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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Name
Guan Wei
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1957
Birth place
China
Active Period
  • 1989-
Arrival
  • 1989
Residence
  • 1989- Sydney, NSW
  • 1957 - 1989 Beijing, China
Training
  • 1986 Department of Fine Arts at Beijing Capital University, China
Cultural Heritage
  • Chinese
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006

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  • Echo (creator of)
  • Sausage No.8 No.9 No.10. (creator of)
  • Island no.3 (creator of)
  • Treasure hunt (detail) (creator of)
Related events
  • Handle with Care - Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, (None)
  • 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)
  • The Plot Thickens: Naratives in Australian Art (None)
  • Creating Paradise on Earth (exhibited at)
  • Hothouse the flower in contemporary art (exhibited at)
  • Science Fiction (exhibited at)
  • Face Up (None)
  • 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)
  • Perspecta (None)
  • Mao Goes Pop, China Post-1989 (exhibited at)
  • Autumn Salon Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • 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)
  • Handle with Care - Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, (None)
  • The Plot Thickens: Naratives in Australian Art (None)
  • Face Up (None)
  • Perspecta (None)