpture Art Exhibition
SCHOLARSHIP, AWARD AND COMMISSION
2025 “Ling, Luo, Chou, Duan”, commissioned by Harper’s Bazaar, China
2025 “La Pista 500”, Commissioned by Pinacoteca Agnelli Art Museum, Turin, Italy
2025 Orchard Street Gallery, Commissioned by Selfridges, London, UK
2024 UCCA Young AssociatesChoice Awards 2024 Highlight Nominated 谢谢UCCA！！
2024 Commissioned by Tate Collective
2024 Gilbert Bayes Award by the Royal Society of Sculptors
2023 British Council’s Connections Through Culture Grant Programme
2023 The CoLab/RCA/YSP Graduate Award and Residency
2022 UCCA Lab New Emerging Artists Program Top 10
2022 New Contemporaries 2022 Shortlist
2019 OX-BOW Scholarship 2019 Summer
2018-2021 SAIC Distinguished Scholarship
2016 Academic Award in Countryside Practice
MEDIA REPORT AND INTERVIEW
2025 从艺 033_包蓉_过度坦诚_不想自圆其说_抬杠仙人 （长达近3w字hhh比我毕业论文长）
2025 The Observer Magazine | The grid: Rong Bao’s otherworldly sculptures
2025 It’s Nice That | Rong Bao’s bizarre inflatable sculptures imagine new kinds of life
2025 BBC | "GO GET ARTY" Art Show Episode 6 老子上BBC了！！！正二八斤电视节目！！
2025 Feng Shows | Gravity Art Museum "GIF" Artist Rong Bao Interview
2025 HYPEBEAST | Rong Bao to Inaugurate Carl Kostyál's Hong Kong Gallery
2024 Metal | Rong Bao: How Does Your Garden Grow
2024 Bazaar Art| A POWERFUL YET, SOFT AND CHEERFUL PROVOCATION
2024 Glamcult | The Hard Candy Issue: Ginger Marmalade, Blossom Jelly, Rong Bao
2024 RCA| Meet our 2023 graduates a year after the RCA
2024 ARTZIP | Saatchi Gallery: RONG BAO IS ME by Jonathan Miles
2024 Tate Collective Commission work in Feb 2024 我知道这个上面写过了但这个是TATE 你理解一下
2024 The Art Gorgeous | Rong Bao: Inflating Imagination In The Art World
2023 Living Maps | Walking Home: An Interview with Clare Qualmann and Rong Bao
2023 Knuckle Magazine | Artist Rong Bao
2023 UAAD | Rong Bao: The Sculptor of Rebellion and Reimagined Realities
2023 Made In Bed | Runqiu Peng in Conversation with Multimedia Artist Rong Bao
2023 China Academy of Art Public Space Art Research Institute | Rong Bao
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 Movers and Shakers: Strategies for the Conservation of Kinetic Art event series by UCL, Tate, Getty- Artist Panel
2024 Sotheby's Institute of Art MA - Guest Lecture
2024 University of Utah's College - Guest Lecture
2022-2023 The Walkative Society Project-Co-Presidents
2023 University of the Creative Arts-Visiting Tutor
2023 South Thames College-Visiting Tutor
2022 Nationwide Festival of Creativity-Green Space Dark Skies-Volunteer (Rong Bao is at 3'58")
2022 University of Westminster-Visiting Tutor
2019 Design for Non-Human Kinds, Toys for Elephants-Group Leader