Wei Dong was born in 1968 in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and later moved to Wuhan, China. He graduated with a BFA from Capital Normal University in Beijing in 1991 and currently lives and works between Beijing and New York.
Wei Dong’s artistic practice merges traditional Chinese aesthetics with contemporary visual languages, often portraying female figures in surreal and ironic settings. His works explore themes of eroticism, political symbolism, and identity, reflecting tensions between cultural heritage and global modernity.
In 2015, Wei Dong held a major solo exhibition titled The Adventure of Ugliness at Today Art Museum in Beijing. He also presented his works at Observer in New York (2016), and Crossroads at Sotheby’s S|2 Gallery in Hong Kong (2015), among others.
His works have been widely exhibited across Asia, Europe, and the United States, and are part of prestigious collections including the Queensland Art Gallery, White Rabbit Gallery, M+ Museum, DeYoung Museum, and Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
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