Liu Wei

Liu Wei (b. 1972) was born and currently resides in Beijing. He graduated from the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, in 1996. Liu Wei has participated in the 51^st Venice Biennale (2005), the 9^th Lyon Biennial (2007), the 6^th Busan Biennale (2008), the 4^th Guangzhou Triennial (2012), and the 11^th Sharjah Biennial (2013). He received the Chinese Contemporary Art Award for Best Artist 2008 and was nominated for the Credit Suisse Today Art Award 2011.

Catherine David

Deputy Director, Centre Georges Pompidou. She was curator during the 1980s and 1990s at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, at the Centre Georges Pompidou and at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, all in Paris, where she organized several exhibitions. From 1994 to 1997 she was the artistic director of Documenta X in Kassel in Germany and since 1998, she has directed the long-term project Contemporary Arab Representations which began at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona. Between 2002 and 2004, she directed the Witte de With Center of Contemporary Art in Rotterdam.

“Liu Wei: Colors” is curated by UCCA Director Philip Tinari with Assistant Curator Guo Xi and includes three lectures and a workshop as part of UCCA’s Public Programs initiative. Please visit the UCCA website for more information. The exhibition is supported by the Liu Wei Leadership Circle: Long March Space, Lehmann Maupin New York Hong Kong, and White Cube. CP and WTi Group are the new media art production partner. Chronus Art Center is the new media art partner. The exhibition publication is supported by the H2 Foundation for Arts and Education Limited. The exhibition will be accompanied by a bilingual catalogue published in China by Hinabook. “Liu Wei: Colors” is open to the public 7 February to 17 April 2015.