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In 2019, Wei Wei was awarded a commission by the [[British Council]] Hong Kong and [[Phillips (auctioneers)|Phillips]] auctioneers to create an installation in [[Tai Kwun]] for the SPARK festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3006655/british-artist-pays-tribute-hong-kongs-iconic|title=British artist pays tribute to Hong Kong’s iconic art of neon sign making|work=Post Mag|first=Kylie|last=Knott|date=22 April 2019|accessdate=4 September 2025}}</ref> She returned to Cob Gallery with the solo exhibition ”I’ve Always Been a Weeper at the Cinema”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-editorialmagazine.com/faye-wei-wei-at-cob-gallery/|title=Faye Wei Wei at Cob Gallery|work=The Editorial|first=Rebecca|last=Storm|date=25 October 2019|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref>

In 2019, Wei Wei was awarded a commission by the [[British Council]] Hong Kong and [[Phillips (auctioneers)|Phillips]] auctioneers to create an installation in [[Tai Kwun]] for the SPARK festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3006655/british-artist-pays-tribute-hong-kongs-iconic|title=British artist pays tribute to Hong Kong’s iconic art of neon sign making|work=Post Mag|first=Kylie|last=Knott|date=22 April 2019|accessdate=4 September 2025}}</ref> She returned to Cob Gallery with the solo exhibition ”I’ve Always Been a Weeper at the Cinema”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-editorialmagazine.com/faye-wei-wei-at-cob-gallery/|title=Faye Wei Wei at Cob Gallery|work=The Editorial|first=Rebecca|last=Storm|date=25 October 2019|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref>

Via Éditions Lutanie, Wei Wei’s book ”Hooker’s Green Lake” was published in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13017/inside-a-beautiful-new-book-of-drawings-by-faye-wei-wei-hooker-s-green-lake|title=Inside a Beautiful New Book of Drawings by Faye Wei Wei|work=AnOther|first=Belle|last=Hutton|date=15 December 2020|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref> She also had a solo exhibition at Galerie Kandlhofer in [[Vienna]]; she would return in 2021 and 2022.<ref name=”gk”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kandlhofer.com/artists/265-faye-wei-wei/|title=Faye Wei Wei|work=Galerie Kandlhofer|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref> The former titled ”Moon” was synchronised with ”Sun” at Isetan in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mistore.jp/shopping/feature/women_f2/thespace7_fayeweiwei_w.html|title=イギリス出身のアーティストでイットガール、Faye Wei Weiが日本初個展で描いた愛の世界|work=Mistore|date=13 March 2021|accessdate=1 November 2025|lang=jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-us/porter/article-d85b4a8802209a96/fashion/art-of-style/faye-wei-wei|title=Faye Wei Wei Shares Her Career & Style Secrets|work=Net-a-Porter|date=10 March 2021|accessdate=1 November 2025}}</ref> Also in 2021, Wei Wei collaborated with [[Simone Rocha]] and [[H&M]] on a pop-up book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/simone-rocha-hm-faye-wei-wei-augmented-reality-pop-up-book|title=Simone Rocha x H&M Launches an Augmented Reality Pop-Up Book With Painter Faye Wei Wei|work=Vogue|first=Steff|last=Yotka|date=9 March 2021|accessdate=1 November 2025}}</ref>

Via Éditions Lutanie, Wei Wei’s book ”Hooker’s Green Lake” was published in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13017/inside-a-beautiful-new-book-of-drawings-by-faye-wei-wei-hooker-s-green-lake|title=Inside a Beautiful New Book of Drawings by Faye Wei Wei|work=AnOther|first=Belle|last=Hutton|date=15 December 2020|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref> She also had a solo exhibition at Galerie Kandlhofer in [[Vienna]]; she would return in 2021 and 2022.<ref name=”gk”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kandlhofer.com/artists/265-faye-wei-wei/|title=Faye Wei Wei|work=Galerie Kandlhofer|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref> The former titled ”Moon” was synchronised with ”Sun” at Isetan in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mistore.jp/shopping/feature/women_f2/thespace7_fayeweiwei_w.html|title=イギリス出身のアーティストでイットガール、Faye Wei Weiが日本初個展で描いた愛の世界|work=Mistore|date=13 March 2021|accessdate=1 November 2025|lang=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-us/porter/article-d85b4a8802209a96/fashion/art-of-style/faye-wei-wei|title=Faye Wei Wei Shares Her Career & Style Secrets|work=Net-a-Porter|date=10 March 2021|accessdate=1 November 2025}}</ref> Also in 2021, Wei Wei collaborated with [[Simone Rocha]] and [[H&M]] on a pop-up book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/simone-rocha-hm-faye-wei-wei-augmented-reality-pop-up-book|title=Simone Rocha x H&M Launches an Augmented Reality Pop-Up Book With Painter Faye Wei Wei|work=Vogue|first=Steff|last=Yotka|date=9 March 2021|accessdate=1 November 2025}}</ref>

