Chinese artist ai weiwei biography sample
Chinese artist ai weiwei biography sample
Ai weiwei!
Ai Weiwei
| Contemporary Chinese artist Date of Birth: 28.08.1957 Country: China |
Content:
- Biography of Ai Weiwei
- Ai Weiwei's Art
- Exploration of Traditional Chinese Culture
Biography of Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a contemporary Chinese artist, curator, architect, and the founder and director of "China Art Archive & Warehouse." He was born in Beijing, China in 1957, and his father was the renowned Chinese poet Ai Qing (1910-1996).
From 1958 to 1978, Ai Weiwei lived in Xinjiang, China.
In 1978, he enrolled in the Beijing Film Academy and became one of the founding members of the art group "Stars." In 1982, Ai Weiwei was admitted to the Parsons School of Design in the United States, where he lived predominantly in New York City from 1981 to 1993.
He returned to China in 1994 and founded "China Art Archives and Warehouse" in Beijing from 1994 to 1997.
In 2003, Ai Weiwei served as a special design consultant for the National Olympic Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Gam