Biography

Liu Wei 劉韡

1972 Born in Beijing, China
1996 Graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Currently lives and works in Beijing, China

Solo Exhibitions

2009 The Forgotten Experience, Gallerie Hussenot, Paris, France

2007 The Outcast, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
Love It, Bite It, China Art Archives and Warehouse in association with Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, China

2006 Property of Liu Wei, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Purple Air, Grace Li Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Love It, Bite It, BizArt, Shanghai, China

2005 Liu Wei Solo Exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Dreamlands, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
State of Things —— Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Exchange between China and Belgium, National Art
Museum of China, Beijing, China
Roundtrip: Beijing—New York NOW, Selections from the Domus Collection, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2009 Breaking Forecast- 8 Key Figures of China’s New Generation Artists, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
State of Things — Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Exchange between China and Belgium, BOZAR Center for the Arts, Brussels, Belgium
The New Attitude of Image, Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China
Bourgeoisified Proletariat, ShanghART Songjiang Creative Studio, Shanghai, China

2008 Farewell to Postcolonialism, Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China
Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; 18 on the Bund, Shanghai,
China
Upcoming: New World Order, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Our Future, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Revolution Continues, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K.
Sprout from White Nights, Bonnierskonsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Dior and Chinese Artists, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Mahjong: Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, U.S.

2007 The History of a Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named, Ninth yon Biennale, Lyon, France
China Now, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands
China Power Station: Part II, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Year of the Golden Pig: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland

2006 AllLookSame? Tutttuguale?, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
The 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2005 51 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Mahjong, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Second Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China

2004 Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China, International Center of Photography; Asia Society New York, U.S.

2003 The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of Post-Planning, The Fifth Sculpture Exhibition in Shenzhen, Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

2002 The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

2001 Post-Sense Sensibility: Spree, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China

1999 Hong Kong International Video Festival, Museum of Circumstance, Hong Kong, China