In depth research and an interest in experimental film and the atrical performance imbue Hu Weiyi’s multimedia experiments,which he uses to open new avenues for social ethnography, both as artist and curator. Working in photography, video and installation he is a resourceful montage artist. A series called Flirt introduced cold light to various objects to manipulate a viewer’s perception of them, an effect he achieved without resorting to digital software manipulation.
In his Window Blind series of installations, screens display videos of apartment blocks in Chinese residential buildings. These screens are surrounded by second hand window frames of which the upper part contains a rail holding semitransparent curtains. The curtains are moved by a concealed motor and partially cover the screens. The windows of the apartment blocks in the videos close up as the curtains move over them, and open again when the curtains move away in a random sequence. The series is a reflection on censorship in China. Many individual voices of dissent and unsavory events are concealed from the public eye through the control of the media. Nevertheless, the rise of social networks and the density of cities has allowed information to disseminate to some extent. In the same way, the curtain partially conceals what happens in individual apartments but it cannot cover all of them completely.
Hu Weiyi was born in 1990 in Shanghai China. He graduated from the China Academy of Art with a BA in Public Art in 2013, concluding his studies with an MA in Media. He lives and works in Shanghai. His work has been the subject of major museum solo shows including the Asian Art Center Taipei and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Beijing. Further exhibitions have included the Yuz Museum, Power Station of Art, Long Museum, MoCA Shanghai, Guang Dong Times Museum, Minsheng Art Museum, CAFA Art Museum, Hong Kong Arts Centre. His work has been exhibited at international institutions including Helmhaus Zürich, White Rabbit Gallery Chippendale, and V2 Rotterdam. In 2014 Hu Weiyi won the 2nd Art Sanya Huayu Youth Award, nominated for “Young Artist of the Year” by Award of Art China(AAC) 2015, and was shortlisted for the 2016 Sovereign Asian Art Award.
Education
2016 School of Intermedia Art (SIMA), China Academy of Art, China, Master of Art
2013 Department of Public Art, China Academy of Art, China, Bachelor of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Emeerald Tablet, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, CN
2023 Hu Weiyi, HdM GALLERY/A26 Space2024 Beijing, CN
2021 Hu Weiyi | Geography of the Body, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, CN
2021 The dust now inhaled was once a house, Zhejiang Museum, Zhejiang, CN
2020 Dust floating in the Air was once a house, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, CN
2019 Hu Weiyi | The Window Blind, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, CN
2018 Intersecting, A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, CN
2017 Daily Routine, Don Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2015 No Express, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA),Beijing, CN
2015 Hu Weiyi, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Flirt, M50 Art Space, Shanghai, CN
Group Exhibitions
2025 Annual Exhibition:The Essence of Shanghai, The Bund·City Hall Plaza, Shanghai CN
2025 Once Upon a Time, Power Station of Art, Shanghai CN
2024 Dianchi Art Season, Kunming CN
2024 Beyond the Soil, Suzhou Hanshan Art Museum, Suzhou CN
2024 Two Lines of Poetry River, Zhejiang Art Museum, Zhejiang, CN
2024 Shanghai:Capital of Photography 1910s—2020s, SHANGHAI MINSHENG Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2024 Era of Encore, Times Art Museum, Beijing, CN
2024 The Inner Side of the Wind, Gallery Weekend Beijing 2024 Up&Coming Sector, Beijing, CN
2024 Bordeaux + Art + Design 2024, HdM GALLERY, Bordeaux, France
2024 Beijing Contemporary, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, CN
2024 Alice Dreamt of Butterfly, X Contemporary Art, Beijing, CN
2023 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, CN
2023 Wonders In The Fading Light, X Contemporary Art, Changsha, CN
2023 Photofairs Shanghai-Listen, Listen to the World, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, CN
2023 NEON·ILLUSION SUZHOU·JINJI LAKEBIENNALE PARALLEL EXHIBITION, Ni Art Museum, Suzhou, CN
2023 A BLUEPRINT FOR RUINS, White Rabbit GALLERY, Sydney, Australia
2023 Heading West From Shanghai to Songjiang, then arriving in Jiangnan, Yunjian Arts Centre, Shanghai, CN
2023 Our Generation - The Art of the Post-90s, Shanxi Contemporary Art Museum, Shanxi, CN
2023 SPATIAL FUX, Atmosphere Space, Nanjing, CN
2023 Art Antwerp, HdM GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 Loved You: Works From The White Rabbit Collection, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia
2023 MOORDN ART FAIR, X Contemporary Art, Guang Zhou, CN
2023 ART021, HdM Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2023 The 8th Stars Plan Young Artists Research Exhibition, Wuhan Art Museum (Qintai), Wuhan, CN
2023 JINGPHOTO ARTFAIRS, ENJOY-ART MUSEUM, Beijing, CN
2023 Photofairs Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, CN
2023 Night is the Shadow of the Earth, Click Ten Art Space, Beijing, CN
2023 A Journey of Love and Memory, BEING Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2023 Art Paris, HDM Gallery, Paris, France
2022 Light/Reflect, China Art Palace, Shanghai, CN
2022 ART021, HDM Gallery , Shanghai, CN
2022 Art Brussels, HdM GALLERY, Brussels, Belgium
2022 LOVELOVELOVE –Biennale of Moving Images, U2 by UCCA, Beijing, CN
2022 I Loved You, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022 The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China Shanghai 2020, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
