CHEN Wei

♂ *1980 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Invisible Road

Ota Fine Arts, Shanghai (CN)
10 May 2025 – 5 Jul 2025
Breath of Silence

Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
18 Feb 2025 – 26 Apr 2025
Sweet Dreams

Fotografiska CN, Shanghai (CN)
13 Oct 2024 – 12 Jan 2025
Sleepless Tonight

Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (JP)
19 Oct 2024 – 30 Nov 2024
The Last Night

Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
28 Sep 2021 – 13 Nov 2021
Falling Light

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
9 Feb 2018 – 7 Apr 2018
CHEN Wei

ShanghART Beijing, Beijing (CN)
21 May 2017 – 25 Jun 2017
In the Waves

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
24 Mar 2017 – 7 May 2017
Chen Wei

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
13 Sep 2015 – 24 Oct 2015
SLUMBER SONG

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (GB)
30 Apr 2014 – 5 Jun 2014
More

LEO XU PROJECTS, Shanghai (CN)
2 Jun 2012 – 15 Jul 2012
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
23 Mar 2012 – 5 May 2012
Fotografias 2006-2009

Full Art, Sevilla (ES)
25 Nov 2010 – 15 Jan 2011
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M97 Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
14 Nov 2009 – 15 Jan 2010
Unnamed Room

Platform China Contemporary Art Institut, Beijing (CN)
8 Jul 2007 – 13 Aug 2007

Group

Where is the sky?

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
18 Sep 2026 – 24 Oct 2026

with Elger Esser, Goshka Macuga, Anri Sala, Thu-Van Tran
Still Lives

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
2 May 2026 – 20 Jun 2026

with Jessica Backhaus, Tine Bek, Alexandra Catiere, Lara Gasparotto, Man Ray , Max Pinckers, Yusuf Sevincli, Wolfgang Tillmans, Thomas Vandenberghe, JIANG Zhi, Lin Zhipeng - 223
TOP Collection: transphysical

TOP 30th anniversary　

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
3 Jul 2025 – 21 Sep 2025

with Ansel Adams, Eugene Atget, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yamashiro Chikako, Louis Ducos du Hauron, William Eggleston, Ei-Q, Mayumi Hosokura, Mako Idemitsu, Hisae Imai, Tomoaki Ishihara, Ai Iwane …
Breaking the walls, Dino appears.

Eine interdisziplinäre Gruppenausstellung kuratiert von Leiko Ikemura

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
10 May 2025 – 1 Aug 2025

with Dan Graham, Leiko Ikemura, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth
Fragment

Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (JP)
4 Feb 2025 – 1 Mar 2025

with Takao Minami, LI Ming, Hiraki Sawa
China, a new generation of artists

Chine, une nouvelle génération d’artistes

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
9 Oct 2024 – 3 Feb 2025

with Zhang Ding, YU Ji, LI Ming, Yao Qingmei, Sun Xun, Miao Ying
TOP Collection: The Resonance of Seeing

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
18 Jul 2024 – 6 Oct 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Anna Atkins, Andre Kertesz, William Klein, Man Ray , Ikko Narahara, Maurice Tabard, Mayumi Terada, Minor White, Hiroshi Yamazaki
Archive Highlights

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
3 Nov 2023 – 2 Dec 2023

with David Claerbout, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Goshka Macuga, Anri Sala, Thomas Struth
Chinese Spring #5

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
20 Mar 2022 – 7 May 2022

with CAI Dongdong, HUANG Xiaoliang, Liang Xiu, SUN Yanchu, JIANG Zhi
Unnamed River

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
19 Mar 2022 – 30 Apr 2022

with Tang Chao, CAI Dongdong, Hu Jiayi, Kang Kaiwen, SHAO Wenhuan, Chen Xiaoyi
Focus on Photography

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
2 Jul 2021 – 4 Sep 2021

with Elger Esser, Candida Hoefer, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth
About us

Junge Fotografie aus China

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

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), CAI Dongdong, YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Gao Mingxi, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, RONG Rong, Chen Ronghui, RongRong & inri, Liang Xiu
Anonymous Society for Magick

Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
17 Mar 2020 – 2 May 2020

with Hao Jingban, Lam Tung Pang, Wang Tuo, Trevor YEUNG
PAL(ATE)/ETTE/

Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (CN)
20 Sep 2019 – 31 Oct 2019

with SONG Dong, CAI Dongdong, ZHENG Guogu, Liu Jianhua, GAO Lei, JIANG Pengyi, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, SHEN Shaomin, YANG Yongliang
Chines Spring #4

5 days, 12 artists, the best in Chinese Contemporary Photography

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
17 May 2019 – 26 May 2019

with CAI Dongdong, Zhang Hai'er, REN Hang, Feng Li, Pixy Liao , Sick Girl (Bing NV), HUANG Xiaoliang, Liang Xiu, SUN Yanchu, Luo Yang, Lin Zhipeng - 223
Still Life

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München (DE)
30 Nov 2018 – 2 Feb 2019

with Rodney Graham, Candida Hoefer, Goshka Macuga, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall
12th Gwangju Biennale 2018

Imagined Borders

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Francis Alys, Halil Altindere, Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apostol, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung, Paolo Cirio …
Brilliant City

David Zwirner HK, Hong Kong (CN)
6 Jul 2018 – 4 Aug 2018

with Francis Alys, Stan Douglas, Michael Lin, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ming Wong
Chinese Spring Part 3

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
25 May 2018 – 30 Jun 2018

with REN Hang, ZHANG Wei, Lin Zhipeng - 223, Ji Zhou
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, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali …
A New Ballardian Vision

Chapter 2: Leo Xu Projects

Metro Pictures, New York (US)
29 Jun 2017 – 4 Aug 2017

with Pixy Liao , CHENG Ran, Liu Shiyuan
After Party: Collective Dance and Individual Gymnastics

Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
14 Jan 2017 – 4 Mar 2017

with Jen Liu
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2016

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

with Hua Bai, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Beni Bischof, He Bo, Maurizio Cattelan, Almond Chu, Sara Cwynar, Beth Dow, Gao Fan, David Fathi, Yann Gross, Travis Hocutt …
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, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), HAI Bo, Song Chao, LUO Dan, XING Danwen, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Jiahao, JIANG Jian, Geng Jianyi, DI Jinjun …
New voices: a dsl collection story

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
7 May 2016 – 18 Jun 2016

with GAO Lei, WANG Sishun, LI Wei, ZHAO Zhao
My Generation: Young Chinese Artists

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

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Zhang Ding, CHI Peng, YAN Xing, Sun Xun, XU Zhen
CHINA 8 Works in Progress

Fotografie aus China

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
15 May 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Adou, CAI Dongdong, Shan Feiming, ZHUANG Hui, Alfred Ko, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, Wang Qingsong, CHEN Shaoxiong, HO Siu Nam South, LIANG Weizhou, SHAO Wenhuan …
Chinese Photography 1911-2014

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

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), RongRong & inri, WANG Tong, LIANG Yue
Rising Dragon

Contemporary Chinese Photography

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose (US)
2 Feb 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Adou, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, LU Guang, Yu Haibo, LU Hao, ZHANG Huan, SUN Ji, WANG Jin, LI Lang, Yao Lu, Maleonn (Ma Liang) …
ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice

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

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), JIANG Pengyi, CHENG Ran, ZHAO Zhao
The Other Wave

Chen Wei, Cheng Ran, Jiang Pengyi and Ye Linghan.

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (GB)
7 Dec 2011 – 29 Jan 2012

with JIANG Pengyi, CHENG Ran
Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese Artists

NORR COHAN, New York (US)
16 Jun 2011 – 29 Jul 2011

with CHENG Ran, HU Xiangqian, Sun Xun, ZHAO Zhao
m97 Artists Summer Group Exhibition

M97 Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
15 Aug 2010 – 15 Sep 2010

with Song Chao, CHEN Chunlin, FANG Er, Zeng Han, SUN Ji, MENG Jin, LI Jun, LU Jun, LI Lang, HAN Lei, ZHENG Nong, LI Wei …
EXQUISITE CORPSE: China Surreal

M97 Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
1 Nov 2008 – 4 Feb 2009

with ZHANG Dali, Zeng Han, YU Ji, SUN Ji, MENG Jin, LU Jun, HONG Lei, HAN Lei, Maleonn (Ma Liang), Maleonn (Ma Liang), MENG Jin + FANG Er, WANG Ningde …
Refresh: Emerging Chinese Artists

Arario Shanghai, Beijing (CN)
1 Dec 2007 – 20 Jan 2008

with WANG Ake, WANG Dan, WANG Guangle, ZHANG Lehua, CHI Peng, Ma Qiusha, CHENG Ran, JIN Shan, DU Yan, TANG Yi, LIU Yiqing, Lin Zhipeng - 223
In my solitude

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
16 Nov 2007 – 12 Jan 2008

with Norbert Briar, Larry Clark, Isabelle Lévénez, Gerard Malanga, Karine Marenne, Suzanne Opton, Pierre Radisic, Jens Semjan, Cindy Sherman, Gao Shiqiang, Malick Sidibe, Laurie Simmons …
False

Platform China 798 Project Space, Beijing (CN)
1 Dec 2007 – 31 Dec 2007

with WANG Ningde, JIN Shan, MA Yongfeng
Amateur World - a contemporary art group show

Platform China Contemporary Art Institut, Beijing (CN)
3 Nov 2007 – 13 Dec 2007

with LU Chunsheng, CHEN Xiaoyun
Unpredictable

Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
12 Jul 2007 – 25 Aug 2007

with JIN Shan
Against the Wall, Contemporary Chinese Artists

Corkin Gallery, Toronto (CA)
5 May 2007 – 30 Jun 2007

with ZHENG Lianjie, Wang Qingsong, DONG Wensheng, ZHOU Xiaohu
Shouting truth

Platform China Contemporary Art Institut, Beijing (CN)
10 Mar 2007 – 15 Apr 2007

with CHENG Ran

Events

1st Tokyo Jazz Club

Tokyo Jazz Club, Tokyo (JP)
1 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

with Chim-Pom, Wim Delvoye, Constant Dullaart, Shaun Gladwell, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Arthur Jafa, Pixy Liao , Jonas Lund, Shinro Ohtake, Gabriel Orozco, Christelle Oyiri, Jon Rafman …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2026

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
27 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2026

with Kevin Abosch, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Carlos Aires, Darren Almond, Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kim Asendorf, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Bleda & Rosa, Daniel Canogar …
Frieze Art Fair | Seoul 2025

Frieze art fair, Seoul (KR)
4 Sep 2025 – 6 Sep 2025

with Hideo Anze, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jae-Eun Choi, Eun Chun, Chun Heeseung, Godfried Donkor, Charles Gaines, Luigi Ghirri, Youngsoo Han, Alfredo Jaar, Prapat Jiwarangsan …
OPEN art 2025

OPEN ART, München (DE)
3 Jul 2025 – 6 Jul 2025

with Ilit Azoulay, Lewis Baltz, Yael Bartana, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Viktoria Binschtok, Jean-Marie Bottequin, Joachim Brohm, Felix Burger, Bogomir Ecker, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham …
Art Paris 2025

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
3 Apr 2025 – 6 Apr 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Ishola Akpo, Albarran Cabrera, Sama Alshaibi, Sarah Amrani, Mustapha Azeroual, Valerie Belin, Federica Belli, Jordi Bernado, Lucien Clergue, Jeffrey Conley, Paul Cupido …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2025

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
28 Mar 2025 – 30 Mar 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, Carlos Aires, Julian Charriere, Talia Chetrit, SIM Chi Yin, Isaac Chong Wai, Chu Chu, SONG Dong, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Grosvenor …
ART WEEK TOKYO 2024

Japan Contemporary Art Platform in collaboration with Art Basel

Art Week Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Vajiko Chachkhiani, Michiko Kon, Mika Ninagawa, B. Ingrid Olson, Shigeru Onishi, Lim Sokchanlina, Alec Soth, Tabaimo
Frieze London 2024

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
9 Oct 2024 – 13 Oct 2024

with Ignasi Aballi, Bani Abidi, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Tina Barney, Anna Barriball, Vanessa Beecroft, Inaki Bonillas, Julian Charriere, Isaac Chong Wai …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2024

