Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao)

*1980/1979 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

Welcome to Birdhead World Again, Kyoto 2024

CHANEL NEXUS, Tokyo (JP)
13 Apr 2024 – 12 May 2024
Welcome to Birdhead World Again

Lianzhou Museum Photo, Lianzhou (CN)
30 Nov 2019 – 5 Apr 2020
Welcome to Birdhead World Again, Beijing 2018

ShanghART Beijing, Beijing (CN)
9 Sep 2018 – 21 Oct 2018
Welcome to Birdhead World Again - Italy 2017

Gluck50 Milan, Milano (IT)
4 Apr 2017 – 27 May 2017
BIRDHEAD

stephan witschi galerie, Zürich (CH)
3 Jun 2016 – 15 Jul 2016
Welcome to Birdhead World again, London

PARADISE ROW, London (GB)
9 Mar 2012 – 7 Apr 2012

Group

A Story of a Merchant

kurimanzutto, Mexico City (MX)
28 Oct 2023 – 16 Dec 2023

with Minerva Cuevas, YANG Fudong, Gabriel Orozco, Haegue Yang
Renew

A Recent Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
23 Feb 2022 – 23 Apr 2022

with LIU Bolin, Yang Bowei, CAI Dongdong, Ye Funa, Zeng Han, Chen Xiaoyi, Guanyu Xu
About us

Junge Fotografie aus China

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München (DE)
4 Jun 2020 – 29 Jan 2021

with CAI Dongdong, YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Gao Mingxi, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, RONG Rong, Chen Ronghui, RongRong & inri, CHEN Wei, Liang Xiu
THIRD REALM

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
4 Sep 2020 – 8 Nov 2020

with Heman Chong, CAO Fei, FX Harsono, Sutee Kunavichayanont, Surasi Kusolwong, Jompet Kuswidananto, Paola Pivi, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, ZHOU Xiaohu, Sun Xun, Lu Yang, YANG Zhenzhong
Third Realm

contemporary Asian art from the FarEastFarWest collection

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
10 Oct 2019 – 22 Dec 2019

with Heman Chong, CAO Fei, FX Harsono, Sutee Kunavichayanont, Surasi Kusolwong, Jompet Kuswidananto, Gary-Ross Pastrana, Paola Pivi, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, ZHOU Xiaohu, Sun Xun, Lu Yang …
Condo Shanghai 2018

ShanghART m50, Shanghai (CN)
7 Jul 2018 – 26 Aug 2018

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40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017)

Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Jun 2017 – 15 Oct 2017

with Adou, ZHAO Bandi, Wei Bi, GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali, LUO Dan …
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2016

THREE SHADOWS BEIJING, Xiamen (CN)
20 Nov 2016 – 19 Dec 2016

with Hua Bai, Beni Bischof, He Bo, Maurizio Cattelan, Almond Chu, Sara Cwynar, Beth Dow, Gao Fan, David Fathi, Yann Gross, Travis Hocutt, Mayumi Hosokura …
The Uncertain, or the Shelved...

ShanghART m50, Shanghai (CN)
16 Jul 2016 – 31 Aug 2016

with Zhang Ding, YANG Fudong, Geng Jianyi, HU Jieming, JIANG Pengyi, Robert Zhao Renhui
China: grain to pixel

A Story of Photography in China

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
5 Jun 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Adou, Felice Beato, HAI Bo, Song Chao, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Jiahao, JIANG Jian, Geng Jianyi, DI Jinjun, WANG Jinsong …
LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL 2015

Expanded Geographies by Christopher Phillips

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
21 Nov 2015 – 10 Dec 2015

with Michael Ackerman, Jacob Aue Sobol, Lisa Barnard, Li Bigang, Walter Bosshard, Antoine Bruy, Alejandro Cartagena, Joseph Desler Costa, Huang Dongli, Dru Donovan, Charles Freger, ZHANG Haier …
Grain to Pixel: A Story of Photography in China

Shanghai Centre Photo, Shanghai (CN)
6 Sep 2015 – 30 Nov 2015

with Adou, Felice Beato, HAI Bo, Song Chao, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Jiahao, JIANG Jian, Geng Jianyi, DI Jinjun, WANG Jinsong …
My Generation: Young Chinese Artists

Orange County Museum, Newport Beach (US)
27 Jun 2015 – 11 Oct 2015

with Zhang Ding, CHI Peng, CHEN Wei, YAN Xing, Sun Xun, XU Zhen
2014 Chinese New Photographers

World Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
25 Jan 2015 – 6 Mar 2015

with ZHU Feng, Yan Ming, LIU Wei (*1972)
Chinese Photography 1911-2014

Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger (NO)
19 Sep 2014 – 25 Jan 2015

with RongRong & inri, WANG Tong, CHEN Wei, LIANG Yue
LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL 2014

Staging Encounters: Ten Years of Contemporary Photography in China 2005-2014

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
21 Nov 2014 – 22 Dec 2014

with Adou, Lukas Birk, LIU Bolin, Wenjun Cheng, WANG Chuan, Olivier Culmann, ZHANG Dali, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, FANG Er, WENG Fen, LU Guang …
My Generation

Young Chinese Artists

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (US)
7 Jun 2014 – 28 Sep 2014

with CHI Peng, Sun Xun, ZHAO Zhao, XU Zhen
Clutch

ShanghART m50, Shanghai (CN)
6 Sep 2013 – 8 Nov 2013

with YANG Fudong, HU Jieming, TANG Maohong, CHEN Xiaoyun, KAN Xuan, YANG Zhenzhong
ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice

