Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei (b. 1957 Beijing, China)

艾未未（アイ・ウェイウェイ)

[edit] Biography

He is in charge of expert consultation for design of National Olympic Stadium for Beijing's 2008 Olympics.:[1]

Studied at Beijing Film Academy.

Attended Art Student League, and Parsons School of Design, New York in 1981.

From 1994, worked as a chief editor and publisher of avant-garde art magazines Black Paper (1994), White Paper (1995), and Gray Paper (1996) in Beijing, China. Founds Chinese Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing, China in 1996. Jury member for annual Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (1998-2002). Built own residence and studio in Beijing as the beginning of his architectural career. He has practiced in the fields of Landscape design, city planning, individual house design and interior design (1999-2003).

In 1999 he curated and took part in Fuck Off at Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China and his studio moved to Nanga, Beijing. His currents projects include landscape design (2002), expert consultation for design of National Olympic Stadium for Beijing's 2008 Olympics in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron (2003) and expert consultation for design of The Commercial Cultural and Entertainment Centre of Jindong New District, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China in cooperation with Herzog & de Meuron (2003).

[edit] Internal Links

• China

• Zhang Huan

• Ma Liuming

[edit] External Links

• 艾未未 Ai Weiwei Blog[2]

• BBC NEWS, China's New Faces: Ai Weiwei:[3]

• New York Times, China Rises, The Olympic Architect:[4]

• Hugh Pearman, Iconoclasm rules: how Herzog and de Meuron work with conceptual artist Ai Weiwei on Beijing's new Olympic stadium:[5]