1970 Born in Hubei
1993 Educated in Beijing Lives and works in Beijing,China
Solo Exhibitions
2007
“Li Wei Falls To ...”, E Space Cultural Ample Gallery, Spain
2006
LI Wei, PYO Gallery,Seoul, Korea Transcendence:A Mirror of China, The Artist Network, New York, USA LI Wei, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Central, Hong Kong Li Wei, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2005
Illusory Reality, Marella Gallery, Beijing, China
2004
LI Wei, Marella Gallery, Milano, Italy FOLLIA, Museum of Art Trento and Rovereto (Mart), Italy
Group Exhibitions
2008
Exquisite Corpse: China Surreal, m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China Fabricating Images from History, Chinablue Gallery, Beijing,
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Consumption of History, East Asia Contemporary, Shanghai, China Out of place, Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA Beijing 2008, Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland BODY ART: New Photography from China, Asian Art Coordinating Council, Denver, USA
2007
RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA Floating, New Generation of Art in China, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Made in China-China Art Now, Louisiana Museum, Denmark LIWEI WEIHONG HUANYAN, Barbaradavis Gallery, Houston, USA
The 38th Recontres de Arles Photographie, Arles, France Chinese Photography, Criterion Gallery, Australia Dragon's Evolution, New York China-Square Art Center, New York, USA SURGE, Beijing 798, Beijing, China The 7th Gana Photo Festival, CHINA Contemporary Photo & Video, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea Szene-sommer’07, Salzburg, Austria Zhuyi!, Atrium Art Museum, Madrid, Spain China Now: Lost in Transition, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, USA SURREALITES, Centre Pasque Art Center, Switzerland
2006
China-Between Past and Future, And Performances Art-Haus der kulturen der Welt/House of World Cultures, Berlin,Germany, RUINS, USA COLD ENERGY, PYO Gallery, Beijing.
Park in Progress, France For All Audiences, SALA Rekalde Art Museum, Bilbao, SPAIN Retours de Chine, Toulouse Art museum, France
2005
Olhares Interiors-Inward Gazes, Documentaries of Performances Art, Museum of Macao, Hong Kong THE SECOND REALITY - Photographs from China, Piazza of the Berlaymont Building, European Commission.
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New Photographers 2006, Cannes, France THE GESTURE - A VISUAL LIBRARY IN PROGRESS, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, Centro Produzione Arte, Florence, Italy Ruins Flowers, OX WAREHOUSE, Macau, Hong Kong
2004
Between Past and Future - New Photography and Video from China, ICP & Asia Society Traveling Exhibition, New York, Smart Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Officina Asia, Bologna, Galleriad’arte Moderna Cesena,,Italy, TIANANMEN. Paris, France MMAC Exhibition, Japan Artificial Merriment, Melbourne, Australia
2003
China Art Now - Out Of the Red, The Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy I am China - Chinese Conceptual Photography, SOHO, Beijing, China Manufactured Happiness, Shangri-La Art Space, Beijing, China The Peripheries Become the Center, Prague Biennial DNA Visual, Beijing, China Bare Androgyny, Beijing, China Seoul-Asia Art Now, Seoul Museum, Korea
2002
‘Flying - Performance, Photography, Video’, Beijing Red Square, Beijing, China The 2nd 'PingYao' International Photography Festival, ShanXi, China Red Square - Contemporary Art, Beijing Red Square, Beijing Mask Vs Face, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Bogus - Chinese Conceptual Photography, Hall of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China MOIS DE LA PHOTO - HISTOIRES de CHINE, Auxerre Museum, France
2001
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0 Degree Celsius Art Exhibition, Beijing Bridge Art , Beijing, China Constructed Reality - Beijing/Hong Kong Conceptual Photography, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong Pawn·COM - Site Performance, Happy Garden Bar, Beijing, China Scar - Chinese Conceptual Photography, Exhibition Hall of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China Site of City - Four Person Conceptual Photography, Fun Gallery, Beijing, China
2000
Open Art Platform, Performance Art Festival, Beijing, China
Awards
2005 Macau Art museum overseas communicate the prize"-Macau art museum, 2005
200631 photographers with the most creative world"-American Getty, 2006
Publications
2007 “Fine Arts Literature” cover,China, 2007.05
2005“MAGAZIN-FrankfurterRundschau” cover, Germany,2005.6 “CONTEMPORARY” cover, England,2005.4 “ZOOM” cover, Italy, 2005.4 “NY ARTS” cover, US, 2005.8
2004“WORK” cover, Italy,2004.10 “Out of the Red” cover, Italy, 2004. “THEARTE FORUM” cover, US, 2004
2003“Flash Art” cover, Italy,2003.4