Guo Wei     郭伟

1960 born in Chengdu, Sichuan province
1990 graduated from the print-making department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, Sichuan province
Works and lives as independent artist in Chengdu

Guo Wei has exhibited internationally since 1988 and is recognized as one of the leading artists to have graduated from the elite Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. His compositions are remarkably realistic, resembling photographs, yet upon closer inspection, reveal disturbing distortions and indistinct facial expressions that may surprise the viewer. His latest works are executed in monochromatic tones that intimately depict the subject of his daughter and friends and seem to capture their youth. He is represented in numerous institutions including the Gori Foundation, Florence, Italy; the Guy and Miriam Ullens Foundation, Brussels Belgium; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA.
 

2008

Guo Wei Solo Show, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing

2007

Made in China, Estella Collection, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Guo Wei & Guo Jin: Figurative Possibilities, Goedhuis Contemporary, New

York, USA

2006

LOFT Gallery, Paris, France (Solo)

Brothers, Cheng Xindong Contemporary Art Space, Beijing, China

Pay Attention to the Undercurrent, Robert and Li Art Gallery, Taiwan

The Naked Truth, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Unclear and Clearness, Heyri Art Foundation, South Korea

The Young Mandarins 2006, Goedhuis Contemporary at the Mandarin Oriental,

Miami, Florida, USA

2005

Web Notes- solo exhibition, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing, China

Contemporary Art from Greater China, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York,

USA; London, United Kingdom

Contemporary Chinese Art, Seoul Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea

Biennale de l’art contemporain Chinois, Montpelier, France

Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art from China,

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Gallery, Chengdu, China

No Looking Back on Tomorrow, Guandu Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Unspeakable Happiness – A Selection of Contemporary Art from China,

Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico

2004

Face to Face – Six Artists and One Time, Robert and Li Art Gallery, Taiwan

2003

L’Art Contemporain Chinois, Foundation Culturegest, Lisbonne, Portugal

From China with Art, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

New Painting 2003, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

2002
Guo Wei Solo Exhibition, Fundacao Oriente, Macau
Guo Jin and Guo Wei: New Works, The CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
On the Edge of the Millenium : New Art from China, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK
Paris-Pékin, L'Espace Cardin, Paris, France
1st Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Chinese Modernity, Museum of the Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Next Generation: Contemporary Art of Asia, Passage de Retz, Paris, France

Six Contemporary Chinese Artists (Leferink Collection), Reykjavik Art Museum

at Kjarvalstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland

Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2001
Guo Wei Solo Exhibition, Frumkin / Duval Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Guo Wei Solo Exhibition, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Dream 01, Atlantic Art Gallery, London, UK
1st Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
Future: Contemporary Chinese Art, Macau
New Century 1997-99, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China
2000
Guo Wei / Guo Jin Exhibition , CourtYard Gallery, Beijing, China
Guo Wei Solo Exhibition, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France
Futuro - Chinese contemporary art Contemporary Art Centre (CACOM), Macau
Portraits, Figures, Couples and Groups - from the MCAF collection, BizArt, Shanghai, China
Door of Century, 1979-1999 Chinese Contemporary Art, Monden Art Museum, Chengdu, China
1999
Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Caermersklooster, Gent, Belgium
14th Asian International Art Exhibition, Japan
Representing the People , Tyne and Weir Museums, Newcastle; Midlands Arts Center, Birmingham; The Museum of Science and Industry, Mancester, England, UK
Avant Gardes en China, Salon Art Paris, Carrousel du Louvre and Galerie LOFT, Paris, France

Art China, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
New Modernism for a New Millenium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art-Paris, Carroussel du Louvre, Paris
1998
Guo Jin - Guo Wei , Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery, Minnesota, USA
East Meets East in the West, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Confused... Reckoning with the Future - Contemporary Chinese, Paintings and Photography, Rai Artfair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Guo Brothers, Soobin Gallery, Singapore
China Now, Parco -Square and Kirin Art , Tokyo, Japan
Binding Up, Taiwan

1997
China Now, Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel, Switzerland
The First Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
China's New Art, Post-1989, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, USA Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA
8+8-1 - Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong ; Chicago Art Fair, USA; Connaught Brown, London; Vierte Etage Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1996
Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Munich, Germany
Elevenses - The Avant-Garde, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
China's New Art, Post-1989, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Portland, USA
China - Recent Art from 15 Studios, Reithalle, Muenchen, Germany
1995
The Urban Idealist: New Art from Sichuan, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
The History of Chinese Oil Painting Exhibtion - from Realism to Post-modernism, Galerie Theoremes, Brussels, Belgium
1994
The Strange Environment '94 , Chongqing, China
China's New Art, Post-1989, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, UK ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
1993
The First Biennial Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings, China Art Gallery, Beijing, China
China's New Art - Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1992
The First Guangzhou Biennial: Oil Paintings from the 90s, Guangzhou Exhibition Center, China
The Second Exhibition of Documentation of Contemporary Chinese Art Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
1988
Six-man Exhibition, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China