2021 Symphony of Gravity & Harshness , G+ Art Space, Nanping, CN
2021 COLOUR PROVOKES A PSYCHIC VIBRATION, HdM GALLERY, London, U.K.
2021 New Born, spACE art space, Beijing, CN
2021 Parallel Universes – Parafacts and Parafictions, Design Republic, Shanghai, CN
2021 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, CN
2021 I Recognized the World: Born in the 80s and 90s, The Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, CN
2021 THE WORLD IS YOURS?, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2021 The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China Shanghai 2020, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
2020 The King, Attract , Shenzhen, CN
2020 Vitality of Variables, How Art Museum, Wenzhou, CN
2020 Fusion and Innovation – 2020 Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Shanghai”, Lingang Contemporary Art Museum,Shanghai, CN
2020 In the Name of Flower, Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2020 A Room of Her Own, How Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2020 Cloudy, Don Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2020 The Order of Time, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, CN
2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Dapeng District Sub-Venue, Shenzhen, CN
2019 The 4TH Today’s Documents: A Stitch in Time, Today Art Museum, Beijing, CN
2019 The World as Will and Idea: Group Exhibition of Chinese mainland Emerging Artist, Macao Contemporary Art Center, Macao, CN
2019 Encounter——Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, Shanghai, CN
2019 The Reture of Guests——Selections from the PSA Collection, Power Station Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2019 The Curation Workshop——Exhibition Curation and Design, OCT Art &Design Gallery, Shenzhen, CN
2019 Transcending Dimension: Sculpting Space, 2019 Shenzhen Pingshan International Sculpture Exhibition, Shenzhen, CN
2019 Now is the time ——2019 Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition, Wuzhen, Jiaxing, CN
2018 December 31st is a Monday, What a shame there is no exhibition!, Auspicious Baodi Space, Tianjin, CN
2018 Dionysian Super-X, chi K11 Art Space, Guangzhou, CN
2018 Light, Heat, Power! , Spare Space- Frank F. Yang Art and Education Foundation, Shanghai, CN
2018 Troubled Intentions Ahead: Confusing Public and Private, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing; The Culture Industry Center of Beizhen, Liaoning, CN
2018 Dialogue Between HU Weiyi and Yoshua OKÓN, Don Gallery + Ghebaly Gallery, Condo Shanghai, Shanghai, CN
2018 One World Exposition 2.2, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, CN
2018 Out of Service, AMNUA, Nanjing, CN
2018 Presence, Young Artist Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, CN
2018 Imagination is Reality, Hu Weiyi and Hu Jieming Dual Solo Show, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
2018 Turning Point – 40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, The Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, CN
2017 After Party Collective Dance And Individual Gymnastics, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2017 #like4like, Chi K11 Art Space, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong, CN
2017 Body Media II, Power Station Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2017 Shanghai Galaxy II, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN
2017 Shanghai Dandy, Don Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2016 WE, A Community of Chinese Contemporary Artists, Chi K11, Shanghai, CN
2016 New Capital, Huang Yu Collection Exhibition, ChengduMOCA, Chengdu, CN
2016 Turning Point, Contemporary Art in China Since 2000, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2016 True Landscapes and Landscaped Gardens, Times Museum, Guangzhou, CN
2016 Home Cinema, OCT Art &Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2016 Time Based, Non-Places, The 3rd Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale, Shenzhen, CN
2016 Beyond Every Mountain Is Another Mountain, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
2015 The 2nd CAFAM• Future Exhibition, CAFA, Beijing, CN
2015 OpenArt Biennial, Orebro, Sweden
2015 Familiar Otherness Art Across Northeast Asia, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, CN
2015 imei X Arles: East West Encounters International Photo Festival, Xiamen, CN
2015 The Exhibition Of Annual Of Contemporary Art Of China, Beijing Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, CN
2014 PANDAMONIUM, Momentum, Berlin, Germany
2014 Remodernization, Wuhan 3rd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, CN
2014 Cosmos, 21 Century MinSheng Museum, Shanghai, CN
2013 Revel, Contemporary Art Exhibition, MOCA Shanghai, Shanghai, CN
2013 Summer Session, Art Residency, V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Prize
2015 Nominated for “Young Artist of the Year” by Award of Art China (AAC) “WallArt Artist Award
2014 ART•SANYA” HUAYU Youth Award
2013 China Academy of Art Gold Medal of excellent graduation works
Public Collection
A26 Space
The Soil Collection
HE Art Museum
Power Station of Art
Long Museum
K11 Art Foundation
White Rabbit Gallery
DSL Collection
How Art Museum
New Century Art Foundation