contact: weiwengstudio(at)gmail(dot)com
Chinese visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
Wei Weng/翁唯
Education
2005 Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing California College of Arts
2002 BA Studio Arts/Art History Santa Clara University
Solo Projects
2026 VOID_Melbourne, The Museum of Lost Heirs, gallery partner of PHOTO 2026 Festival
2025 Melbourne Denmark House, artist talk Water Refuge
2024 RPS Paperoles Kyoto Gallery The Heir Hunter Office, curated by Yumi Goto
VOID_Melbourne, solo project Air Hunter
2023 Re(Source) China Lishui Photo Festival, group exhibition curated by Format UK
2022 Bi-City Architecture Biennale, Shenzhen DaWanShiJu Unplugged venue
2022 Copenhagen Photo Festival, Eat A Chili artist talk hosted by Tofu Collective
2021 Copenhagen Photo Festival, Eat A Chili artist talk, chili tasting by chef Trine Hahnemann 2012 Beijing SmileAngel Hospital for Children, public art installation
2011 Beijing Pekin Fine Arts Gallery, Chasing Sites
2011 Beijing CPU:798 Gallery Antimapping: An Experiment of Cultural Synesthesia
Group Exhibitions/Fairs
2026 Rome book exhibition, Water Refuge
2025 Pordenone Italy DIORAMI festival, Water Refuge
Shenzhen He Xiangning Museum Overseas Chinese, artist residency and exhibition
2024 Copenhagen Denmark, Chart Art Book Fair
2023 VOID_Melbourne Gallery, group show Black
Tokyo Art Book Fair
Aarhus Denmark, Art Book Week
Copenhagen Denmark, Chart Art Book Fair
Los Angeles USA, Art Book Fair
2022 Singapore International Photo Festival photo book showcase
2021 Tokyo Japan Reminders Photography Stronghold, art book fair
2021 Hong Kong BOOKED art book fair, Display Distribute booth
2020 Santa Clara USA Santa Clara University Gallery, Friend and Foe, curator, participating artist
2016 Vienna FLUC, Private Zitate
2010 Beijing Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter
Shenzhen, I AM Shenzhen Inheritance, The Storyteller
2009 Beijing Vitamin Creative Space, Pawnshop
2008 Beijing Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter, Beijing BCA the market
2008 Beijing Arrow Factory Space, Slice, two person show with Rania Ho
2008 Beijing Paper Restaurant, Obvious/Subtle, two person show with Rania Ho
2008 Beijing Long March Space, Building Code Violations, The Contractors Band
2007 Beijing Shang Elements Contemporary Art Museum Beijing SEWN-China/ Chile: Sewing Two Sides of the Map
2007 Beijing 2 Kolegas, Borderline Moving Image Festival
2007 Beijing World Trade Center, China International Gallery Expo 2006 Beijing Song Zhuang Art Festival, New Folk Art Movement: Reconstructing Public Space, curated by Qiu Zhijie
2006 San Francisco Triple Base Gallery, USA, White Box and 24th St Parade
2005 Portland Oregon Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Bay Area Bazaar San Francisco Southern Exposure Gallery, Monster Drawing
2005 San Francisco Play Space Gallery, Post-It
2003 San Francisco Southern Exposure, Landing, curated by Manray Hsu
Art Books/Reviews
2023 Water Refuge, Wei Weng, in collaboration with Jan Rosseel
2021 Eat A Chili, Wei Weng, in collaboration with Jan Rosseel Publications/Reviews
2022 PhotoEye book review 2021 Art Asia Pacific book review
2021 Voon, Claire, Brooklyn Rail September art book review
2010 Spalding, David. “Emerging Chinese Artists.” Modern Painters September issue
2012 Sternberg Press. Trans-locality and Dissemination: 3 Years Arrow Factory 2008-2011, January issue
2011 Sanderson, Edward. “Weng Wei: Chasing Sites.” Leap December issue
Awards/Residency
2025 Shenzhen He Xiangning Museum Overseas Chinese, artist residency and exhibition
2024 Kyoto Japan REMINDERS PHOTOGRAPHY STRONGHOLD, artist residency
2023 Nominated for Leica Barnack Award
2020 Youkobu artist residency (cancelled due to Covid)
2020 SVFK Danish Art Workshops, artist residency (cancelled due to Covid)
2009 Three Shadows Photography Award recipient
2005 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia Cream From the Top
2004 San Francisco Art Commission Gallery Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship Award
2002 Anderson Ranch Art Center, USA Printmaking scholarship
教育背景
2005年 美国加州艺术学院（California College of the Arts）硕士学位，主修绘画／素描
2002年 美国圣塔克拉拉大学（Santa Clara University）学士学位，主修艺术创作与艺术史
个展与独立项目
2026年 墨尔本《失踪继承者博物馆》，VOID_Melbourne，PHOTO 2026 摄影节合作展
2025年 墨尔本《在水一方》艺术家讲座，丹麦中心
2024年 京都《继承者事务所》，RPS Paperoles Kyoto 画廊，由后藤由美策展
墨尔本《空气猎人》，VOID_Melbourne 个展
2023年 丽水摄影节 Re(Source)，由英国 Format 策展团队策划
2022年 深圳城市／建筑双年展，大万世居 unplugged 单元
哥本哈根《吃辣椒》，哥本哈根摄影节艺术家讲座，由 Tofu Collective 主办
2021年 哥本哈根摄影节艺术家讲座《吃辣椒》，由厨师 Trine Hahnemann 主持辣椒菜单
2012年 北京嫣然天使儿童医院公共艺术装置项目
2011年 北京艺门画廊《CHASING SITE》
2011年 北京CPU:798画廊《反映图：文化通感实验》
群展／艺术书展
2026年 罗马《在水一方》艺术书展
2025年 波代诺内《在水一方》，意大利 DIORAMI 艺术节
深圳何香凝美术馆「华侨」项目，艺术驻地与展览
东京UNFOLD 艺术书展
2024年 哥本哈根 Chart 艺术书展
2023年 《黑》，VOID_Melbourne 群展
东京艺术书展
奥胡斯艺术书周
哥本哈根 Chart 艺术书展
洛杉矶艺术书展
2022年 新加坡国际摄影节，摄影书展示单元
2021年 东京 Reminders Photography Stronghold 摄影书展
香港 BOOKED 艺术书展，Display Distribute 展位
奖项与驻地计划
2025年 深圳何香凝美术馆「华侨」项目，艺术驻地与展览
2024年 京都 Reminders Photography Stronghold，艺术家驻地
2023年 提名徕卡巴纳克奖（Leica Oskar Barnack Award）