Biography

Faye Wei Wei (b.1994 in London, UK) graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in London, UK (BA Hons) in 2016.  Faye Wei Wei conceives of the painting process as an intimate choreography between actual and pictorial space. Often revolving around spiritual iconography and classical myth, love rituals and the theatricality of gender, her works sometimes suggest the themes of particular mythic narratives, and at other moments seem to depart into a more ambiguous, interior space of incongruity and uncertainty.

 

Recent solo exhibitions include: 2022 ‚The Moon Balloon of New York City’, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria 2021 ‘Moon’, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria 2021 ‘Sun’, Isetan The Space, Tokyo, Japan 'If You Sat Long Enough You Could See A Flower Bloom', Project Room, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna (2020); 'I've Always Been A Weeper At The Cinema', Cob Gallery, London (2019); 'Sweet Bitter, Valentine', SADE Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); 'CFCCA Presents: Faye Wei Wei', Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester (2018).

 

Recent group exhibitions: 'Topian Gardens', ltd los angeles at Gallery Vacancy part of Condo Shanghai, China (2019); 'Shifts in Time', curated by McNamara Art Projects, Over the Influence, LA, USA (2019); 'and I'll have a pepper-shaker in my cave, so laugh.' curated by Kate Eringer, ltd los angeles, LA, USA, (2019).

 

Wei Wei was awarded a commission by the British Council Hong Kong, in collaboration with Phillips Auction House, as part of the SPARK programme (2019) and received the Cass Art painting prize for for Final Year Slade Graduates (2016).

Exhibitions
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Press

2020

The Art Gazette, Faye Wei Wei

AnOther Magazine, A Portfolio of Portraits Celebrating London’s Communities, Gareth McConnell

 

2019

Hong Kong Tatler, 5 Events You Can’t Miss At Spark 2019, Oliver Giles

British Council Hong Kong, Neon Spark with Faye Wei Wei

SCMP, British artist pays tribute to Hong Kong’s iconic art of neon sign making, Kylie Knott

House & Garden, Faye Wei Wei's poetic dream world, Emily Tobin

AnOther Magazine, Witchy Films, Frieze and Face Gym: Daisy Hoppen’s October To Do List, Daisy Hoppen

Renli Su, Faye Wei Wei, Nina Scott-Smith

Another Magazine, Faye Wei Wei’s Transporting Paintings, In Her Own Words, Belle Hutton

Dazed Magazine, Artist Faye Wei Wei’s new show is about falling in love in Berlin, Gunseli Yalcinkaya

Phillips, In Conversation with Faye Wei Wei

Teeth Magazine, Full of Light: An interview with artist Faye Wei Wei, Anastasia Solovieva

 

2018

SLEEK Magazine, Faye Wei Wei on Why Mythology Is a Millennial Concept, Will Furtado

Übercultured, The Mythical Nirvanas of Faye Wei Wei

I-D Magazine, london art now! part two

Art Asia Pacific, Faye Wei Wei, Jacob Charles Wilson

Vogue, Why British Artist Faye Wei Wei Is One To Watch, Hayley Maitland

Something Curated, Interview: In The Studio With Artist Faye Wei Wei, Caroline Astaes

Art Maze Magazine, A Red Blooded Heart Pulsing in my Pocket: In conversation with Faye Wei Wei, Maria Zemtova

AnOther Magazine, Intimate and Sensual Collages Showing Different Views of Femininity, Belle Hutton

The Telegraph, From Maggie Hambling to Rana Begum, seven leading female artists reveal their creative spaces

AnOther Magazine, Curator Antonia Marsh Walks Us Through Her Art Collection, Maisie Skidmore 

 

2017

G-IRL, Faye Wei Wei, Kadish Morris

Petrie, Anemones and Lovers. The Art of Faye Wei Wei, Elena Stanciu

Wonderland Magazine, Blue Roses: Chapter Two

Arteviste, An Interview with Faye Wei Wei, Flora Alexandra Ogilvy

Emergent Magazine, In the studio with Faye Wei Wei, Albert Riera Galceran

Slash Zine, Faye Wei Wei, Serena Asselman

Central Club, Interview with Faye Wei Wei, Cairo Clarke