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
28 Mar 2024 – 30 Mar 2024

with SONG Dong, Jen Liu, Marilyn Minter, Adam Pendleton, ZHANG Xiaogang, Trevor YEUNG
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2023

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
23 Mar 2023 – 25 Mar 2023

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Carlos Aires, Hoor Al Qasimi, anothermountainman, Carla Chan, Monica de Miranda, Inci Eviner, Gilbert & George, Hans Hartung, Mella Jaarsma, Pixy Liao , Pedro Neves Marques …
Paris Photo 2022

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Edouard Elias, Laurence Aegerter, Slim Aarons, Berenice Abbott, Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Horst Ademeit, Ruven Afanador, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Ljubodrag Andric …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2022

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
27 May 2022 – 29 May 2022

with Leonor Antunes, Yoan Capote, Stan Douglas, Awol Erizku, Candida Hoefer, Soun-gui Kim, Marilyn Minter, Vik Muniz, Catherine Opie, Osang Gwon, Nam June Paik, Lam Tung Pang …
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2019

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

with Tina Barney, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), LIU Bolin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Stan Douglas, YANG Fudong, Tao Hui, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Michael Najjar, Erwin Olaf, Torbjorn Rodland, Thomas Ruff …
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, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Julian Charriere, Michael Cherney …
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, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), John Bock, Inaki Bonillas, Sarah Charlesworth …
Art Basel 2019

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

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Lynn Hershman, Geng Jianyi, JIANG Pengyi, Robert Zhao Renhui, Melati Suryodarmo, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Fatma Bucak …
Unseen Photo Fair 2018

Unseen Photo, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Sep 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Adey, Albarran Cabrera, Marwan Bassiouni, Alessandro Calabrese, Kyungwoo Chun, Edmund Clark, Kenta Cobayashi, Arko Datto, Weronika Gesicka, Kata Geibl, Jan Hoek, Whitney Hubbs …
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
21 Sep 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Seung Woo Back, Nicolas Baghir, Julie Blackmon, HAI Bo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Clark & Pougnaud, ZHANG Dali, Christine de Grancy, Liu Di, CAI Dongdong, Valie Export …
Art Basel 2018

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

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Primoz Bizjak, Carina Brandes, Candice Breitz, Edward Burtynsky, Gerard Byrne, James Casebere, Andre Cepeda …
ART COLOGNE 2018

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
19 Apr 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with Lida Abdul, Laurenz Berges, Melanie Bonajo, Sonja Braas, Brassai, Thomas Demand, Andreas Gefeller, Arlene Gottfried, Sean Hemmerle, CHIA-WEI HSU, Pieter Hugo, Christian Jankowski …
Guangzhou Image Triennial 2017

Simultaneous Eido

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
15 Dec 2017 – 8 Mar 2018

with anothermountainman, Antoine d'Agata, CAI Dongdong, Noemie Goudal, Tao Hui, Go Itami, Kensuke Koike, WANG Ningde, ZHANG Peili, JIANG Pengyi, Caio Reisewitz, Penelope Umbrico …
PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco 2018

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

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Karl Blossfeldt, Luo Bonian, Harry Callahan, Tammy Rae Carland, John Chiara, LUO Dan, Erica Deeman, CAI Dongdong, Monique Eller, Mitch Epstein …
Lianzhou Photo Festival 2017

Your Selfie Stick (and You)

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
2 Dec 2017 – 2 Jan 2018

with Alia Ali, Sara Angelucci, Josh Begley, He Bo, Cortis & Sonderegger, Ye Funa, AO Guoxing, ZHANG Haier, Huang Guaier & Wang Runzhong, ZHUANG Hui, Zhang Jin, Nina Katchadourian …
PHOTO Shanghai 2017

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

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Rene Burri, Gohar Dashti, Wu Ding, Harold E. Edgerton, William Eggleston, Casper Faassen, YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Zhang Kechun, Daido Moriyama …
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2016

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

with Beni Bischof, Sara Cwynar, Katrin Korfmann, HAN Lei, Mika Ninagawa, WANG Ningde, DONG Wensheng