Démarche artistique

Ces deux œuvres (Charro Suit 3 et Charro Suit 5) sont issues de ma série intitulée Atlas invisible.

Je combine des images photographiques avec des éléments de dessin minimalistes, offrant mon interprétation visuelle de la façon dont l’énergie interne et externe se forme autour et à travers les objets, l’environnement et les corps. Inspiré par la philosophie du « qi », je cherche à entraîner les spectateurs dans un monde multidimensionnel, poétique, surréaliste et séduisant.

Biographie

Né à Shanghai, en Chine, où il a grandi, Shen Wei vit et travaille maintenant à New York. Il est connu pour ses portraits intimes des autres et de lui-même, ainsi que pour ses photographies poétiques de paysages et de natures mortes. Son travail a été exposé dans le monde entier, notamment au musée de la ville de New York, au Philadelphia Museum of Art, à la Power Station of Art de Shanghai, en Chine, à la Fondation Hasselblad de Göteborg, en Suède, au North Carolina Museum of Art et au Museum of Contemporary Photography de Chicago. Son travail a été présenté dans le New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Financial Times, Aperture, ARTnews, Paris Review, Le Figaro et American Photo. Les œuvres de Shen Wei figurent dans la collection permanente du Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), du Philadelphia Museum of Art, du J. Paul Getty Museum, du Museum of Contemporary Photography, de la Library of Congress, du Carnegie Museum of Art, du Morgan Library & Museum, du CAFA Art Museum et du Ringling Museum of Art, entre autres.

Shen Wei est lauréat de la Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Arts Residency, de l’Asian Cultural Council Arts & Religion Fellowship, de la New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship et du Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Arts Grant. Il est titulaire d’une maîtrise en beaux-arts (photographie, vidéo et médias connexes) de la School of Visual Arts de New York et d’un baccalauréat en photographie du Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Curriculum Vitæ

Éducation

2006 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA, Photography, Video and Related Media.
2003 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN BFA, Photography

Expositions solo

2020 Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong
2019 Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road, London, UK
2018 Xie Zilong Photography Museum, Shen Wei: Blossoms, Changsha, China
2018 ON/Gallery, Undefined Time of Intuition, Beijing, China
2017 Flowers Gallery, Between Blossoms, New York, NY
2017 Signum Foundation Gallery, Between Blossoms, New York, NY
2017 Visionairs Gallery, Invisible Atlas, Singapore
2017 SinArts Gallery, Between Blossoms, The Hague, Netherlands
2016 Galerie Christophe Tailleur, Dusk of the Harmonious Garden, Strasbourg, France 2015 Flowers Gallery, Invisible Atlas, New York, NY
2014 H Gallery, I Miss You Already, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 LA. Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Chinese Sentiment, Frankfurt, Germany
2012 Daniel Cooney Fine Art, I Miss You Already, New York, NY
2012 Light Work, I Miss You Already, New York, NY
2012 Epson Imaging Gallery, Chinese Sentiment, Shanghai, China
2012 Monika Olko Gallery, Chinese Sentiment, Sag Harbor, NY
2011 Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Chinese Sentiment, New York, NY
2011 Art Institute of Boston, Chinese Sentiment, Boston, MA
2011 Chinese American Arts Council, Almost Naked, New York, NY
2011 Lumenvisum Gallery, Chinese Sentiment, Hong Kong, China
2009 Randall Scott Gallery, Almost Naked, New York, NY
2008 Kunst Licht Gallery, Almost Naked, Shanghai, China
2008 Chinese American Arts Council, Concubines of New York, New York, NY
2006 Elkins Gallery at Temple University, Almost Naked, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Chinese American Arts Council, Concubines of NY, New York
2003 TIXE Gallery, Behind the Persona, New York, NY

Prix et résidences

2016 New York Foundation for the Arts, Photography Fellowship
2015 The Studios of Key West, Artist in Residency
2014 Hong Kong Design Institute, Visiting Fellow
2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012 Photography Portfolio Competition Winner
2012 Asian Cultural Council, Asian Art and Religion Fellowship
2010 Light Work, Artist-in-Residency, Syracuse University, NY
2009 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Creative Artist Residency, Italy
2008 Urban Artist Initiative / New York City Fellowship
2008 Photo District News, PDN30
2008 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Manhattan Arts Fund
2007 The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Griffin Award
2007 American Photo, Top 15 Artist of the Year
2007 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Manhattan Arts Fund
2007 Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward 2007 Winner
2007 Chinese American Arts Council, Most Outstanding Young Asian Artist Award

