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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Handle with Care - Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art,
Date
1 March 2008 - 4 May 2008
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.katerohde.com/adelaide/handlewithcare.htm
exhibited at
A Mysterious Land
Date
2007
Place
ARC One Gallery Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Day After Tomorrow
Date
2007
Place
Red Gate Gallery, 798 Village, Beijing, China
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Down Under DenHaag Sculptuur 07
Date
2007
Place
Hague Sculpture, Netherlands
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Echo
Date
2006
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Jiang Hu
Date
2006
Place
Liverpool Regional Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

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

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Other Histories: Guan Wei's Fable for a Contemporary World
Date
2006
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Between River and Lake
Date
2006
Place
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Nature Machine - Contemporary Art Nature and Technology
Date
2005
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Wynne Prize Exhibition
Date
2005
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Art TV
Date
2004
Place
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Prediction-Reflection
Date
2004
Place
The Church Gallery, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth, WA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Cycle Tracks will abound in utopia
Date
2004
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
The Plot Thickens: Naratives in Australian Art
Date
2004
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Creating Paradise on Earth
Date
2003
Place
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hothouse the flower in contemporary art
Date
2003
Place
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

ALSO toured to: Geelong Art Gallery, National Library of Australia, Meclelland Art Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Science Fiction
Date
2003
Place
National Art Gallery, Singapore
Description
Type
Exhibition
Face Up
Date
2003
Place
Museum for the Present, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.smb.museum/smb/hbf/exhibition.php?id=4861&lang=en
exhibited at
Deeper Places
Date
2002
Place
Casula Power House Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Osaka Triennial 2001
Date
2001
Place
Contemporary Art Space, Osaka, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Lines of Descent, The family in Contemporary Asian Art
Date
2000
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Man and Space
Date
2000
Place
Kwangju Biennale, South Korea
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Five Continents and One City: Second International Salon of Painting
Date
1999
Place
Museum of Mexico City, Mexico
Description
Type
Exhibition
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