Wen Yipei

1988 Born in Qin Huangdao, Hebei Province

2012 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor' s degree

2014 Graduated from the Painting Department of Pratt Institute with a master' s degree

Currently works and lives in Beijing

GROUP EXHIBITION

2015 

2015 Art Nova 100, Beijing

2014  

Eye – Wen Yipei and Ji Ye Exhibition, Pratt Institute,New York

The Boiler Show, The Boiler Gallery, New York

Heritance and Advance - CAFA Faculties and Students Works Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum,Wuxi

2013  

Lunar Gala Show, Columbia University, New York

2012  

Young Artists 300, Today Art Museum, Beijing

CAFA Graduate Exhibition, CAFA Ground Floor Art Gallery,Beijing

2011  

The Art of CUHK 2011 - Oil Paintings of China Central Academy of Fine Arts 1994-2011,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Wen Yipei: My works are focused on the sense of order and beauty in a space, and the psychological effects left upon the viewers. I often flip through pictures on my computer, and many times I accidently found images that suddenly attracted me. They then became different, endowed with meaning. I normally use flat and generalized language to create space, light and focal points on wood panels. The reason that I choose this kind of artistic language is that it can reduce distractions for the viewers. By reducing the visual interference of details, I allow the viewers to have a stronger psychological experience. I think my work lies between representational and abstract. I hope my works could be readable and believable, but at the same time, they are not painted as a representation of a specific scene or space, the distance of spaces and time between the images in my paintings and the images that inspired them becomes the distance between the images in the paintings and the viewers, and thus it is the space for thought which I try to create for the viewers.