Ullens Center Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
13 Jan 2013 – 14 Apr 2013

with JIANG Pengyi, CHENG Ran, CHEN Wei, ZHAO Zhao
New Photography 2012

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
3 Oct 2012 – 4 Feb 2013

with Michele Abeles, Anne Collier, Zoe Crosher, Shirana Shahbazi
Architekturfotografie - Made in China

MAKK Museum für , Köln (DE)
1 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Peter Bialobrzeski, Martin Claßen, WENG Fen, Candida Hoefer, Nadav Kander, Zhenchen Liu, JIANG Pengyi, Ben Plefka, Tania Reinicke, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, SONG Tao, JI Weiyu …
Moments of Reprieve

Representing Loss in Contemporary Photography

PARADISE ROW, London (GB)
27 Jul 2012 – 22 Sep 2012

with Indre Serpytyte, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, David Birkin, Ori Gersht, Idris Khan, Taryn Simon, Jane & Louise Wilson
The Venice Biennale - 54th International Art Exhibition - ILLUMInations

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
4 Jun 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Meris Angioletti, Alexander Apostol, Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Elisabetta Benassi, Monica Bonvicini, Mohamed Bourouissa, Carol Bove, Gerard Byrne, Mariana Castillo Deball, SONG Dong …
Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
25 Sep 2009 – 23 Dec 2009

with Olivo Barbieri, Isidro Blasco, Mathieu Borysevicz, SU Chang, David Cotterrell, CAO Fei, ZHU Feng, YANG Fudong, LIU Gang, SHI Guorui, SHU Haolun, Sylvie Levey …

Events

Kyotographie 2024

Kyotographie , Kyoto (JP)
13 Apr 2024 – 12 May 2024

with Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (Yoriyas), Claudia Andujar, Thierry Ardouin, Lucien Clergue, Barbad Golshiri, Tetsuo Kashiwada, Kikuji Kawada, Rinko Kawauchi, Marie Sumalla and Ghazal Golshiri, James Mollison, Viviane Sassen, Tokuko Ushioda …
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2023

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
20 Apr 2023 – 23 Apr 2023

with Delphine Diallo, Léa Habourdin, Almudena Romero, Hu Weiyi, LIU Yue
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2020

THREE SHADOWS BEIJING, Xiamen (CN)
27 Nov 2020 – 3 Jan 2021

with Philippe Braquenier, Raymond Cauchetier, LUO Dan, Elsa & Johanna, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Zeng Han, ZHU Hao, Hisaji Hara, Mari Katayama, Rinko Kawauchi, HAN Lei, Pixy Liao …
Lianzhou Foto Festival 2019

A CHANCE FOR THE UNPREDICTABLE

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
30 Nov 2019 – 3 Jan 2020

with Jun Ahn, Wei Bi, Kurt Caviezel, collectif_fact, Coca Dai, Denis Darzacq, Sanne de Wilde, Beth Dow, Lukas Felzmann, Corina Gertz, Zeng Han, Alex Hanimann …
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2019

SH Shanghai Contemporary, Shanghai (CN)
8 Nov 2019 – 11 Nov 2019

with Tina Barney, LIU Bolin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Stan Douglas, YANG Fudong, Tao Hui, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Michael Najjar, Erwin Olaf, Torbjorn Rodland, Thomas Ruff, Huang Rui …
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2019

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
20 Sep 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Jun Ahn, Ju Anqi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Xyza Cruz Bacani, Nicolas Baghir, Uldus Bakhtiozina, Xiomara Bender, Viktoria Binschtok, Julian Charriere, Michael Cherney, Clark & Pougnaud …
Art Basel 2019

ShanghART m50, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Lynn Hershman, Geng Jianyi, JIANG Pengyi, Robert Zhao Renhui, Melati Suryodarmo, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, CHEN Wei
Art Basel 2019

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Farah Al Qasimi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Becky Beasley, Hans Bellmer, Wallace Berman, Walead Beshty, John Bock, Inaki Bonillas, Sarah Charlesworth, Julian Charriere …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
29 Mar 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with Michele Abeles, Marina Abramovic, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Nevin Aladag, Darren Almond, Eric Baudelaire, Becky Beasley, Vanessa Beecroft, Jacopo Benassi, Fatma Bucak, Chien Chi Chang …
PARALLEL VIENNA

PARALLEL VIENNA, Wien (AT)
25 Sep 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Heba Y. Amin, Regina Anzenberger, Stella Bach, Alfredo Barsuglia, Alexandra Baumgartner, Raffaela Bielesch, Mladen Bizumic, Guenter Brus, Pablo Chiereghin, Ricarda Denzer, Julius Deutschbauer, Maja Djordjevic …
Art Basel 2018

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2018 – 17 Jun 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Primoz Bizjak, Carina Brandes, Candice Breitz, Edward Burtynsky, Gerard Byrne, James Casebere, Andre Cepeda, Helen Chadwick …
PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco 2018

PHOTOFAIRS , San Francisco (US)
23 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Adou, Karl Blossfeldt, Luo Bonian, Harry Callahan, Tammy Rae Carland, John Chiara, LUO Dan, Erica Deeman, CAI Dongdong, Monique Eller, Mitch Epstein, Elger Esser …
PHOTO Shanghai 2017

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
8 Sep 2017 – 10 Sep 2017

with Rene Burri, Gohar Dashti, Wu Ding, Harold E. Edgerton, William Eggleston, Casper Faassen, YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Zhang Kechun, Daido Moriyama, JIANG Pengyi …