Zhang Wei

1984 Born in Pingdingshan, Henan Province

2010 Graduated from the Mural Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor' s degree

2014 Graduated from the Mural Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a master's degree

Currently works and lives in Beijing

GROUP EXHIBITION

2015 

2015 Art Nova 100, Beijing

ART OBM, Classic Element Art Space, Beijing

Still, Art Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai

2014 

Cold Order, Ovation Art Space, Beijing

The Start of a Long Journey, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

The Extension of 2014 Postgraduate Graduation Exhibition - An Experiment from CAFAM   CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

Postgraduate Students Exhibition of CAFA, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

2013  

Braun Bufffel · Hundred honor - 2013 Young Artists Invitational Exhibition, Beijing

Zhang Wei: "Folding" is an action not unlike for a second time layering and covering, wherein a flat surface can take abstract forms. I make folds elements of my paintings in order to express my experiences and understanding related to time, space, and people. This act itself only exists in a virtual way for me, but the process and results are concrete. Through folding the surface over and over, something is taken away, allowing something else to reveal itself. Some things become blurred, while others become clear. The surface takes a form neither flat nor three dimensional, something that I call "2.5 dimensional space", which is not a breakdown of the contradiction between flat and three-dimensional space, but rather an expression of my explorations in both form and though process.