Author Biography
The first showing of works by Ai Weiwei took place in Peking in 1979. Since then he has had exhibitions in the United States, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, France, Britain and Canada. Pieces of his have also been included on various occasions in the Venice Biennial on architecture, in the first Guangzhou Triennial in China in 2002, in the 2006 Sydney Biennial: Zones of Contact, as well as in Documenta Kassel 12 where a gigantic installation entitled, Template was destroyed by a storm. Weiwei decided to respect the elements and exhibited the sculpture as the wind had left it. The exhibition catalogue of Ways Beyond Art contains a detailed professional biography of Ai Weiwei.