Li Wei

1970 Born in Hubei
1993 Admitted to Oil Painting Department of Beijing East Culture Art Academy.
Now lives in Beijing

Solo Exhibitions
2013
AUTOSTADT, Wolfsburg, Germany
“Flying of Dreams”, ZAT Montpellier, France
2012
“Li Wei - Reality Anew”, LDX Gallery Hong Kong
“Li Wei”, Dock Sud gallery, France.
“Li Wei”, Parc de la Villette, Paris.
“The High Life Of Liwei”, Kunst.Licht Photo Art Gallery,Shanghai.
2011
“Li Wei_Lucca Photo Fest”, Lucca, Italy.
2010
“Photo Phnom Penh”, Cambodia.
“Beyond Gravity” 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong.
“Li Wei Performance ‘Take Away’ ” Shanghai Tang, Hong Kong.
2009
“Li Wei” Galeria Tribeca, Madrid, Spain.
“The Amazing Mirror Maze Of The Self” Michael Schultz Gallery Beijing.
“Besides Gravity”, Mogadishni Cph Gallery, Denmark.
2008
“Li Wei ”Solo Exhibition, Yeh Rong Jia Culture & Art Foundation, Taiwan.
2007
“Li Wei Falls To …”,Espace Cultural Ample Gallery,Spain.
2006
“Li Wei”Exhibition,Pyo Gallery,Seoul,
“Transcendence:A Mirror Of China”, The:Artist:Network New York, New York.
“Li Wei”Exhibition,10 Chancery Lane Gallery,Central Hong Kong.
“Li Wei” Exhibition, Grleria Espacio Minimo,Madrid,Spain.
2005
“Illusory Reality” Exhibition, Marella Gallery,Beijing.
2004
“Li Wei” Exhibition, Marella Gallery, Italy.



Group Exhibitions

2013
Venice Biennale Kenya Pavilion, Italy
“Norev-Over” , collective photography and video exhibition, Beijing
“The Rapture of Romantic Illusions”，Fudi Aromatic Villa，Shanghai

2012
"Standing At The Water's Edge",M97 Gallery, Shanghai.
“Dream City Tunisia 2012”, Tunis
“A History of Chinese Contemporary Photography”, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
“Daydreaming With…”,HK.
“Research Exhibition On ‘Post-70s Generation’Artists Jianghan Star Plan 2012 Rejoice In Dissensus”,Wuhang Art Museum.
“Monzza Shunde Biennale”, Italy
“L’Art De La Radiance-30th Anniversary Celebration Presented By Cle De Peau Beaute”.HK.
“Contemporary Chinese Photography”, Katonah Museum Of Art,US.
“Now! China! Korea! 2012! - Contemporary Korean And Chinese Art Exhibition”,Gallerytn,Beijing.

2011.
“Lucca Photo Fest”, Lucca, Italy.
“I believe that…-Chinese contemporary art exhibition”,Songzhuang Museum,Beijing .
“Divided by The Curtains”, Beijing Times Art Museum
“Chinese Visual Festival 2011-lost In Transformation”,Londom.
“Li Wei & aleiandro miranda”,Galerie Daniel tanner gmbh,Zurich, Switaerland.
“St.Moritz masters”, St.Moritz,Switaerland.
“box(e)” ,Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milan, Italy.
“Remaking Vision” Travelling Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Photography.

2010
“Daegu Photo Biennale 2010”, Daegu, Korea.
“Passing China" Gallery Sanstorium, Istanbul, Turkey.
"FUCK UPS, FABLES AND FIASCOS", Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin.
“Foundation Vevey, ville d'images”, Festival Images, Switzerland.
“CHINA PHOTOGRAPHS MADRID”,Madrid Pavilion of the EXPO 2010,Shanghai.
“Mostra SESC de Artes 2010”, St. Paul, in Brazil.
“China Welcomes You Begegnungen 2010”,Stadtmuseum Oldenburg.
“Photo Phnom Penh”, Cambodia.

2009
“WIDTH”,Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, China.
“Beijing time”, MATADERO MADRID ,Madrid ,Spain.
“China: the Contemporary rebirth”, Palazzo Reale Museum, Milan, Italy.
Mouvement d'Art Public/Make Art Public (MAP), Canada.
“The view from elsewhere” Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) in partnership with Queensland Art Gallery present; Gallery of Modern Art/Australian Cinematheque.
"China Now: The Edge of Desire",Maxlang and Lillian Heidenberg Fine Art Presents,US.
“Action-Camera: Beijing Performance Photography”, Morris and helen Belkin Art Gallery,Vancouver.
“INCARNATIONS”, Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery,Beijing 798.

