Ji Weiyu born in 1980, graduated from Shanghai School of Arts and Crafts. Lives and works in Shanghai. In 2004, co-founded the artist collective Birdhead. Focusing on the deconstruction and logical restructuring of the photographic medium in recent solo practice.

Selected exhibitions: “We are topsy-turvy, all things revive”, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China(2026); “Welcome to Birdhead World Again, Kyoto 2024”, Kyotographie — Kyoto International Photography Festival, Kyoto, Japan (2024); “Birdhead: Yun Yun”, UCCA Dune, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Aranya, China (2024); “Feeling the Stones”, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, JAX District, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia (2021); “Wave”, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China (2020); “Living Cities”, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom (2017); “Art Unlimited”, Art Basel 2016, Basel, Switzerland (2016); “The 6th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art”, Moscow, Russia (2015); “New Photography 2012”, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, United States (2012); “Reactivation — The 9th Shanghai Biennale”, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China (2012); “ILLUMInations”, Thematic Exhibition of the 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2011); “Artist File 2011”, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (2011); “China Power Station II”, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway (2007).