Guan Wei
Guan Wei was born in Beijing, China in 1957, and migrated to Australia in 1988. He currently lives and works in Sydney. Wei, at present, is one of the most recognisable and successful contemporary Chinese diasporic artists in Australia. Wei was part of the 1980s avant-garde movement in China and arrived in Australia as an already well-developed artist fluent in the visual language and style of Western contemporary art. Wei works mainly in the medium of oil and acrylic, producing paintings that often play with symbols, styles and the visual language of both Chinese and Australian cultures. Wei has held twenty five solo exhibitions; and he has been included in numerous important contemporary exhibitions in Australia and internationally, such as The Rose Crossing (1999-2000), Lines of Descent (2000-2001), and survey exhibitions such as the Third Asia-Pacific Triennial in Brisbane in 1999.
Asian Australian Studies Research Network
The AASRN is a formal network for academic, community and other institutional groups who research in the area of Asian Australian Studies.
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