Guan Wei b. 1957

  • Artist (Painter)
Guan Wei's paintings draws on his rich cultural repertory of symbols and his informed socio-political awareness, born of his experience of the contrasting realities of his former home, China and of Australia, where he has lived since 1989.
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exhibited at
Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Date
1999
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Nesting or Art of Idleness
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Guan Wei: nesting, or the art of idleness
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

Assisted by the Australia Council, the inaugural exhibition of MCA Artist’s Project Space on Level 4, this is the first Level 4 project and covered Wei’s work from 1989-1999.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
MCA archive printout; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Cramer, Sue (ed), Guan Wei : nesting, or the art of idleness, 1989-1999. Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999.
ISBN 1875632646

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting
exhibited at
Sulman Prize Exhibition
Date
1998
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

1998 tour: Wollongong City Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill City Art Gallery and Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery. ALSO exhibited: 1999, 2002

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Last Supper
Date
1997
Place
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Perspecta
Date
1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mao Goes Pop, China Post-1989
Date
1993
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Guan Wei
Date
1993
Place
School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description

Work developed from a residency at the Canberra School of art.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
SOFA exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Chinese New Wave
Date
1992
Place
Cast at Arthouse, Launceston, TAS, Australia
Description

The work of eight Chinese artists, four living and working in Beijing, four living and working in Australia. The artists were Wang Youshen, Da Gong, Li Yan, Ku Xueming, Li Yong-Bin, Ah Xian, Guan Wei, Lin Chunyan, Lui Xiaoxian. Source: Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive.

Tags
Group exhibition
exhibited at
Guan Wei
Date
1991
Place
School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description

Exhibition held in the photospace gallery.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
SOFA exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Autumn Salon Exhibition
Date
1986
Place
Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
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