In 2023, Wei Wei solo exhibited at Situations in New York<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faye Wei Wei: Tiny Melody Chamber |url=https://www.situations.us/faye-wei-wei-tiny-melody-chamber |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=SITUATIONS |language=en-US}}</ref> and Alkinois Art Space in Athens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fadmagazine.com/2023/09/15/faye-wei-wei-bird-blowing-love/|title=Faye Wei Wei “Bird Blowing Love”|work=FAD Magazine|first=Mark|last=Wenstall|date=15 September 2023|accessdate=4 September 2025}}</ref> Wei Wei reunited with Éditions Lutanie for the publication of her monograph ”Portals”, which collects her work over 14 years, in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/15700/faye-wei-wei-s-new-book-captures-the-romance-of-love-and-friendship|title=Faye Wei Wei’s Intimate New Book Captures Friends and Lovers|work=AnOther|first=Zoe|last=Whitfield|date=18 June 2024|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref>

In 2023, Wei Wei solo exhibited at Situations in New York<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faye Wei Wei: Tiny Melody Chamber |url=https://www.situations.us/faye-wei-wei-tiny-melody-chamber |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=SITUATIONS |language=en-US}}</ref> and Alkinois Art Space in Athens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fadmagazine.com/2023/09/15/faye-wei-wei-bird-blowing-love/|title=Faye Wei Wei “Bird Blowing Love”|work=FAD Magazine|first=Mark|last=Wenstall|date=15 September 2023|accessdate=4 September 2025}}</ref> Wei Wei reunited with Éditions Lutanie for the publication of her monograph ”Portals”, which collects her work over 14 years, in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/15700/faye-wei-wei-s-new-book-captures-the-romance-of-love-and-friendship|title=Faye Wei Wei’s Intimate New Book Captures Friends and Lovers|work=AnOther|first=Zoe|last=Whitfield|date=18 June 2024|accessdate=4 August 2025}}</ref>

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English painter

Faye Hoi Wing Wong (born 1994), known professionally as Faye Wei Wei, is an English painter. She was named one to watch by British Vogue and It’s Nice That in 2018[1][2] and a hot name in the art world by The Sunday Times in 2021.[3]

Wei Wei was born in Tooting, South London to Hong Kong parents.[4] She graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA).[5] She won the Cass Art Prize for graduating students.[6][7] As of 2024, Wei Wei is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Yale Art School.[8]

After graduating, Wei Wei completed the Hoy Hoy residency. In 2017, Wei Wei had her debut solo exhibition at age 23 titled Anemones and Lovers at London’s Cob Gallery.[9] Dazed called her “London’s dreamiest painter”.[10] In 2018, she had solo exhibitions at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester[11] and the SADE Gallery in Los Angeles.[12] She also did a joint display with Zoë Paul in Athens among other group exhibitions.[13][14] In addition, Wei Wei contributed paintings to Hannah Weiland‘s Shrimps SS18 and RTW AW19 collections at London Fashion Week.[15]

In 2019, Wei Wei was awarded a commission by the British Council Hong Kong and Phillips auctioneers to create an installation in Tai Kwun for the SPARK festival.[16] She returned to Cob Gallery with the solo exhibition I’ve Always Been a Weeper at the Cinema.[17]

Via Éditions Lutanie, Wei Wei’s book Hooker’s Green Lake was published in 2020.[18] She also had a solo exhibition at Galerie Kandlhofer in Vienna; she would return in 2021 and 2022.[19] The former titled Moon was synchronised with Sun at Isetan in Tokyo.[20][21] Also in 2021, Wei Wei collaborated with Simone Rocha and H&M on a pop-up book.[22]

In 2023, Wei Wei solo exhibited at Situations in New York[23] and Alkinois Art Space in Athens.[24] Wei Wei reunited with Éditions Lutanie for the publication of her monograph Portals, which collects her work over 14 years, in 2024.[25]

