Born 1994 in Shandong, China.
Now based in Tokyo.
Graduated as master degree from Musashino Art University, major in Imaging Arts and Sciences. Currently in postgraduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts major in Inter-media Art.
Her works are mainly based on ordinaries in daily life, about the relationship between individuals and spaces, also the surroundings. To deliver the concept, She mainly focused on photographic installation to discover the balance within interdependence and mutual explanation.
Her work has been exhibited at galleries and museums in Japan and abroad.

Publications

2022 - The Taste Of Emotion, bookshopM
2020 - Going to the zoo is serious business
2019 - Slit Skirt
2018 - One Taller Than My Mum
2018 - the existence of parallel universes

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 - "The Taste Of Emotion", Yohji Yamamoto, ShangHai, China
2022 - "I did nothing other than to tell them to smile", Ginza, Tokyo
2022 - "The Taste Of Emotion", Canon Open Gallery 1, Shinagawa, Tokyo
2021 - "Nogeyama illusion", Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, China
2021 - "THE liquor store OF EMOTION", Tokyo University of the Arts, Toride

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 - "The Taste Of Emotion", Place M, Tokyo
2023 - "The Taste Of Emotion", Filter Realism, Nanjing, China
2023 - "The Taste Of Emotion",Uart SPACE,Shanghai,China
2023 - "I Always Thought There Was a Bear There", ChangTing Gallery,Tokyo
2022 - "Going to the zoo is serious business"、"Nogeyama illusion", Ueno, Tokyo
2021 - "Going to the zoo is serious business", Arles・Photobook, China
2021 - "The Taste Of Emotion", slimeengine Gallery, China
2021 - "Nogeyama illusion", Nagano, Japan
2021 - "The Taste Of Emotion", Incheon Asia Maritime Media Festival, Soul
2020 - "Going to the zoo is serious business", Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo
2020 - "The Taste Of Emotion", FutureLab, China
2020 - "The Taste Of Emotion", Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts Exhibition, Tokyo
2020 - "The Taste Of Emotion", MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY DEGREE SHOW 2019,Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2019 - "The Taste Of Emotion", 21st "1_WALL" Photography Exhibition, Guardian Garden Gallery,Tokyo
2019 - "The Taste Of Emotion", HIROSHIGE Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - "The Entrance To A Parallel World",Canon Open Gallery, Tokyo
2019 - "SHANGHAI ART BOOK FAIR", China
2018 - "Imageless Dummy Photo-Zine Awards Book Fair", China
2018 - "SHANGHAI ART BOOK FAIR", China
2018 - "Slit Skir", MoNNa Gallery, Tokyo
2018 - "One Taller Than My Mum", LE DÉCO Gallery, Tokyo
2018 - "One Taller Than My Mum", MODERN ART MUSEUM, China
2017 - "The Entrance To A Parallel World", LE DÉCO Gallery, Tokyo
2016 - "Adult amusement park", Communication University of China DEGREE SHOW, China

Awards

2022 - ELLE x Paris PHOTO, Awarded
2022 - FORMAT23 International Photography Festival, Longlist
2021 - Aperture photo prize, Finalist
2020 - Project for Room 306, Okuno Building, Ginza, Awarded
2020 - Reminders Photography Stronghold public exhibition ", COVID-19 Pandemic", Finalist
2019 - Kiyosato Photo Art Museum, Permanent and purchased collection
2019 - Canon SHINES photography audition, Awarded (Satoshi Machiguchi)
2019 - 1_wall Photography Award, Finalist
2018 - Imageless Dummy Photo-Zine Awards Finalist China

Prints from WEI Zihan

Books from WEI Zihan