Feiyi Wen
b. 1990
Lives and works in London
Education
2015-2020
Practice-led PhD in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London (UK)
2013-2015
MA in Photography, Royal College of Art, London (UK)
2008-2013
BFA in Photography, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing (CN)
Publications
2022
Seeing a pine tree from your bedroom window, Saltstung Press
Poem (two), Saltstung Press
Poem (one), Saltstung Press
2019
Under the Yuzu Tree, Self-published
2015
In a Manner of Speaking, Self-published
Residencies/awards
2021
Hariban Award 2021, Juror’s Choice Award(JP)
2020
Libraryman Award 2020, Shortlist (SE)
2019
Betty Malcolm Prize, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London (UK)
HKBU Artist-in-Residence, Centre for Research and Development in Visual Arts, Academy of Visual Art, HKBU Kaitak Campus, Hong Kong (HK)
2018
LensCulture B+W Photography Awards 2018, Finalist and Juror’s Picks (USA)
Hariban Award 2018, Finalist (JP)
Brighton Photo Fringe Open 18 SOLO, Shortlist (UK)
Three Shadows Photography Award 2018, Finalist (CN)
2016
Jean Spencer and Malcolm Hughes Research Travel Bursary, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London (UK)
Air 3331, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo (JP)
Magnum Graduate Photographer Award Winner, Photo London, Somerset House, London (UK)
2015
FotoFilmic’ 15 Travelling Exhibition Winner (USA)
Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award, Finalist (USA)
Solo exhibitions
2023
Through the mouth of the river, Serchia Gallery, Bristol (UK)
2021
The Unseen Landscape, Cairn Gallery, Scotland (UK)
2019
The Reservoir, Academy of Visual Art, Hong Kong (HK)
Selected group exhibitions
2023
OUR VISION IS CLOUDED, Warbling Collective, 4 Garden Walk, London (UK)
Long Night of the Museums, Kunsterein, Humburg (DE)
2022
Read the Room II, Serchia Gallery, Bristol (UK)
BOP 22 Photobook Festival,Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol (UK)
Renew- a Recent Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery, New York (USA)
2021
Open Eye Gallery x Independent Biennial 2021, Liverpool (UK)
2019
Beyond Boundaries, LensCulture Discoveries in Contemporary Photography, Aperture Gallery, New York (USA)
2018
Brighton Photo Fringe, ONCA Gallery and Outdoor Hub, Brighton (UK)
Interlink, The 10thThree Shadows Photography Award Exhibition, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing (CN)
Family of No Man, Cosmos Arles Book, Arles 2018, Arles (FR)
The Small Press Project, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London (UK)
2017
In Between Gallery, Fabrica, Brighton (UK)
Conceal/Reveal, Photo Oxford 2017, Oxford (UK)
THE INTERCONTINENTAL, Roaming ROOM, London (UK)
2016
VICE 2016 Photo Show, Industria Superstudios, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
FotoFilmic’ 15 3rd International Travelling Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, SPACE 22 Gallery, Seoul (KR)
Unveil’d Forum, Unveil’d Photography Festival, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter (UK)
2015
Unfamiliar, The 2ndBeijing Photo Biennial, CAFA Library, Beijing (CN)
Asian Women Photographers’ Showcase, OBJECTIFS (SG)
The Coming Image, Photo Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
The Advantage of Image and Paper: Contemporary Chinese Photobooks, Gucang Contemporary Photo Gallery, Lanzhou (CN)
2014
Street Photography, BP Spotlight: Source Display, Tate Britain, London (UK)
Conferences and talks
2021
Open Eye Gallery, Open Rooms 12, Independents Biennial (UK)
2019
First Monday Artist Talk, Brighton Fringe, Phoenix Brighton, Brighton (UK)
Fastforward 2: Women in Photography, International Network, Slade, UCL, London (UK)
2017
Landscape: Interpretations, Relations, and Representations, The Lucas 2017 Graduate Conference, Leiden University, Leiden (NL)
2016
Unveil’d Forum, Unveil’d Photography Festival, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter (UK)
Magnum Graduate Photo Award, Photo London, Somerset House, London (UK)
Artist Talk on photo book (with Yumi Goto), Reminders Project & Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo (JP)
2015
Against Delivery, European Artistic Research Network(EARN)and the London Arts and Humanities Partnership(LAHP), Slade Research Centre Woburn Square, UCL, London (UK)