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Aurélie Kernaléguen was born in France in 1984. Settled in Asia since she was 17 years old, she is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in journalism at National Taiwan University. She has a big interest in all aspects of Asian culture and she likes to represent its cultural diversity through photography and documentary works.
In December 2008, in collaboration with the WeShare Education and Charity Fund (文向教育基金會) and the Ricci Institute, she participated in the publication of the photography book ‘Embrace’ ( 擁抱－孤挺在疾風中的勁草), an educational project which portrays 12 Taiwanese people working for associations in Taiwan.
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Benoît Vermander, born in 1960, is a French Jesuit, sinologist and political scientist, and director of the Taipei Ricci Institute since 1996. He is managing editor of the Chinese language journal Renlai and the electronic magazine erenlai.com. Most notably his works focus on contemporary Chinese religions and Chinese Catholic theology, on the Yi minority in Sichuan, and on China's role in globalization.
Under the artist name of Bendu (笨笃), he also creates works of Chinese painting and calligraphy. he studied under the direction of Sichuanese painter Li Jinyuan (李金远). In concert with Li Jinyuan he held expositions at the Réfectoire des Jacobins (Toulouse, 1996), the European Parliament (Strasbourg, 1996), the National Gallery (Beijing, 1997) and Gallery of Sichuan (Chengdu, 1997). He has held solo exhibitions at Fu Jen University (Taipei, 1993), University of San Francisco (1999), The French Institute in Taipei (2002), Chengdu's Academy of Painting and Calligraphy (2002), Beida Centre (Tainan, 2004), Kwanghua Centre (Hong Kong, 2005), the Tibeto-Mongolian Foundation (Taipei, 2008), Sunbow Gallery in Shanghai (2008), amongst various other places. He has published several collections of poems and paintings, in both Taiwan and China.
His art is characterized by the use of audacious calligraphic strokes, the influence of the landscapes and patterns of Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups in south western China and the blending of traditions and techniques.
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Claire Shen Hsiu-chen is a Taiwanese writer and translator, who also does photographic and graphic work. After doctoral studies in France she has been a researcher at Taipei Ricci Institute and was the first managing editor of Renlai monthly.
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Filippo Brambilla, born in Italy in 1984, is a Language and Culture of Eastern Asia student at Venice's Ca’ Foscari University. He’s currently trying to complete his thesis to get a specialist degree.
He mainly studies chinese language and culture, but since his first visit to China he has always been more interested in the Tibetan areas, where he has been traveling several times and finally researched there this year.
He is writing a thesis on the Jonangpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and its current tradition.
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Li Jinyuan is a painter form Sichuan, born in Chengdu in 1945. He was a factory worker for many years before becoming professor of Chinese painting at Sichuan Normal University. Considered by many as one of the best and most innovative Chinese painters today, both in ink and oil painting, he has been invited by universities, companies and local governments in France, (Midi-Pyrenees), Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and other places. In 2001, he went on a journey on the road of Matteo Ricci, which gave way to an exhibit at Sophia University, Tokyo, and other manifestations.
Liang Zhun was born in 1967 in Canton. She settled in Chengdu, Sichuan, in 1989, and soon discovered her vocation as photographer and reporter, visiting all minorities groups of Southwest China, and publishing extensively in several Chinese magazines. She has authored or co-authored several books. In 2008 she was a volunteer for five months after the earthquake that struck northern Sichuan and adjacent regions. in May 2009 she published a stunning photographic testimony on the earthquake and subsequent humane reconstruction in the area ("I heard your breathing", Sichuan Minorities Press.) She has now moved to Shanghai where she directs A-Z Cultural Enterprise and works on documentary projects. She is a member of China's ethnographic photographers association.
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Marie Delaplanche was born in France in 1985. She graduated in environmental law in 2008. The subject of her thesis was environmental protection during wars. A few months after graduation , she left France for Taiwan, where she currently studies Chinese.
Marie started working for eRenlai.com in March 2010. She now intends to make a living as a reporter-photographer with a special focus on environmental issues and sustainable development. Marie especially enjoys creating photography of animals in the wild.
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Nicolas Priniotakis is a French documentary film director.
He lives in Taipei and works with the Ricci Institute for Chinese Study on several projects, including a documentary series about Austronesian migration in the Pacific.
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Roberto Ribeiro is a member of group OPA ("Prayers through the Art") from Brasil.
He is the director of "the Beijing Center for Chiinese Studies". He is deeply interested in Chinese culture and its interaction with other traditions. His main fields are photography and new media, with a specific look on the relation between ethics and esthetics.
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