Beijing-based artist Chen Wei (b. 1980, China) brings a different texture to the booth with his photographs. He observes the rapidly-changing urban landscape in his home country, and recreates the beauty he finds through his careful placement of objects in his studio. His artworks guides viewers to ponder on how we perceive the surrounding world which continues to change ceaselessly. He held solo exhibition "Make Me Illusory" at West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China in 2021.
Chen Wei (b. 1980, China) currently lives and works in Beijing. He focuses on social themes such as urban landscape and disco culture, and works with photography and installation. His solo exhibitions include “I Am the People”, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2023), “Chen Wei”, Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME, Tokyo, Japan (2022), “Chen Wei: Jamais Vu”, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore (2022), “Make Me Illusory”, (Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project), West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China (2021), “Good Night”, How Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2021), “Night Falls”, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore/ Tokyo, Japan (2019/ 2020), “Chen Wei: Drifting Along & Noon Club”, Büro, Basel, Switzerland (2019), “WHERE ARE YOU GOING TONIGHT”, chi K11 art space, Guangzhou, China (2018), “The Club”, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia (2017). Group exhibitions include “Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions”, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China (2023), “Mirage or Reality”, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2021), “Collection Exhibition: Scales” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan (2020), “Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future”, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2019), “Night Fever. Designing Club Culture 1960-today”, Vitra Design Museum, Germany (2018), “The Genius of the Crowd”, Jendela Visual Arts Space -Esplanade, Singapore (2017). His works are in public collections including Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, China, Yuz Museum, China, K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA.
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Chen WeiTrouble #23101, 2023LED light board32.5 x 32.5 x 10 cm
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Chen WeiPink Bobble, 2021Archival Inkjet Print150 x 120 cmEdition 4/6 + 2 A.P.
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Chen WeiTemporary Sculpture / New Window, 2021Archival inkjet print150 x 187.5 cmEdition 3/6 + 2 A.P.
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Chen WeiNew Station, 2020Archival Inkjet Print150 x 240 cmEdition 4/6 + 2 A.P.
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Chen WeiSock Balls, 2020Archival Inkjet Print120 x 150 cmEdition 4/6 + 2 A.P.
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Chen WeiSpiral Party, 2018Archival Inkjet Print150 x 187.5 cm
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Chen WeiTrouble #18061, 2018Steel, LED light boardH96.4 x 19.7 x 8.7 cm
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Chen WeiTrouble #18072, 2018Steel, LED Light board8.5 x 48.5 x 80.5 cm
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Sleepless Tonight
Chen Wei 19 Oct - 30 Nov 2024 Tokyo, 7CHOME (Tokyo)Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Sleepless Tonight' a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Chen Wei. This will be his first solo exhibition in Japan in 4 years, to...Read more -
Petite Grounds
Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Jason Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, ¥ouada, Zai Kuning 9 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present “Petite Grounds”, a group exhibition that includes works by Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi...Read more -
Chen Wei + Hiraki Sawa
Chen Wei, Hiraki Sawa 21 Oct - 16 Dec 2023 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present a duo exhibition, 'Chen Wei + Hiraki Sawa'. These two artists work with the photographic/ recorded image, creating narratives that reflect upon...Read more -
Constructs
Chen Wei, Hilmi Johandi and Guo-Liang Tan 20 May - 22 Jul 2023 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Constructs”, a group exhibition by Chen Wei, Hilmi Johandi and Guo-Liang Tan. The works in this exhibition, spanning various media such as...Read more -
7CHOME
Chen Wei 18 Jun - 6 Aug 2022 7CHOME (Tokyo)Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce the opening of a new viewing room on Saturday 18th June, located near the National Art Center in 7-chome Roppongi, on the 1st...Read more -
Fuse
Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin 13 May - 3 Jul 2022 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Fuse”, a group exhibition featuring five artists: Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Takao Minami and Tang Dixin. The exhibition features artworks...Read more -
Chen Wei: Jamais Vu
14 Jan - 5 Mar 2022 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Jamais Vu, a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Chen Wei. This presentation will feature a series of photography works as well as...Read more -
Encounter
Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Hilmi Johandi, Zai Kuning, Guo-Liang Tan 10 Apr - 29 May 2021 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Encounter', a group exhibition featuring five artists: Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Hilmi Johandi, Zai Kuning and Guo-Liang Tan. The media in which...Read more -
Time
Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi Kusama, Guo-Liang Tan 13 Oct 2020 - 31 Jan 2021 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Time', a group exhibition featuring seven artists from China, Japan and Singapore: Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi...Read more -
When many pass one way…
Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Jong YuGyong and ¥ouada 20 Jun - 22 Aug 2020 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'When many pass one way...' a group exhibition featuring bold and dynamic artists from China and Japan. The title of this exhibition...Read more -
Private Viewing Room
Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Nobuaki Takekawa 11 Apr - 6 Jun 2020 ShanghaiDue to the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) situation, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's private viewing room will feature works by Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa...Read more -
Night Falls
Chen Wei 15 Feb - 28 Mar 2020 TokyoOta Fine Arts is delighted to present Night Falls, a solo exhibition by Chen Wei (b. 1980, China). This presentation showcases a new installation work comprising of ten LED light...Read more -
Gallery Collection
Nobuaki Takekawa, Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Jason Lim, Zhou Yilun 3 Dec 2019 - 1 Feb 2020 Tokyo -
Chen Wei | Night Falls
Chen Wei 19 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Night Falls', a solo exhibition by Chen Wei (b. 1980, China). This presentation showcases a new installation work comprising of ten LED...Read more -
Habitat
Chen Wei, Li Qing, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin, Zai Kuning 27 Apr - 16 Jun 2019 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Habitat', which celebrates the fluid yet grounded relationship between man and nature. This exhibition features Paris-based Japanese video artist Takao Minami's Puppet...Read more -
Crossroads
Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Cheng Ran, Masanori Handa, Zai Kuning, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Guo-Liang Tan, Tang Dixin 21 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 SingaporeCoinciding with Gillman Barracks Art After Dark x 6th Anniversary Celebrations, 21 September 2018, 7pm till late Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Crossroads', a group exhibition by...Read more -
Gallery Collection
Ay Tjoe Christine, Chen Wei, Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Oppenheim, Wang Yahui, Saskia Olde Wolbers 20 Jan - 18 Mar 2018 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present Gallery Collection, a group exhibition featuring eight artists from across the globe: China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, The Netherlands and U.S.A. These artists...Read more -
Chen Wei: Fresh Dewdrop
Chen Wei 13 Jan - 24 Feb 2018 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Fresh Dewdrop, Chen Wei's second solo exhibition in Singapore. Based in Beijing, Chen has been developing new photographic expressions as a leading...Read more -
Fresh Dewdrop
Chen Wei 16 Sep - 28 Oct 2017 TokyoOta Fine Arts is delighted to present Chen Wei's solo exhibition Fresh Dewdrop. Based in Beijing, Chen has been developing new photographic expressions as a leading figure from the new...Read more -
Landscapes
Chen Wei, Chris Huen, Tomoko Kashiki, Hiraki Sawa 10 Jan - 25 Feb 2017 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Landscapes', a group exhibition featuring 4 artists from East Asia: Chen Wei (China), Chris Huen (Hong Kong), Tomoko Kashiki (Japan) and Hiraki...Read more -
MOTIONS
6 Aug - 17 Sep 2016 TokyoChen Wei Victor Gui Hiraki Sawa Betty Susiarjo Tang Dixin Samson Young Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Motions', a group exhibition by 6 artists from different parts of...Read more -
Motions
Chen Wei, Victor Gui, Hiraki Sawa, Betty Susiarjo, Tang Dixin, Yeesookyung, Samson Young 2 Apr - 19 May 2016 SingaporeTea Reception in the presence of Betty Susiarjo & Victor Gui: Saturday, 30 April 2016, 1-3 PM Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Motions', a group exhibition by...Read more -
Night Paris
Chen Wei 17 Oct - 28 Nov 2015 TokyoOta Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Night Paris', a solo exhibition by Chen Wei, marking the debut of the Beijing-based artist in Japan. Ahead of this, his solo show...Read more -
Chen Wei: Noon Insomnia
Chen Wei 3 Jul - 15 Aug 2015 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Chen Wei: Noon Insomnia', a survey of 12 representative works by the Chinese artist, selected from the beginnings of his career to...Read more
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West Bund Art & Design 2024
Booth A101 23 Oct 2024Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present artworks by Yayoi Kusama, Ay Tjoe Christine, Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Mannat Gandotra, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Nobuaki...Read more -
Chen Wei and Tang Dixin
"Pictures of the Post - 80s Generation —— Generational Leap", Tank Shanghai, China 23 Oct 2024Chen Wei and Tang Dixin participate in 'Pictures of the Post - 80s Generation -- Generational Leap' at Tank Shanghai from 6 November to 4...Read more -
ART021 Shanghai 2024
Booth C06 23 Oct 2024Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present works by artists Yayoi Kusama, Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Mannat Gandotra, Masanori Handa, Hilmi Johandi, Chris Huen Sin-Kan,...Read more -
Chen Wei
Solo Exhibition "Sweet Dreams" Fotografiska Museum Shanghai, China 2 Oct 2024Chen Wei holds a solo exhibition 'Sweet Dreams' at Fotografiska Museum Shanghai, China. Title: 'Sweet Dreams' Exhibition Period: 13 Oct 2024 - 12 Jan 2025...Read more