Wei Zhou (b.1993) is a Chinese filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow, UK. She graduated with a Master of Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art in 2021. She previously obtained MSc in Filmmaking and Media Arts at the University of Glasgow and a BA in Radio and TV Directing at Human Normal University. Her art practice encompasses video, photography, sound, and text. She often uses an autobiographical voice in her work, whether realistic or imaginary, they often reflect on the topics of senses and eroticism. She has exhibited her work in various locations such as Glasgow, London, Changsha, Graz, and Hamburg.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) 09/2019-06/2021 (Postgraduate)
Msc Filmmaking and media arts
University of Glasgow (UofG)
Radio and Television Director
Hunan Normal University (HNU) 09/2011-06/2015 (undergraduate)
EXHIBITION
Screening at Love Queer Cinema Week, Beijing Queer Film Festival, Beijing, China 11/2022
MFA at citizenM, citizenM hotel, Glasgow, UK 10/2022
Group Show In Finite Worlds as part of Glasgow Open Door Festival, SaltSpace Gallery, Glasgow, UK 09/2022
EXTENDED BODIES, CinemQ Screening, Hamburg 07/2022
Solo Show In The Name Of The Rose at SaltSpace Cooperative Gallery, Glasgow 06/2022
Group Show Reverberations: A Response to the Her Noise Archive,London09/2021
Short film Resurface (2021), screened at Queer East Festival, London 09/2021
GSA MFA Graduate showcase Hotwheels 06/2021
GSA MFA online showcase Glue 03/2021
Domestic Decadence, collaborative publication, with Emma Wolf-Haugh and Market Gallery, showing at Grazer Kunstverein Gallery, Graz (2020)
Group Show At the End of Language Xiezilong Photography Museum, Changsha, China 04/2020-06/2020
Group Show My Truth Is Your Story at The Britannia Panopticon, Glasgow 11/2019
Short film Fluid (2016), screened at Scottish International Queer Film Festival, Glasgow 2017
WORKSHOP
Show Me How You Care Collaborative Reading group and Letter writing 11/2020
Domestic Decadence, collaborative workshop and publication, with Emma Wolf-Haugh and Market Gallery, Glasgow (2020)
Workshop Young People - film training for inspiring stories of life and work in Argyll 2018
EXPERIENCE
Videographer and Editor of Documentation Video for Fungal Datascape at Goethe-Insititut 2021
Volunteer in Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2017
Videographer & Editor of FyneFutures promotion video 2017
Cinematographer of short film Post Zombie Apocalypse 2017
Cinematographer of Branching out promotion video 2016
Sound Operator & Makeup artist of short film Undercurrent (2016)
Camera Operator of documentary for Africa-In-Motion Film Festival 2015
Assistant director of TV program First Grade (Internship) 08/2014-11/2014
PUBLICATION
2021 June, collaborative publication. Glasgow School of Art MFA Publication
2020 Domestic Decadence, collaborative publication with Emma Wolf- Haugh and Market Gallery
FUNDING, PRIZE & AWARD
VISUAL ARTIST & CRAFT MAKER AWARDS Creative Scotland and Glasgow Life 2022
Hardship Fund Creative Scotland 2022
Longlisted for Ivan Juritz Prize in Visual Art Centre for Modern Lit and Culture at King’s College London 2021
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) 09/2019-06/2021 (Postgraduate)
Msc Filmmaking and media arts
University of Glasgow (UofG)
Radio and Television Director
Hunan Normal University (HNU) 09/2011-06/2015 (undergraduate)
EXHIBITION
Screening at Love Queer Cinema Week, Beijing Queer Film Festival, Beijing, China 11/2022
MFA at citizenM, citizenM hotel, Glasgow, UK 10/2022
Group Show In Finite Worlds as part of Glasgow Open Door Festival, SaltSpace Gallery, Glasgow, UK 09/2022
EXTENDED BODIES, CinemQ Screening, Hamburg 07/2022
Solo Show In The Name Of The Rose at SaltSpace Cooperative Gallery, Glasgow 06/2022
Group Show Reverberations: A Response to the Her Noise Archive,London09/2021
Short film Resurface (2021), screened at Queer East Festival, London 09/2021
GSA MFA Graduate showcase Hotwheels 06/2021
GSA MFA online showcase Glue 03/2021
Domestic Decadence, collaborative publication, with Emma Wolf-Haugh and Market Gallery, showing at Grazer Kunstverein Gallery, Graz (2020)
Group Show At the End of Language Xiezilong Photography Museum, Changsha, China 04/2020-06/2020
Group Show My Truth Is Your Story at The Britannia Panopticon, Glasgow 11/2019
Short film Fluid (2016), screened at Scottish International Queer Film Festival, Glasgow 2017
WORKSHOP
Show Me How You Care Collaborative Reading group and Letter writing 11/2020
Domestic Decadence, collaborative workshop and publication, with Emma Wolf-Haugh and Market Gallery, Glasgow (2020)
Workshop Young People - film training for inspiring stories of life and work in Argyll 2018
EXPERIENCE
Videographer and Editor of Documentation Video for Fungal Datascape at Goethe-Insititut 2021
Volunteer in Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2017
Videographer & Editor of FyneFutures promotion video 2017
Cinematographer of short film Post Zombie Apocalypse 2017
Cinematographer of Branching out promotion video 2016
Sound Operator & Makeup artist of short film Undercurrent (2016)
Camera Operator of documentary for Africa-In-Motion Film Festival 2015
Assistant director of TV program First Grade (Internship) 08/2014-11/2014
PUBLICATION
2021 June, collaborative publication. Glasgow School of Art MFA Publication
2020 Domestic Decadence, collaborative publication with Emma Wolf- Haugh and Market Gallery
FUNDING, PRIZE & AWARD
VISUAL ARTIST & CRAFT MAKER AWARDS Creative Scotland and Glasgow Life 2022
Hardship Fund Creative Scotland 2022
Longlisted for Ivan Juritz Prize in Visual Art Centre for Modern Lit and Culture at King’s College London 2021
︎ Instagram
︎ Email