Tess Wei ’17
Tess Wei is an artist, curator, and writer born and based in Philadelphia.
solo exhibitions
2024 two in a lake, Galerie Molitor, Berlin, Germany
2023 dirty snow, D.D.D.D., NYC, New York
2022 a great dent, New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2020 touch with your eyes, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
Group exhibitions/projects
2024
Azure, Indigo, Ultramarine, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
CHANGING LIGHT (PROXIMITY TINT), Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2023
idle hands as part of Invited: Take Care of the Square Footage, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2022
Verso: A Virtual Sehnsucht Exhibition, Field Projects, New York, NY
Eco/Systems, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
[SOME] Small Paintings and Works on Paper, Larry Becker Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Street View, Gallery 3E, New York, NY
Delaware County Higher Education Teaching Artists, Duke Gallery, Wallingford, PA
2020
New Moon, Full Moon, Old Moon; New Moon..., Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
B.A.S.E., Anna Zorina, New York, NY
all at once / little by little, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA (two-person)
Jump into The Fire, Atelier FAS, Philadelphia, PA
curatorial projects
lead curator
2024 Workshop of the World: Works by Tabitha Arnold, List Gallery, Swarthmore College
2023 Conflicting Truths: Works by Melissa Joseph, List Gallery, Swarthmore College
2022 a thing shared, AUTOMAT Collective
curatorial assistant to head curator [selection]
Karyn Olivier: Seep, List Gallery
EDITH: An Architectural History — An installation by Nora Wendl, List Gallery
SIDE ANGLE TIDE : Eleanor Conover, List Gallery
Ubiquitous Presence: Selected Works by Barbara Bullock, List Gallery
Paul S. Briggs: Material Shapes in Clay, List Gallery
Hear Her: Works by Dyani White Hawk, List Gallery
residencies
2022 Fogo Island Residency, Newfoundland, Canada
2017 Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
2015 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland [student residency]
artist's books / printed matter
Seed Pocket Project / Print in collaboration with FORTUNE / Many Folds Press, Philadelphia, PA (collaborative risograph project, cultural heritage and seed distribution)
The Diasporic Chinese Lunar Calendar, by FORTUNE / Many Folds Press guide to the Water Tiger. Collaborative project and printed calendar