ZHANG Wei Chinese, b. 1977

2002 
Graduated from Beijing Film Academy, Photography School, Beijing, China
Lives and works in Beijing and New York
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
"THEATER OF ILLUSIONS", A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
”ARTIFICIAL THEATER-ACT II“, O2art, Beijing, China
2019
"ARTIFICIAL THEATER", Galleria Immerso, Italy
2018
”EMPATHY“, xian art Museum,Xian new art center, xi‘an, China
2015
“Theatre Artificiel”, Art & Public Cabinet PH - Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland
2014
"Artificial Theater", Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Reve et Realite", A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France?
2010
"Temporary Performers", 6th Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
 
GROUP  EXHIBITIONS
2024
"HISTORY, EVERYDAY LIFE, AND IMAGINATION" Chinese Contemporary Photography, Saddleback Art Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2023
"TALK TO IT"- AI Image Production And Generation, Chengdu Art Museum, Sichuan
"PORTRAITS: THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LONG MUSEUM", Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai
"LISHUI PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 20 YEARS RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION", Lishui, Zhejiang   
"JINGPHOTO",ENJOY-ART Museum, 798Art Zone ,Beijing
"PHOTOFAIRS SHANGHAI 2023",SHANGHAI EXHIBITION CENTER, Shanghai
"40 YEARS OF CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY" Kulangsu Center for Contemporary Art Xiamen,Fujian
"PRACTICE OF VISION"  EPOCH ART MUSEUM Wenzhou Zhejiang
2022
"EYE TO EYE WITH STANO CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION" Czech China Contemporary,East Art Zone, Songzhuang, Beijing
2021
"TOP20.2021 THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMIC REVIEW EXHIBITION" Zhejiang Art Museum Hang Zhou
"THE 8TH CHINA PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL RANKING" Lishui International Photography Festival LiShui Zhejiang
"BEIJING CONTEMPORARY ART EXPO2021" Beijing National Agricultral Exhibition Center  Beijing
"ART PARIS" Paris  France
"ART SHENZHEN" Shenzhen Guangdong
"TIME FIELD SPACE" Hanshan Art Museum Suzhou
"RELAY (VOLUME 3)"Yuan Art Museum Beijing
"HOW ARE YOU? HOW OLD ARE YOU?" Zhejiang Exhibition Hall
2020
"THE 8TH JINAN INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNALE" Shandong University of Arts and Crafts Art Museum, China
"ASIA NOW", Paris, France
"SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2020" ShangHai, China
"APERTRUTH", Subhashok The Arts Centre Bangkok, Thailand
"A LITTIE CHANCE ENCOUNTER", Long Museum westbank Shanghai, China
2019
"SUNSET ON A DEAD END THE NOTORIOUS AND THEIR LNEXPLICABLE MODES OF EXISTENCE", Power Station of Art , Shanghai, China
"10 ANS DÉJÀ", A2Z gallery, Paris
"2019 GOLDEN PANDA PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS", Chengdu contemporary image museum, China
"DARKROOM", MOCP Museum of Contemporary photoraphy, Chicago, USA
2018
"DECEPTIV BEAUTY", Schneider Gallery, in collaboration with Bokeh Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
"THE EXHIBITION OF ANNUAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF CHINA2017", MINSHENG ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China
"CHINESE SPRING", Stieglitz19, Antwerp, Belgium
"SNAKE-ARMS", CIPA GALLERY, Beijing, China
2017
"MICROCSMO", Shaanxi Arts Museum, Xi'an, China
"ACC ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION", Asian Culture Complex(ACC)Gwangju, Korea
"BEYOND THE SPHERE OF REPRODUCTION", Hannover municipal museum of art, Germany
"PYEONGCHANG BIENNALE GANGNEUNG FOLK ART FESTIVAL 2017" ,Korea.
2016
DAEGU PHOTO BIENNALE 2016", Daegu, Korea
"TRANSIENCE METRO: SCAPE", Shanghai Young Art Fair,Shanghai exhibition center, China
"GRAIN TO PIXEL", Monash gallery, Australia
"RE-PORTRAIT" Songzhuang art museum, Beijing, China
"THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW PRESENTED BY AIPAD", Park Avenue Armory, New York , U.S.A
"PRUDENTIAL EYE AWARDS CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART", Art Science Museum, Singapore
"ART STAGE SINGAPORE", Sands Convention Center ,Singapore
2015
"Facebook", Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2014
"Individual originated politic", AIA Asia Independent, Jinhai Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
"FOTOFEVER2014", Louvre Museum, Paris, France
"Lianzhou Foto 2014", Lianzhou, China
"Un jour ordinaire", A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
"Contemporary Photography in China 2009-2014", Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"AIPAD Photography Show", International Photography Exhibition, Armory, New York, USA
Young Art Taipei 2014, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
1st Beijing Photo Biennal, China
"The Awakening of Intuition", Pingyao, China
"Color Temper Ature", Osman Hamdi Bey Hall, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
"Enlargement", 55 Venice biennial parallel, Venice, Italy
2012
"Homo Ludens : Spiel, Traum & Trauma", 2.Ruhr Biennale, Duisburg, Germany
"Wind direction", Moscow Museum of modern art Russia, Moscow, Russia
Openspace Bae Resident Creation Exhibition, Busan, South Korea
 
AWARDS
2013
New Foto Award of China
2012
Top 20 - Emerging artist of the Year Award, China
2010
The Global Times 2010, Artists Award of The Year, China
2009
Sovereign Asian Art Prize, The Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong
Lishui International photography Award, China
 
ART FAIRS
2015
Art Paris Art Fair, represented by A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2014
Paris Art Fair, represented by A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
Art Beijing, Beijing, China
2013
Art Beijing, NUO Art Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
 
RESIDENCY  
Openspace Bae International Artist In Residence Project, Busan, Korea
AWARD  
2021, China Photography Annual Ranking
2020,"The 8th Jinan International Photography Biennale"Best Photographer Award
2019, Golden Panda Photography Awards
2016, prudential eyes of contemporary Asian art award nomination  
2014, Xishuangbanna Foto Festival Nomination of the Excellent Photography Works
2013 ,New Foto Award of China
2013, China Photography Annual Ranking
2012, The Top 20 of China
2010, The Global Times 2010 Artists Award Of The Year
2009, Sovereign Asian Art Prize
2009, Lishui Photography Festival Award
 
COLLECTIONS
MOCP Museum of Contemporary photoraphy Chicago
Chengdu contemporary image museum
Chinese Contemporary Art Archives
Guangdong Museum of Art
GuCang Center of Contemporary Photography
Shanghai Center of Photography
Lishui Photography Museum
How Museum
Pierre Huber
Long Museums