Overview participating exhibitions
Metropolis
2011
Metropolis
Shen Wei
CHINESE SENTIMENT (China, 2008-2010)
Although he grew up in Shanghai, for years now Shen Wei has lived and worked in New York. CHINESE SENTIMENT is his attempt to get back in touch with the authentic China. Wei Shen approaches the country in an intimate, personal manner, by looking beyond the political and economic aspects. The series becomes a personal journey through the private and public spaces of this gigantic land.
Biography
Shen Wei (China, 1977) studied Photography, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Photography at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Decorative Arts at the Shanghai Light Industry College. In 2007 American Photo Magazine counted him among the fifteen best emerging photographers, and Photo District News included him in its PDN30-list in 2008. His work is exhibited worldwide, and has appeared in The New Yorker, Life Magazine China and Aperture, among other magazines.