Chen Wei

Beijing-based artist Chen Wei (b. 1980, China) brings a different texture to the booth with his photographs. He observes the rapidly-changing urban landscape in his home country, and recreates the beauty he finds through his careful placement of objects in his studio. His artworks guides viewers to ponder on how we perceive the surrounding world which continues to change ceaselessly. He held solo exhibition "Make Me Illusory" at West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China in 2021.

Chen Wei (b. 1980, China) currently lives and works in Beijing. He focuses on social themes such as urban landscape and disco culture, and works with photography and installation. His solo exhibitions include “I Am the People”, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2023), “Chen Wei”, Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME, Tokyo, Japan (2022), “Chen Wei: Jamais Vu”, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore (2022), “Make Me Illusory”, (Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project), West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China (2021), “Good Night”, How Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2021), “Night Falls”, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore/ Tokyo, Japan (2019/ 2020), “Chen Wei: Drifting Along & Noon Club”, Büro, Basel, Switzerland (2019), “WHERE ARE YOU GOING TONIGHT”, chi K11 art space, Guangzhou, China (2018), “The Club”, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia (2017). Group exhibitions include “Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions”, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China (2023), “Mirage or Reality”, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2021), “Collection Exhibition: Scales” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan (2020), “Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future”, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2019), “Night Fever. Designing Club Culture 1960-today”, Vitra Design Museum, Germany (2018), “The Genius of the Crowd”, Jendela Visual Arts Space -Esplanade, Singapore (2017). His works are in public collections including Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, China, Yuz Museum, China, K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA.