Zhu Wei was born in 1966 in Beijing, and received education in the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art, Beijing Film Academy, and China Institute of Art. Zhu Wei made his first appearance in international exhibition in 1993, and has put on more than 20 Solo exhibitions iworldwide ever since. More than eight different editions of special anthologies of his works and reviews have been published. His ink and wash works have been collected by more than 20 domestic and foreign museums.
He devotes himself to contemporize Chinese ink and color on paper, and make it become an important integral of world contemporary art.
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Exhibitions
2010 Group Exhibition, Contemporary Prints Exhibition, New Millennium Gallery, Beijing
Group Exhibition, “Monumental”, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Group Exhibition, "Roundabout", City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Group Exhibition, Korea International Art Fair 2010 (KIAF2010), World Trade Center, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition, ShContemporary 10, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
Group Exhibition, Credit Suisse Today Art Award 2010 Finalist Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Golden Era, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, FACES, Leo Gallery, Shanghai
Group Exhibition, Again Print, Dialogue Space, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Art Hamptons - the inernational fine art fair, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, Tradition and Transition: Recent Chinese Art from the Collection, Williams College Museum of Art, Massachusetts, USA
Solo Exhibition, Zhu Wei's Solo Show, Front Line Contemporary, Shanghai
Group Exhibition, ART HK 10, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, RESHAPING HISTORY Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Z Artists, ArtScene Warehouse, Shanghai
Group Exhibition, “Restoration”---Contemporary Collotype Print Exhibition, New Millennium Gallery, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Fairy Tales - Selections from the MaGMA Collection, Opera Gallery, Singapore
Group Exhibition, "You and Me", The Asian Collection, Tokyo
Group Exhibition, EKFA Winter Show, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York
2009 Group Exhibition, Art Miami 2009, Miami, USA
Group Exhibition, The Silk Road - Chinese Contemporary Lithographs, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
Group Exhibition, The Academic Exhibition of Chinese Fine Arts Paintings, Art Gallery of China National Academy of Painting, Beijing
Group Exhibition, "In Print", Dialogue Space, Beijing
Group Exhibition, "Beijing - Havana: New Contemporary Chinese Art Revolution", Cuba Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Street Trocadero e/ Aulueta y Monserrate Old Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Group Exhibition, CHINESE CONTEMPORARY MASTER PRINTS EXHIBITION, Chen Ling Hui Comtemporary Space, Taipei
Group Exhibition, ART OSAKA 2009, Osaka, Japan
Group Exhibition, Scent of Ink - Group Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Ink, Dialogue Space, Beijing
Group Exhibition, BROADSHEET NOTATIONS, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, RECOMPOSITIONS, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art I, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Water and Color - Contemporary Ink Art Show, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Group Exhibition, "Best of Beijing", Melvin Art Gallery of Florida Southern College, Florida, USA
2008 Group Exhibition, Selected Exhibition Tour of Chinese Honest and Credible Galleries, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, Selected Exhibition Tour of Chinese Honest and Credible Galleries, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Art Miami 2008, Miami, USA
Group Exhibition, Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York 2008, New York, USA
Solo Exhibition, Zhu Wei’s Album of Ink Paintings, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, SCOPE London Art Fair, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Art Singapore 2008, Singapore
Group Exhibition, HKIAAF 08, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, Art Shanghai 2008, Shanghai, China
Group Exhibition, “LOFT”Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, 798 Art Zone, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Shanghai MoCA Envisage "Butterfly Dream", Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Group Exhibition, ART HK08 - Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, Art Beijing 2008, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Art Taipei 2008, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibition, Today's China, Museum Belvue, Brussells, Belgium
Group Exhibition, Chinese Contemporary Art, National Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Group Exhibition, China – Beyond Socialist Realism, Chosun ilbo Museum, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition, NEXT – the Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Art Chicago 2008, Chicago, USA
Group Exhibition, ARTPARIS, Paris, France
Group Exhibition, Consumption – Chinese Contemporary Art, Xin Dong Cheng Space For Contemporary Art (798 Art District), Beijing, China
Group Exhibition SEMIOSIS, China Square, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2007 Group Exhibition, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
Solo Exhibition, Zhu Wei Show, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, Art International Zürich 2007, Zürich, Switzerland
Solo Exhibition, J. BASTIEN ART Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Solo Exhibition, Zhu Wei Solo Show, Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
Solo Exhibition, Zhu Wei Solo Show, Art Seasons Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Group Exhibition, Chinese Contemporary Sotsart, the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Group Exhibition, ANTIQUAIRS2007, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Solo Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Zhu Wei, Xu Lei, Peng Wei - Three Artists’ Exhibition, Art Seasons Gallery, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Historic Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition (1976-2006), Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
Group Exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Group Exhibition, Curators' Choice: China, Art Complex Museum, Massachusetts, USA
Group Exhibition, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Art Beijing 2006 Expo, Beijing, China
2005 Solo exhibition, Red Curtain, Plum Blossoms Gallery Hong Kong.
Group exhibition, Food For Thought, Islip Art Museum, New York, USA.
Solo exhibition, New Pictures of The Strikingly Bizarre, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore.
Solo exhibition, New Pictures Of The Strikingly Bizarre, Plum Blossoms Gallery Hong Kong.
Group exhibition, Apologue: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
Group exhibition, Democracy Forever: Chinese Artists Perceptions of Global Politics, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA.
Group exhibition, ARTSingapore 2004, Singapore.
Group exhibition, CHINA ON THE CUSP, New York, USA.
Solo exhibition, Zhu Wei – Another Perspective, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong.
2003 Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, New York, USA.
Solo exhibition, Zhu Wei – Another Perspective, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA.
2002 Solo exhibition, China Diary – The Oxen, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA.
Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA.
Group exhibition, Paris-Pekin, Paris, France.
Group exhibition, The First Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China.
2001 Solo exhibition, Zhu Wei Diary, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA.
Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, New York, USA.
Group exhibition, The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, Singapore.
2000 Solo exhibition, Zhu Wei Diary, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA.
1999 Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA.
Group exhibition, The Beverly Hills International Art Fair, Beverly Hills, California, USA.
1998 Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, New York, USA.
Solo exhibition, Diary of the Sleepwalker, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore.
1997 Group exhibition, The International Asian Art Fair, The Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA.
1996 Solo exhibition, China Diary, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Group exhibition, The Taipei International Art Fair, Taiwan, Republic of China.
1995 Group exhibition, Art Trends, Hong Kong.
Group exhibition, Art Asia '95, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong.
1994 Group exhibition, New Trends Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong.
Group exhibition, Tresors International Fine Art and Antiques Fair for Asia, World Trade Center, Singapore.
Solo exhibition, The Story of Beijing, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Group exhibition, Art Asia '94, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong.
1993 Solo exhibition, Zhu Wei New Paintings '93, Duo Yun Zhai, Shanghai, China.
Group exhibition, China Art Expo, Guangzhou, China.