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RJ Tripodi
RJ is an artist and registered architect living in Shanghai. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009 with a bachelors degree in fine art (BFA) with a sculpture focus. In 2013 he graduated from Yale University with his Masters in Architecture (M. Arch). In 2013 RJ moved to China, first living in Beijing before moving to Shanghai in 2017. RJ’s sculpture is concerned with the contact between concept and mystery.
RJ works in sculpture, digital media and drawing to make art shaped by the interaction of technology and place. With formal education in sculpture and conceptual art, RJ’s practice is expanded by his professional work as a practicing architect. The conflict and compatibility between these two offer alternative ways to make forms for the evolving present.
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, USA
2009
Bachelor of Fine Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
BUSH, FLIP, Shanghai, China (sculpture Jingang No.3 and video Tall Grass)
2018
Available Space, FLIP, Shanghai, China (sculpture Jingang No.1)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Re-Nature, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
2023
ART021, Bird Gallery, Shanghai, China (sculpture Jingang No.4 - Under the Lotus)
Variation, Bird Gallery, Shanghai, China (sculpture Jingang No.1)
2022
Natura Ex Machina, Venice, Italy (video Tall Grass)
2021
Group exhibition, Wanqing Art Space, Shanghai, China (sculpture Fat Bone)
2019
Group exhibition, Changning Culture Center, Shanghai, China (sculpture Fat Bone)
2016
Bangbangbangbang, No Way Space, Beijing, China (installation Ran)
Speaking Fox, No Way Space, Beijing, China (installation Allison)
2013
Digital Stone, Gramolazzo, Italy
2012
Rome Drawings, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, USA
2010
Drawing Selection, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
2009
From the Vault, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
Performance with Brenda Battad, Pittsburgh, USA
2008
Norfolk group show, Norfolk, Yale, USA