CHEN Wei was born in 1990 in Jiangxi, China. He graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute with a BA in Ceramic Art in 2011, and from Fine Arts College of Shanghai University with a MA in Material Art in 2014. He currently lives and works in Shanghai. His artistic practices are based on individual experience with a focus on the quotidian dilemma of the contemporary society. His works present a literary spatial experience through the construction of polyphonic structures like ceramics, architectures, gestures, and sounds, which provoke philosophical thoughts about “existence” and “reality”. His solo exhibitions include: MAME (FU|KAN, Shanghai, 2020). Group exhibitions include: Exit (Aike Gallery, Shanghai, 2023), Aisle (Dangxia Art Space, Beijing, 2023), I want to draw windows all over the ground (OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 2022), The Boundary of Porcelain-A Ceramics Experimental Field for the Young (Longquan Celadon Exhibition Center, Longquan, 2020), Space/Reflection-Condo Shanghai (A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, 2019), Exchange Value (BANK/Mabsociety, Shanghai, 2019). Recent artist-in-residence programs include: GlogauAIR Artist Residency (Berlin, 2017); Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency (Shanghai, 2016); Red Gate Residency (Beijing, 2015); IGAV Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive (Milan, 2014); Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Newcastle, 2013); Visva-Bharati University Ceramic Studio (Calcutta, 2013). Recent awards include: SAYA Embrace Projcet Annual Award (2017); The Shanghai Award-Italian and Chinese Emerging Artist (2014); M50 Creative New Artist Award-the ShanghART Gallery Award (2013).
陈伟，1990年出生于江西，2011年毕业于景德镇陶瓷学院，获陶艺学士学位，2014年毕业于上海大学美术学院，获材料艺术硕士学位，现生活和工作于上海。他的艺术实践从个体经验出发，关注当代社会的日常困境，通过建构陶瓷、建筑、姿势、声音等复调结构，呈现文学性的叙事空间，引发关于“存在”与“真实”的哲学思考。个展包括：MAME(复·刊，上海，2020)。群展包括：通 | 道 Exit(艾可画廊，上海，2023)；通 | 道 Aisle(当下艺术空间，北京，2023)；我想在大地上，画满窗子(OCAT 深圳馆，深圳，2022)；瓷的边界-龙泉国际陶艺邀请展(龙泉青瓷展览展示中心，龙泉，2020)；空间/反射-Condo上海(A+ Contemporary 亚洲当代艺术空间，上海，2019)；交换价值(BANK/Mabsociety，上海，2019)。参与驻地项目包括：GlogauAIR 艺术家驻地(柏林，2017)；斯沃琪和平饭店艺术中心(上海，2016)；红门画廊国际艺术家驻地项目(北京，2015)；加卢佐视觉艺术中心(米兰，2014)；分水岭陶艺中心(纽卡斯尔，2013)；维斯瓦·巴拉蒂大学陶瓷工作室(加尔各答，2013)。获得奖项包括：SAYA 菁英国际青年艺术家奖(2017)；上海大奖-意大利和中国新兴艺术家(2014)；Creative M50 年度创意新锐-香格纳画廊奖(2013)。