Ran Kai was born in Hubei in December 1988. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the China Academy of Art in 2016 and currently lives and works in Hangzhou.
 
Recent solo exhibitions: Flute Dream, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, 2023;  Flaw Or Reflection, Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum, Taizhou, 2019; Replacement, Fanyun Art Space, Hangzhou, 2015
 
Recent group exhibitions: Friendship, ABI Offline Space, Hangzhou, 2022; In Finite time, Finite space, Bo Space, Hangzhou, 2022; Improvised dream, Houyi Art Space, Hangzhou, 2022; Song of Wanderers, Martin Goya Business, Hangzhou, 2021; Landing, HENGYI Gallery, Hangzhou, 2021; Creative International Art Invitational Exhibition, Hongmiao Art Center, Shanghai, 2021; 3x3, HENGYI Gallery, Hangzhou, 2021; Harmony - Power, Jinan International Biennale, Jinan, 2020; Broken chapter, HENGYI Gallery, Hangzhou, 2020; Feng Jing Jiu Ceng An, Xiaoshan Museum, Hangzhou, 2020; Single row, TOUKU Gallery, Hangzhou, 2019; Ideal palace of schwarle, Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition exhibition United Museum, Hangzhou, 2019; After the Flood, Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Hangzhou, 2019; Infinite Edge, Xiangshan Art Center, Hangzhou, 2019; No exhibition, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, 2019