Hu Weiyi

Hu Weiyi, born in 1990, Shanghai, China. He lives and works in Shanghai.

 

Hu Weiyi's work is distinguished by its innovative exploration of artistic media, including video, sculpture and installation. He strives to create immersive sensory experiences that question the complex relationship between man, technology and nature. One of the most striking features of his work is his ability to fuse visual and aural elements to elicit profound and often ambivalent emotions. 

 

Hu Weiyi's work is first and foremost that of an ethnographer, a scientist in search of knowledge and insight into the evolution of society. His installations and photographs bear witness to a constant search for truth within the communities and groups he observes. 

 

An essential element of Hu Weiyi's practice is theatricality. In 2012, then curator, he organized an exhibition of young artists entitled The Bad Land, in which the occupation of a public crossroads in Shanghai addressed the boundaries between art and life, public and private. His creations, which are as close to reality as possible, are thus magnified by the lyrical dimension they can take on. Hu Weiyi often captures the urban environment as the backdrop for his performances. 

 

His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at major museums, including the Asian Art Center Taipei and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Beijing. Other exhibitions have been held at the Yuz Museum, Power Station of Art, Long Museum, MoCA Shanghai, MoMA PS1, K11 Art Foundation, CAFA Art Museum and Hong Kong Arts Centre. His work has been exhibited in international institutions such as Helmhaus Zürich, White Rabbit Gallery and V2 Rotterdam. In 2014, Hu Weiyi won the 2nd Art Sanya Huayu Youth Award.