Wei Liu - Artist Info

About Wei Liu

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    Born 1972 in Beijing, China, the artist is based in his home town. He works in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, video installation, drawing and photography.

    Education:
    1996 Graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts, Zhejiang Province, China
    2006 CCAA honorable mention

    Selected Exhibitions:
    2006 Fiction@Love, MOCA Shanghai , Shanghai , China
    2006 Contemporary China, PKM Gallery, Seoul , Korea
    2006 Yellow box, Qingpu, Shanghai , China
    2006 The second space for contemporary ink work -idylls and visions, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou , China
    2006 ALLLOOKSAME?/TUTTTUGUALE? - Art from China , Korea and Japan, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin , Italy
    2006 The 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art , Seoul , Korea
    2004 - 2006 Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA; International Center for Photography, New York, USA 2005 Battlefield: The Courtyard Gallery Annex, Beijing (solo)
    2005 The Second Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
    2005 51st Venice Biennale: Venice, Italy
    2005 Mahjong: Bern, Switzerland
    2005 First Nanjing Triennial: Nanjing, China
    2004 Shanghai Biennale, Techniques of the Visible: Shanghai, China
    2004 Regeneration, touring exhibition, USA
    2004 Exhibitions Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, International Center of Photography and The Asia Society, New York, Smart Museum of Art (touring exhibition)
    2004 Museum of Contemporary, Chicago, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA; Art House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
    2003 Open Sky, Duolun Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
    2003 The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of Post-Planning, Shenzhen, China
    2003 Together with Migrant, Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China
    2003 Double Time, China Academy of Fine Arts, Huangzhou, China
    2003 Second Hand Reality, Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China
    2003 Refine 798, 798, Beijing, China
    2002 The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
    2002 Mirage, Godot Art Museum, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China
    2002 Everyday Attitude: An Exhibition of Chinese Photo-Based Arts, Pingyao, Shanxi, China
    2002 Too Much Flavour, 3H Art Center, Shanghai, China; Avant-Garde, Hakaren, Singapore
    2001 Post-Sensibility Spree, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China
    2001 Non-Linear Narrative, Gallery of National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
    2001 Mantic Ecstasy, Impression Gallery, Hangzhou; Bizart Art Center, Shanghai; Loft
    2001 New Media Art Space, Beijing, China
    2001 16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
    2000 'Home?' Contemporary Art Project, Yuexing Furniture Warehouse, Shanghai, China
    1999 Art for Sale, Shanghai Plaza, Shanghai, China
    1999 Beijing in London, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
    1999 Post-Sensibility: Alien Bodies and Delusion, Shaoyaoju, Beijing, China

    Source:
    Grosenick, Uta and Caspar Schubbe (Editors). China Art Book. Cologne 2007

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