Shi Wei is known for his ambiguous and vague oil paintings, in particular the Skinny Beautiful
Women Series. In these oil paintings, women are depicted skinny and scrawny in erotic poses,
which place the meaning of beauty under scrutiny. Are these women beautiful and happy? Or are
they suffering for the price of vanity? These are just some of the varied social questions the artist
posits.

Education
1986
Hubei Academy of Fine Arts B.A
1997
Hubei Academy of Fine Arts M.D
2002—the present
Teacher/Vice‐Professor, Beijing City University

Solo Exhibition
2008
Bony Beauty, Mon Décor Gallery, Indonesia

Exhibitions
2008
Beauty in Disguise, Lasmine Fine, Singapore
2007
Body without Body, Gallery‐Space DA, Beijing
Hong Kong International Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong
Art Beijing 2007, Agriculture Museum of China, Beijing
2006
Art Beijing 2006, Agriculture Museum of China, Beijing
The Unison in Sometime, Beijing Space Gallery, Beijing
2005
Restrictiveness and Freedom, Fine Arts Literature, Wuhan
The Fascinating, The Art Center of BIAC, Beijing
Constitution and Difference, Beijing
2003
The 7th Asian Art Association, Korea
2000
Interface 5, Beijing
Exhibition of Five People, Wuhan
1999
Exhibition of Contemporary Art Works, Arts Gallery of Hilton, Beijing
Exhibition of Ten People, Arts Gallery of Guojiyiyuan, Beijing
Exhibition of congratulating Macao returning to China History Museum of China, Beijing