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
A Mysterious Land
Date
2007
Place
ARC One Gallery Melbourne, Vic.
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Day After Tomorrow
Date
2007
Place
Red Gate Gallery, 798 Village, Beijing, China
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Down Under DenHaag Sculptuur 07
Date
2007
Place
Hague Sculpture, Netherlands
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Echo
Date
2006
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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SOLO

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Jiang Hu
Date
2006
Place
Liverpool Regional Museum, Sydney, NSW
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SOLO

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2006 The Year in Art
Date
2006
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S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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A Distant Land
Date
2006
Place
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
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SOLO

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Other Histories: Guan Wei's Fable for a Contemporary World
Date
2006
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Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
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SOLO

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Between River and Lake
Date
2006
Place
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
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The Nature Machine - Contemporary Art Nature and Technology
Date
2005
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Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
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The Wynne Prize Exhibition
Date
2005
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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Art TV
Date
2004
Place
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Vic.
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Prediction-Reflection
Date
2004
Place
The Church Gallery, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth, WA
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Cycle Tracks will abound in utopia
Date
2004
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
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Creating Paradise on Earth
Date
2003
Place
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
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Hothouse the flower in contemporary art
Date
2003
Place
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
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ALSO toured to: Geelong Art Gallery, National Library of Australia, Meclelland Art Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery

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Science Fiction
Date
2003
Place
National Art Gallery, Singapore
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Deeper Places
Date
2002
Place
Casula Power House Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
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Osaka Triennial 2001
Date
2001
Place
Contemporary Art Space, Osaka, Japan
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Lines of Descent, The family in Contemporary Asian Art
Date
2000
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
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Man and Space
Date
2000
Place
Kwangju Biennale, South Korea
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Five Continents and One City: Second International Salon of Painting
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Mexico City, Mexico
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Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Date
1999
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
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Nesting or Art of Idleness
Date
1999
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
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SOLO

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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

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Related stub person groups
  • Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Arc ONE Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China (associate of)
Related works
  • Echo (creator of)
  • Sausage No.8 No.9 No.10. (creator of)
  • Island no.3 (creator of)
  • Treasure hunt (detail) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Tokyo Gallery, Japan (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers, WA (collected in)
  • University of Technology, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Western Sydney, Nepean, NSW (collected in)
  • Parks Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Griffith University, Qld (collected in)
  • Campbelltown Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash University, Vic. (collected in)
  • Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld (collected in)
  • Australian Embassy, Beijing, China (collected in)
  • Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne University, Vic. (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelon, Vic. (collected in)
  • Contemporary Art and Culture Centre, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Artist in residence at Cite International des Art Paris (received)
  • Australian - China Council residence grant at Taipei Artist Village (received)
  • Feng Shui' Mural Painting for 700 Collins St, Docklands (received)
  • 2004 : Commission 'Paper War' For SBS & Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Vic. (received)
  • Visiting Fellow at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, ACT (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts residency at the Greene Street Studio (received)
  • Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
  • Residency at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University (received)
  • 1992 : Residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • Artist-in-residence at the Tasmanian School of Art (received)
Related events
  • A Mysterious Land (exhibited at)
  • Day After Tomorrow (exhibited at)
  • Down Under DenHaag Sculptuur 07 (exhibited at)
  • Echo (exhibited at)
  • Jiang Hu (exhibited at)
  • 2006 The Year in Art (exhibited at)
  • A Distant Land (exhibited at)
  • Other Histories: Guan Wei's Fable for a Contemporary World (exhibited at)
  • Between River and Lake (exhibited at)
  • The Nature Machine - Contemporary Art Nature and Technology (exhibited at)
  • The Wynne Prize Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Art TV (exhibited at)
  • Prediction-Reflection (exhibited at)
  • Cycle Tracks will abound in utopia (exhibited at)
  • Creating Paradise on Earth (exhibited at)
  • Hothouse the flower in contemporary art (exhibited at)
  • Science Fiction (exhibited at)
  • Deeper Places (exhibited at)
  • Osaka Triennial 2001 (exhibited at)
  • Lines of Descent, The family in Contemporary Asian Art (exhibited at)
  • Man and Space (exhibited at)
  • Five Continents and One City: Second International Salon of Painting (exhibited at)
  • Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Nesting or Art of Idleness (exhibited at)
  • Sulman Prize Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Last Supper (exhibited at)
  • Mao Goes Pop, China Post-1989 (exhibited at)
  • Autumn Salon Exhibition (exhibited at)