Wei Libo

Wei Libo (born in 1994 in Lanzhou, China) lives and works in Paris. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2024, where he studied in the studios of Petrit Halilaj, Alvaro Urbano, and Tatiana Trouvé.

The artist belongs to a generation of young rural Chinese affected by the rapid urbanization of the 1990s. In his work, he captures the tension between tradition and modernity, between memory and reinvention. By mixing natural materials such as wood and ceramic with autobiographical motifs and references to pop culture, he offers an incisive critique of socio-economic upheavals. These transformations redefine identity and cultural heritage, nourishing a reflection on the links between the individual and his environment.

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Wei Libo has recently had solo presentations of his work at Hermès, Venice (2026); Frac Île-de-France, Project Room / Le Plateau, Paris (2025); Sans titre, Paris (2025); Statements at Art Basel, Basel (2025); and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (2024).

He has also participated in group exhibitions at the Centre d’Art Contemporain d’Anglet - Villa Beatrix Enea (2026); Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels (2025); Galerie du 19M, Paris (2025); LINSEED, Shanghai (2025); Beaux-Arts de Paris (2025, 2024); Zeto Art, Paris (2024); Asta-Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf (2023); Es365, Düsseldorf (2022); and Galerie RDV, Nantes (2020). His work was also presented alongside Caroline Mesquita’s at Art-O-Rama, Marseille, in a collaboration between Union Pacific, London, and Sans titre, Paris, in 2024.

Wei Libo is one of the laureates of the Prix Art Écoconception 2026. In 2024, he was awarded the Prix des Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Prix Khalil de Chazournes. He has since taken part in several residency programs, including Moly-Sabata in 2026 and Villa Belleville, Paris, in 2024.