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Biography: 
1957 Born in Beijing (CN)
Ai Weiwei CV as pdf-File 349 KB
Ai Weiwei one of the most outstanding and eclectic personalities in China, is an independent artist based in Beijing. He is also a freelance curator, cultural advisor and architect. In 1979 he was one of the founders of the art group "The Stars" and in 1998 Ai Weiwei started the loft-gallery China Art Archive & Warehouse (CAAW) in Beijing, of which he is the artistic director. He collaborates with the Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron as architectural consultant for the Beijing National Stadium project.
Lives and works
in Beijing (CN)
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Public exhibitions 100
from 29.8.
from 25.7.
until 30.8.
Solo shows 12
2009
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| Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993 - Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing |
2008
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| Ai Weiwei: Fairytale - Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY |
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| Ai Weiwei - Fairytale - IMA Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Ai Weiwei - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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| Ai Weiwei - Under Construction - Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW |
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| Ai Weiwei - Under Construction - Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation - SCAF, Sydney, NSW |
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| Ai Weiwei - Mary Boone Gallery - 541 West 24 Street, New York City, NY |
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| Ai Weiwei - Groninger Museum, Groningen |
2007
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| Ai Weiwei - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern |
2006
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| Ai Weiwei - Fragments - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing |
2004
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| Ai Weiwei - Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Ai Weiwei - Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
Group shows 85
2009
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| The China Project - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Action - Camera: Beijing Performance Photography - The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2008
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| Asian Dub Photography - Fondazione Casssa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena |
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| A QUESTION OF EVIDENCE - T-B A21 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna |
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| China: Construção – Desconstrução - Museo de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo |
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| 2008 Chinese Contemporary Art Awards - UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing |
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| Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary - Museum of Arts & Design, New York City, NY |
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| Liverpool Biennial 2008 - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool (England) |
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| Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| from nature – summer group show - Carolina Nitsch, New York City, NY |
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| Fragile - Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Gent |
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| Stairway to Heaven - Bates College Museum of Arts, Lewiston, ME |
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| China Power Station:Part III - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| Body Media - Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai |
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| Accrochage - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern |
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| Selections from the Hara Museum´s Permanent Collection - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Rojo a parte - Arte contemporáneo chino de la Colección Sigg - Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| Branded and On Display - Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA |
2007
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| Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection - CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL |
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| China Now - Cobra Museum, Amstelveen |
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| Chinese Contemporary Art. La lunga marcia dell'avanguardia - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| NET - Chambers Fine Art - Beijing, Beijing |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| Branded and On Display - Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS |
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| Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg - Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
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| Bordeline/Moving Images 2007 - Borderline, Beijing |
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| Metamorphosis - The Generation of Transformation in Chinese Contemporary Art - Tampere Art Museum, Tampere |
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| Documenta 12 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| China Welcomes You... - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| What About Sculpture? - Chambers Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY |
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| shooting back - T-B A21 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna |
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| Dragon’s Evolution - ChinaSquare - New York, New York City, NY |
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| Forged Realities - Universal Studios - Beijing, Beijing |
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| MADE in CHINA - the Estella collection - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| The Year of the Golden Pig - Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection - Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
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| 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
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| Branded and On Display - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
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| A Continuous Dialogue - Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, Gu Dexin, Kan Xuan, Lu Chunsheng, Yan Lei, Zheng Guogu, Zhuang Hui - Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, San Gimignano |
2006
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| Altered, Stitched & Gathered - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island |
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| APT5 - The 5th Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art - Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| This Is Not For You. Diskurse der Skulptur - T-B A21 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna |
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| Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China - Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC |
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| China Power Station: Part I - Serpentine Gallery, London (England) |
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| Misleading Trails - Samek Art Gallery , Lewisburg, PA |
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| China now - Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs - Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg |
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| Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Cityscapes - Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| MOCA Envisage-Entry gate - MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Fill in the blanks - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
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| Biennale of Sydney, Zones of Contact - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW |
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| Biennale of Sydney 2006 - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| Black & Blue - Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Serge Spitzer und Ai WeiWei - Eroberung - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main |
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| 2006 Beaufort: Kust brengt Kunst - , Oostende |
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| Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
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| Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art From China and the US - Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA |
2005
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| The 2nd Guangzhou Triennial - Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
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| Regeneration - Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S. - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Xiānfēng! - Chinese avant-garde - Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen |
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| Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| Misleading Trails - NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL |
2004
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| Regeneration - Contemporary Chinese Art - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI |
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| Misleading Trails - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
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| Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China - Asia Society and Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
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| Silknet - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern |
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| Persona3 - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
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| Le printemps de chine - Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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| Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art From China and the US - Samek Art Gallery , Lewisburg, PA |
2003
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| Ai Weiwei / Lux Lindner - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern |
2002
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| Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art / 1st Guangzhou Triennial - The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
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| Cement - Chambers Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY |
2001
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| TAKE PART II - zeitgenoessische chinesische Kunst - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern |
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| "TAKE PART" - Zeitgenössische Chinesische Kunst - Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern |
2000
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| Photography as fine art - galerie skala, Cologne |
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| Portraits, figures, couples and groups - BizArt, Shanghai |
1999
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| Johann Korec - Galerie Susanne Zander, Cologne |
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| spectacles societies - Galerie 52, Berlin |
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| "Concepts, Colors and Passions" - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
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| 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| "Innovations Part I" - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
| Dealer Directory 12 |
China
| | Chambers Fine Art - Beijing, Beijing
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| | China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing
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| | Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing
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| | EASTLINK Gallery, Shanghai
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Luzern
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USA
| | Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| | Mary Boone Gallery - 541 West 24 Street, New York City, NY
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| | Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
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| | Chambers Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY
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| | China 2000 Fine Art, New York City, NY
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| | Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City, NY
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| | Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY
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Public collections 2
Australia
| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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Austria
| | Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
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