  • Hooker’s Green Lake (2020)
  • Portals (2024)
  • Anemones and Lovers (2017) at Cob Gallery (London)
  • Aristotle’s Lantern (2017) at Cob Gallery (London)
  • CFCCA Presents: Faye Wei Wei (2018) at the Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art (Manchester)
  • Sweet Bitter, Valentine (2018) at the SADE Gallery (Los Angeles)
  • I’ve Always Been a Weeper at the Cinema (2019) at the Cob Gallery (London)
  • If You Sat Long Enough You Could See a Flower Bloom (2020) at Galerie Kandlhofer (Vienna)
  • Sun (2021) at Isetan the Space (Tokyo)
  • Moon (2021) at Galerie Kandlhofer (Vienna)
  • The Moon Balloon of New York City (2022) at Galerie Kandlhofer (Vienna)
  • Tiny Melody Chamber (2023) at Situations (New York)
  • Bird Blowing Love (2023) at Alkinois Art Space (Athens)
  • The Sounds of the Organ Pushing the Walls of the Cathedral Outwards (2024) at Galerie Kandlhofer (Vienna)
  • Neon Spark (2019) at Tai Kwun (Hong Kong)
  • Eclectic Dreamers (2016) at Siegfried Contemporary
  • Summer Blue (2016) at Lychee One (London)
  • To a God Unknown (2017) at Mrs (Queens)
  • Marzanna, Yours Again (2018) at Hot Wheels (Athens), with Zoë Paul
  • Into Raptures (2018) at Barbara Feinman Gallery (Los Angeles)
  • dreamin’ wild (2018) at Keteleer Gallery (Antwerp)
  • The Clarkory Show (2018) at Museum Gallery (Brooklyn)
  • Rhapsodies at Ping Pong Gallery (Brussels)
  • New Work Part III: Subject (2018) at Cob Gallery (London)
  • The Picture is a Forest (2019) at Gallerie Kandlhofer (Vienna)
  • and I’ll have a pepper-shaker in my cave, so laugh (2019) at LTD Los Angeles
  • Shifts in Time (2019) at Over the Influence (Los Angeles)
  • Topian Gardens (2019) at Gallery Vacancy (Shanghai)
  • A High Hang (2019) at Eccleston Project Space (London)
  • A Couple of: The Dual-mechanism of the New Generation of Asian Artists (2021) at Hive Art (Beijing)
  • A Plant Has Been One of my Best Friends for a Long Time Now (2022) at Situations (New York)
  • Through the Prism (2022) at Gillian Jason Gallery (London)
  • Nada New York (2023) at Situations (New York)
  • The Gallery of Delights on Earth (2024) at Gallery 46 (London)
  • The Last Seahorse Neighing in an Egg (2025) at Ninetto (Athens)
  1. ^ Maitland, Hayley (22 August 2018). “Why British Artist Faye Wei Wei Is One To Watch”. British Vogue. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  2. ^ Stone, Bryony (26 February 2018). “Ones to Watch 2018: artist Faye Wei Wei”. It’s Nice That. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  3. ^ Wrathall, Claire (10 October 2021). “The six hot artists to namedrop”. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  4. ^ Lai, Tiffany (24 July 2024). “Everything is romantic for Faye Wei Wei”. The Face. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  5. ^ Wang, Hindley (2025-06-23). “Faye Wei Wei Finds Musicality in Paint”. ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  6. ^ DeMarco, Nicole (2024-07-26). “Faye Wei Wei’s Paintings Are Portals to Another World”. Vogue. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  7. ^ Tobin, Emily (18 June 2020). “Faye Wei Wei’s poetic dream world”. House & Garden. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  8. ^ Corbett, Rachel (21 November 2024). “Why Artist Faye Wei Wei Put a Flowering Career on Pause to Go Back to School”. Cultured. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  9. ^ Weinstock, Tish (13 April 2017). “get lost in faye wei wei’s dreamy pastel tones and mythological creatures”. i-D. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  10. ^ Marsh, Antonia (2017). “Faye Wei Wei is London’s dreamiest painter”. Dazed. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  11. ^ Stone, Bryony (8 May 2018). “Artist Faye Wei Wei to show new work at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art”. It’s Nice That. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  12. ^ “Interview: In The Studio With Artist Faye Wei Wei”. Something Curated. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  13. ^ “Zoe Paul and Faye Wei Wei at Hot Wheels Projects”. Art Viewer. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  14. ^ Furtado, Will (2 April 2018). “Faye Wei Wei on Why Mythology Is a Millennial Concept”. Sleek. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  15. ^ “Lime Delight – Faye Weiwei’s Dreamy Canvases Enter Fashion”. The Art Gorgeous. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  16. ^ Knott, Kylie (22 April 2019). “British artist pays tribute to Hong Kong’s iconic art of neon sign making”. Post Mag. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  17. ^ Storm, Rebecca (25 October 2019). “Faye Wei Wei at Cob Gallery”. The Editorial. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  18. ^ Hutton, Belle (15 December 2020). “Inside a Beautiful New Book of Drawings by Faye Wei Wei”. AnOther. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  19. ^ “Faye Wei Wei”. Galerie Kandlhofer. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  20. ^ “イギリス出身のアーティストでイットガール、Faye Wei Weiが日本初個展で描いた愛の世界”. Mistore (in Japanese). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  21. ^ “Faye Wei Wei Shares Her Career & Style Secrets”. Net-a-Porter. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  22. ^ Yotka, Steff (9 March 2021). “Simone Rocha x H&M Launches an Augmented Reality Pop-Up Book With Painter Faye Wei Wei”. Vogue. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  23. ^ “Faye Wei Wei: Tiny Melody Chamber”. SITUATIONS. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  24. ^ Wenstall, Mark (15 September 2023). “Faye Wei Wei “Bird Blowing Love”“. FAD Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  25. ^ Whitfield, Zoe (18 June 2024). “Faye Wei Wei’s Intimate New Book Captures Friends and Lovers”. AnOther. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

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