Yang She WeiChina
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Born in 1971. Graduated from Hubei institute of Fine Art. MFA student - Xu Beihong Art College of Fine Art. MFA student - Xu Beihong Art College of Renmin University of China.
2011
'Who Fights Fair?' (solo), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
ART ASIA MIAMI, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
'Forerunning' (group), Guan Shanyue Art Museum, China
'Landmark' (group), Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, China
2009
'Fresh Vision' (group), Suzhou Art Museum, China
'No Maestro Or Diva' (solo), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Luo Zhongli Fellowship Shortlisted Works Exhibition, Beijing, China
2008
Art Singapore, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore
'Art of China Painting Exhibition' (group), Museo Della Permanente, Milan, Italy
Asian International Arts & Antiques Fair, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
'Exhibition of Art School Students', Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
'Travel To The East - Contemporary Chinese Ink Exhibition', 3818 Cool Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
2007
'Under Scrutiny' (solo), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
The Third Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
The Italy Bari Oriental Art Fair Art Exhibition of China, Italy
Jianghu on Paper Art Exhibition, Renmin University of China, China
2007 Shanghai Youth Biennial, Liu Hai Su Art Museum of Shanghai, China
2006
The Sixth National Gongbihua Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2003
The Second China Art JinCai Award Exhibition, YanHuang Art museum of Beijing, China
2002
The Fifth National Gongbihua Exhibition, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Collections
His works are collected by a number of art museums and institutions in China including Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Guan Shanyue Art Museum and Lingnan Museum of Fine Art and private collectors in Hong Kong, China and overseas. His works also appear in auctions by China Guardian Auctions Co. Ltd.
Born in 1971. Graduated from Hubei institute of Fine Art. MFA student - Xu Beihong Art College of Fine Art. MFA student - Xu Beihong Art College of Renmin University of China.2011
'Who Fights Fair?' (solo), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
ART ASIA MIAMI, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
'Forerunning' (group), Guan Shanyue Art Museum, China
'Landmark' (group), Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, China
2009
'Fresh Vision' (group), Suzhou Art Museum, China
'No Maestro Or Diva' (solo), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Luo Zhongli Fellowship Shortlisted Works Exhibition, Beijing, China
2008
Art Singapore, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore
'Art of China Painting Exhibition' (group), Museo Della Permanente, Milan, Italy
Asian International Arts & Antiques Fair, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
'Exhibition of Art School Students', Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
'Travel To The East - Contemporary Chinese Ink Exhibition', 3818 Cool Gallery, 798, Beijing, China
2007
'Under Scrutiny' (solo), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
The Third Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
The Italy Bari Oriental Art Fair Art Exhibition of China, Italy
Jianghu on Paper Art Exhibition, Renmin University of China, China
2007 Shanghai Youth Biennial, Liu Hai Su Art Museum of Shanghai, China
2006
The Sixth National Gongbihua Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2003
The Second China Art JinCai Award Exhibition, YanHuang Art museum of Beijing, China
2002
The Fifth National Gongbihua Exhibition, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Collections
His works are collected by a number of art museums and institutions in China including Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Guan Shanyue Art Museum and Lingnan Museum of Fine Art and private collectors in Hong Kong, China and overseas. His works also appear in auctions by China Guardian Auctions Co. Ltd.
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There are times when the world seems preoccupied with external appearances. Yang She Wei takes on the role of narrator as he reveals the ordinariness of security guards and unfurls the complexity of young, urban women. His contemporary use of ink and colour on rice paper for his debut exhibition in Hong Kong follows his recent graduation from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts.
Security guards are hired to watch people. Our everyday lives are surrounded by men and women wearing non-distinctive uniforms; their eyes on us and our activities. What happens when the civilians decide to scrutinize the guards? How do they seem to us? Yang She Wei portrays their expressions and their poses that are ordinary, exaggerated and often amusing, leaving the guards stripped of their intimidating and unapproachable image.
But wait. What the eye sees does not always tell the true story. Young women of today are seldom short of materialistic satisfaction. They may have matching underwear and slippers but pressure from family and society insists they have more. The struggle to achieve an education, gainful employment, sustainable friendships and ultimately the perfect partner creates an embarrassment in an outwardly confident lady and bitterness in a seemingly sweet nature.
This "hurting bit by bit" says Yang She Wei "represents a dilemma that is cruel" and ever present in our modern, urban lives.
The paintings from his Opera Series show the opera performer made up, glorious, beautiful, whereas the underlying reality is quite different: fat, slack muscled, obsessed with cell phones.
But, since so much is swept away in the name of modernisation, this ancient art form, and its performers who train long and hard, get little money and recognition in todays world.
Security guards are hired to watch people. Our everyday lives are surrounded by men and women wearing non-distinctive uniforms; their eyes on us and our activities. What happens when the civilians decide to scrutinize the guards? How do they seem to us? Yang She Wei portrays their expressions and their poses that are ordinary, exaggerated and often amusing, leaving the guards stripped of their intimidating and unapproachable image.
But wait. What the eye sees does not always tell the true story. Young women of today are seldom short of materialistic satisfaction. They may have matching underwear and slippers but pressure from family and society insists they have more. The struggle to achieve an education, gainful employment, sustainable friendships and ultimately the perfect partner creates an embarrassment in an outwardly confident lady and bitterness in a seemingly sweet nature.
This "hurting bit by bit" says Yang She Wei "represents a dilemma that is cruel" and ever present in our modern, urban lives.
The paintings from his Opera Series show the opera performer made up, glorious, beautiful, whereas the underlying reality is quite different: fat, slack muscled, obsessed with cell phones.
But, since so much is swept away in the name of modernisation, this ancient art form, and its performers who train long and hard, get little money and recognition in todays world.
