Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Shen Wei is a fine art photographer based in New York City. Shen’s photographs have been widely exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Griffin Museum of Photography, Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall, Australia Center for Photography, Kunst.Licht Gallery, Katzen Art Center, Saatchi Gallery at the Zoo Art Fair and the Pingyao International Photography Festival in Shanxi, China. He has participated in two group shows at Jen Bekman Gallery, as a Fall 2006 Hot Shot and in the exhibition, A New American Portrait. Shen’s work has been featured in various publications such as American Photo, Chinese Photography, PDN, NY Arts, Vision and La Tempestad.
Shen Wei was a recipient of the Griffin Award in 2007 from the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Urban Artist Initiative/New York City Fellowship in 2008 and the Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant in 2007 and 2008. Wei was also invited to participate in the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center’s Creative Artist Residency. Wen was named as one of fifteen in the “New Generation of Photo Pioneers” by American Photo magazine in 2007, as well as one of PDN’s 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch in 2008.