Publications et presse (sélectionnées)

British Journal of Photography, “Broken Sleeve”. May 2, 2019. London, UK. Warner, Marigold
Le Figaro. “Les tribulations de la photo en Chine”. 26 March, 2019. Paris, France. Duponchelle, Valerie.
Transfuge Magazine. “Une génération chinoise à nu”. March, 2019. Paris, France. Guette, Henri.
EXIT Magazine. “Jardin / Garden.” Issue 71. September, 2018. Madrid, Spain. Photography is Art, “Spectators on the City’s Sideline.” Yao, Yao. Oct. 2018. Hong Kong. Dagblad van het Noorden, “Galerie-eilandjes werken samen,” Feb. 2018. Netherlands. The Paris Review, “Between Blossoms”April 12, 2017. Piepenbring, Dan.
Financial Times. “Snapshot: ‘Between Blossoms’ by Shen Wei.” March 3, 2017. Franklin, Alice.
CNN: “The dreamy, intimate portraits of Shen Wei.” October 27, 2016. Chan, Wilfred.
The Guardian. “In bloom: the erotic botanics of Shen Wei – in pictures.” September 23, 2017.
Rai News. "Punctum - Il mondo di Shen Wei." Feb. 25, 2015. Bolzani, Cristina.
Chinese Photography. “Shen Wei - I Miss You Already.” Feb. 2015. Hannah Frieser.
City Zine. “Shen Wei.” Feb. 2015. Fu, Joanna.
EXIT Magazine. “Desnudos: Nudes.” April, 2014. Madrid, Spain.
Tampa Bay Times. “Review: Gems to discover among Museum of Fine Arts’ recent acquisitions.” Jan. 13, 2014. Bennett, Lennie
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “Fremde und vertraute chinesische Gefuhle.” Jan. 8, 2014. Schutte, Christoph.
Frankfurter Rundschau, “Unangetastetes China.” Dec. 23, 2013.
Frankfurter Neue Presse. “Momente zwischen Aufbruch und Abbruch.” Dec. 10, 2013. Derouiche, Gabriele.
Junhong Fortune. “Erotica and Innocence.” November, 2013. Zhang, Wenyi.
Time Out New York. “Under My Skin: Nudes in Contemporary Photography.” August 24, 2013
GQ China. “Feature: Shen Wei - Upright in the Fog.” April, 2013. Xiaosong, Tang.
ARTnews. “Review: Shen Wei.” December, 2012. Kley, Elisabeth.
The New Yorker. “Goings On About Town Art: Shen Wei.” September 10, 2012. Aletti, Vince.
Time Out New York. “Picture Imperfect.” September 13, 2012.
China Photo Press. “Chinese Sentiment.” August, 2012. Wei, Jiang.
ARTnews. “Double Exposure.” May, 2012. Landi, Ann.
Pipeline. “Liberating Gentle Tease - Interview with Shen Wei.” May, 2012. Kozyreva, Cristina.
Grand Design. "Chinese Sentiment". July, 2012. Liyun, Liu.
Cocao Magazine. "Beloved, Stranger." Special Issue: New York. Chao, Bruce.
Life Magazine China. "Table Sentiment." November, 2011. Ling, Huchong; Wei, Jiang.
ArtScope. "Shen Wei: Chinese Sentiment." September/Pctober, 2011. Liu, Franklin W.
The Outlook Magazine. “Creative 100.” August, 2011. Amos.
Ming Magazine. “Shen Wei - Chinese Sentiment” July, 2011. Wei, Jiang.
The New Yorker. “Goings On About Town Art: Shen Wei.” June 6, 2011. Aletti, Vince.
The New Yorker. “Critic’s Notebook: Food for Thought.” May 23, 2011. Aletti, Vince.
Wall Street Journal. “Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and NYC Green Cart Program.” May 7, 2011. Meyers, William.

Collections

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC LSU Museum of Art, Rouge, LA
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Southeast Museum of photography, Daytona, FL Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
Lilley Museum of Art, Reno, NV
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, NY
C. V. Starr Foundation, New York, NY
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong
Kinsey Institute, Indianapolis, IN
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Agnes Gund Collection, New York, NY
John J. Studzinski Collection, New York / London
Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection, Wilson, NC Jonathan F. Fanton, New York, NY
Credit Suisse, Zurich, Switzerland
Estee Lauder, New York, NY
United Airlines, Chicago, IL Target, Minneapolis, MN