Born in China and now based in Melbourne, artist Wei Weng is known for using photography, lacquer installations, and speculative text to explore sensory connections between nature and memory. Holding an MFA in Painting from the California College of the Arts (2005), her work has been exhibited in international galleries in cities such as Kyoto, Rome, and Melbourne. She was nominated for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2023). Her recent projects Museum of Lost Heirs (2026) and Air Hunter (2024) challenge the liminal and poetic borders of storytelling.
中国出生、现居墨尔本的艺术家翁唯，擅用摄影、大漆装置与文字探索自然与记忆的奇幻联结。持有加州艺术学院绘画硕士学（2005），作品展于京都、罗马、墨尔本等国际画廊，曾获徕卡巴纳克奖提名（2023）。其标志性项目如《悬嗣博物馆》（2026）与《空气猎人》（2024）以诗意视角融合现实与想象。
contact: weiwengstudio(at)gmail(dot)com
Wei Weng/翁唯
Born 1981 Nanning, China
Currently based in Melbourne, Australia
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
2025 Shenzhen OPEN M Art Fair, solo project
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 Officine Fotografiche, OMNEFEST Index Naturae group exhibition
2025 Bi-City Architecture Biennale, Hong Kong University (Shenzhen campus)
2025 Australia William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize, Finalist
2025 Tokyo Mini-UNFOLD art book fair, PARCO Shibuya
2025 Pordenone Italy DIORAMI festival, OMNEFEST Index Naturae group exhibition
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 Australia William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize, Finalist
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