This interview was conducted at Guan Wei's Studio in Beijing on 8 July 2009.


Biography:

Guan Wei (b. 1957, Beijing) is an artist who currently lives and works in Australia and Beijing.

Following his graduation from the Department of Fine Arts at the Capital Normal University (Beijing, 1986), Guan worked as a painter and high school art teacher. In 1988, he was invited to organize an exhibition at the apartment of Nicholas Jose, the Cultural Counselor of the Australian Embassy in China at that time. In 1989, he was invited to partake in an artist residency program at the Tasmanian School of Art in Hobart, Australia. Guan subsequently became an Australian resident in 1993.

Guan has exhibited widely. Some early international exhibitions include ‘Silent Energy: New Art from China’ (Modern Art Oxford, 1993) and ‘Mao Goes Pop: China Post-1989’ (Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, 1993). More recent exhibitions include ‘The Rose Crossing: Contemporary Art in Australia’ (Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 1999), the second and third Asia-Pacific Triennials (Queensland Art Gallery, Australia, 1996 and 1999) and the Gwangju Biennale entitled ‘Man + Space’ (Gwangju Biennale Hall, South Korea, 2000).

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關偉，1957年生於北京。

1986年畢業於北京首都師範學院，後任中學美術教員，期間一直獨立創作。1988年，關偉於在澳大利亚前駐華大使館文化參贊尼古拉斯‧ 周思的公寓舉辦展覽。1989年，獲邀到澳大利亚塔斯曼尼亞藝術學院作客座藝術家，1993年開始旅居澳大利亚悉尼。九十年代生活於悉尼。近年亦於北京生活及工作，並設立工作室。

關偉早年的作品多於海外展出，其中包括 《靜穆的力量》 (1993年，牛津現代美術館)，《毛走向波普：後八九中國藝術展》（1993年，悉尼現代藝術博物館）。並於不少大型國際藝術展覽中展出：包括 《玫瑰異緣：澳大利亞當代藝術》（1999年，悉尼謝曼畫廊），；第二、三屆《亞太藝術三年展》（1996、1999年，澳大利亞昆士蘭美術館），及韓國《光州雙年展：人+空間》（2000年）等。

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