2008
“Fabricating Images from History”,Chinablue Gallery,Beijing.
“Consumption of history”, East Asia Contemporary,Shanghai,China.
“Out of place”,Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA.
“Beijing 2008”, Olympic Museum, Lausanne,Swiss.
“Supernatural: China's Contemporary Photography”,Artgate Gallery,NY.
“Assembling under the Five Rings”, The Legend Luxury & Entertainment Center, Beijing.
“BODY ART:New photography from China”, Asian Art Coordinating Council, Denver, USA.
“Drawn in the Clouds: Contemporary Asian Art” Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki.
“Olhares Interiores-Inward Gazes”-Documentaries of Performances Art-Museum of Macao.
"Immoral Facts and Fables", Galerie Caprice Horn,Berlin.

2007
“RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection”， Museum of Fine Arts，Houston，
“Floating”-New Generation of Art in China, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea.
“Made in China-China art Now”, Louisiana Museum,Danmark.
“LIWEI WEIHONG HUANYAN”, Barbaradavisgallery, Houston，
“The 38th Recontres de Arles Photographie”,Arles,France.
“Chinese Photography”，Criterion Gallery，Australia.
“Dragon's Evolution”, New York China-Square Art Center.
“SURGE”, Beijing 798,
“The 7th Gana Photo Festival -CHINA contemporary Photo & Vide,Gana art Center,Seoul,
“Szene-sommer’07”, Salzburg, Austria.
“Zhuyi”,Artium Museum,Spain.
“CHina Now: Lost in Transition”, Eli Klein Gallery,NY
“SURREALITES”, CentrePasquArt Art Center, Switzerland

2006
“China-Between Past and Future”,And Performances Art-Haus der kulturen der Welt/House of World Cultures,Berlin,Germany,
“RUINS”,US.
“COLD ENERGY”,PYO,Beijing.
“Park in progress”, France
“For All Audiences”,SALA Rekalde Art museum,BILBAO,SPAIN
“Retours de Chine”,Toulouse Art museum, France

2005
“Olhares Interiores-Inward Gazes”-Documentaries of Performances Art-Museum of Macao,
“THE SECOND REALITY” Photographs from China,"Piazza"of the Berlaymont building,European Commission.
“New Photographers 2006”, Cannes
“THE GESTURE-A VISUAL LIBRARY IN PROGRESS”, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, Centro Produzione Arte, Florence, Italy
“Ruins`Flowers”, OX WAREHOUSE, Macau.
“Out Of the Red-2”, Marella Gallery, Italy
“70 empress arts”, Today art museum，Beijing.

2004
“Between Past and Future- New Photography and Video from China”, ICP,Asia Society, New York.Smart Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
“Officina Asia”, Bologna, Galleriad’arte moderna Cesena,,Italy,
“TIANANMEN” exhibition.Paris. France
“MMAC” exhibition. Japan
“Artificial merriment”. Melbourne, Australia
“FOLLIA” exhibition. Italy

2003
“China Art Now -- Out Of the Red”, FlashArt Museum, Italy
“I am China -- Chinese Conceptual Photography”, SOHO, Beijing
“Manufactured Happiness” Shangri-La Art Space, Beijing
“The peripheries become the center” . Prague Biennial
“DNA” Visual. Beijing
“Bare Androgyny”. Beijing
“Seoul-Asia Art Now” exhibition. Seoul Museum

2002
“Flying --Performance, Photography, Video”, Beijing Red Square, Beijing
“The 2nd 'PingYao' International Photography”, PingYao, ShanXi, China
“Red Square - Contemporary Art” , Beijing Red Square, Beijing
“Mask Vs Face”, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
“Bogus---Chinese Conceptual Photography” , Hall of Capital Normal University, Beijing
“MOIS DE LA PHOTO --HISTOIRES de CHINE”, Auxerre Museum, France

2001
“0℃” Art Exhibition, Beijing Bridge Art , Beijing
“Constructed Reality--Beijing/Hong Kong Conceptual Photography”, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
“Pawn·COM -- Site Performance”, Happy Garden Bar, Beijing.
“Scar--Chinese Conceptual Photography”, Exhibition Hall of Capital Normal University, Beijing
“Site of City -- Four Person Conceptual Photography”, Fun Gallery, Beijing.

2000
“Open Art Platform”, Performance Art Festival, Beijing.

Awards
2005
"Macau Art museum overseas communicate the prize"-Macau art museum, 2005
2006
"31 photographers with the most creative world"-American Getty, 2006