Artist Statement/ Biography

wei works at the intersection of Performance, Sound, Movement, Print Media, and Design while emphasizing the expression and the mapping of Queerness and Foreignness. Their research investigates the betwixt & between under the homogenous timeline experienced by the marginalized. Their work examines the ephemeral togetherness that traces the imprints of existence by contextualizing one’s and one’s collective’s present. wei’s current project focuses on reconfiguring object/subject relationships within the confines of systems that exclude queer and immigrant bodies and re-evaluates the definition and experience of authenticity within the generations of the Asian diaspora and Asian immigrants.

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wei currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY., and Providence, RI. They received MFA in Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI., and BFA in New Media at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. wei has shown in group exhibitions nationally and internationally. They have participated in numerous artist residencies and fellowships, including NARS Foundation, New York, NY; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO; Art Center Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY; Haystack Mountain School of Craft, ME; University of California Santa Cruz, CA; Yerba Buena Center for the Art, CA; Edition/Basel, Basel, Switzerland, and more. Their works are collected by The Thomas J. Watson Library of The Metropolitan Museum, The Library of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, RISD Museum; The Wattis Institute, Kent State University, and MAPC. wei is a long-term collaborator of the Futurefarmers, a San Francisco-based International Artists Collective. < BACK