User:Katiejanebryan1982/Chen Wei (artist)

Chen Wei (born 1980) is a prominent figure in a new generation of internationally minded artists working within the realm of photography in China. Chen Wei’s work is characterised by technical virtuosity and by a strong conceptual approach. He is known for creating surreal, theatrical shoots in both interior and exterior locations. His work employs a clean aesthetic and often shows a myriad of detail.

 Life and Career

Chen Wei was born in the Zhejiang Province in China. He has exhibited extensively throughout Asia including at the Museum for Contemporary Art in Shanghai, The Contemporary Art Institute in Beijing and the Seoul International Photography Festival in 2009. He has also shown in New York, Canada, L.A., Singapore, Japan and Poland.

'''Solo Exhibitions '''

2011


 * Tight Rope, Yokohama CreativeCity Center (YCC), Yokohama, Japan


 * The Augur's Game, Galleria Glance, Turin, Italy

2010


 * Chen Wei: photography2006-2009, Full Art, Sevilla, Spain
 * House of Recovery, Platform China, LISTE 15, Basel, Switzerland

2009


 * Chen Wei's Photography Works From 2007-2009, M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China


 * Everyday scenery and props, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong, China
 * Partial Melancholy, Laboratory Art Beijing, Beijing, China

2008


 * The Fabulist's Path, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

Group Exhibitions

2011
 * The Other Wave: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, U.K.


 * In The Heat of The Sun, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea


 * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
 * One Man Theater, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
 * Habibi, Triple Exhibition, Yangtze River Space, Wuhan, China
 * Catch The Moon In The Water, James Cohan Gallery, New York, U.S.A
 * Red, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
 * In a Perfect World，meulensteen，New York, U.S.A
 * Parts and Whole, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan

2010


 * Alex: A Tribute to Alexander McQueen, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai ,China


 * MARK FLOOD, AGATHE SNOW and CHEN WEI: Group Show, Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany
 * Reflection of Minds - Moca Shanghai Envisage, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China


 * TORA!TORA!TORA!：Photography Exhibition, Beijing Caochangdi Photo Spring, Beijing, China


 * Soldier Crab Ⅰ: An Exhibition of The First Annual Caochangdi Photospring, Li-Space, Beijing, China


 * Jungle: A Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

2009

2008
 * Seoul International Photography Festival 2009, Seoul, Korea
 * Santa's Workshop Shanghai, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
 * e-flux "PAWNSHOP", The Shop, Beijing, China
 * YiPai-Century Thinking: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
 * Blackboard-Group Exhibition, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai, China
 * The 3th Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
 * China Now-The Edge of Desire, Lillian Heidenberg Fine Art, Max Lang Gallery, New York, U.S.A
 * New Work from China-Painting, Photography & Video, Fortune Cookie Projects Singapore, HT Contemporary Space, Singapore


 * Exquisite Corpse: China Surreal, m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China


 * Meditions Biennale 2008, Poznan, Poland


 * Deep Pond and Float Chamber, Nanjing Qinghe Current Art Center, Nanjing, China
 * China Pingyao International Photography Festival 2008, Pingyao, China
 * Night On Earth - Spatial Constructions and Time based Collisions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

2007


 * Amateur World: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China


 * Refresh: Emerging Chinese Artists, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai / Arario Gallery, Beijing, China


 * Unpredictable: Chen Wei and Jin Shan New Photography from China, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A


 * Against the Wall: Contemporary Chinese Artists, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada


 * On View: Selections from China, curated by Fortune Cookie, Projects, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, U.S.A


 * Shouting truth: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

2006


 * The 4th Seoul Internatonal Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea


 * Poetic Reality: A Reinterpretation of Jiangnan, RCM Art Museum, Nanjing, China


 * Restless: Photography and New Media, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

2005


 * GIFTS: Contemporary Art Exhibition, H.N.U.Art Museum, Hangzhou, China


 * Four Seasons: Sound Performance, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai / Cubic Art Center, Beijing, China

2003


 * Bai Ta Ling Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Bai Ta Ling, Hangzhou, China