Han Lei
1967 Born in Kaifeng, Henan Province, China
1989 Graduated from Central Academy of Craft and Design, Beijing, China.
Currently works and lives in Beijing, China
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Grea Zone
Star Gallery, Beijing, China
2016 Time Difference: Han Lei solo Exhibition
Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts (AMNUA)
2014 Spiral: Han Lei solo show, M97 Gallery,Shanghai, china
2012 Don't Get Me Wrong: Han Lei solo show, M97 Gallery,Shanghai, china
2010 Han Lei：RUPTURA BREAKTHROUGH, Magee Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
in between: Han Lei Solo Exhibition, Talkang Space, Beijing, China
2009 Image Tricks: Han Lei + Photography，Iberia Center for Contemporary Art ，Beijing, China
2008 Swamp-Han Lei Solo Exhibition, C5 Art, Beijing, China
2007 Renaissance of Photography: Han Lei Photography Exhibition, Gallery J. Chen, Taiwan, China
Photography by Han Lei, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2006 Where is China? Han Lei Photography, Art Now Gallery, Beijing, China
Pagoda: Han Lei Photography, Gallery LOFT, Paris, France
2005 Portraits: Han Lei, Gallery Polaris, Paris, France
Killing Legend, 798 Photo Gallery, Beijing, China
2003 Strange, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
1996-1997 Alienation, Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki, Finland; Podwell Gallery, Berlin,
Germany; China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017) – Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre，Beijing, China
2017 SELF-CRITICISM (Han Lei: Bonsai Garden), Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
2016 Scarcity & Supply - The 3rd Nanjing International Art Festival
2015 Grain to Pixel: A Story of Photography in China, Shanghai Center of Photography (SCôP)
The Civil Power - Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition
2014 Hans van dijk: 5000 names, Beijing（UCCA）- Holland
2013 Portrait of the times:30 Years of Chinese Contemporary，Power station of Art，Shanghai, China
New Framework: Chinese Avant-garde Photography from 1980s-90s，blindspot gallery，Hong Kong
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/2013
2010 China photographs Madrid @ Madrid Pavillion, EXPO, Shanghai
Community of Tastes – Chinese contemporary Art since 2000, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo(MAC), Santiago, Chile
Kalpastival of Photography, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art ，Beijing, China
2009 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, Guangdong, China
55 Days in Valencia: Chinese Art Meeting, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
2008 The Oriental Rainbow: An Index of Images in China’s Urbanization Process, Magee Art
Gallery (Madrid), Madrid, Spain
2007 Distance Estimated by Eyes Photography of Eight Chinese, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
Memories of Twelve Artists’ Works, Dimensions Art Center, Beijing & Taipei, China
Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition: The New Wind from China, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2006 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, Guangdong, China
Chinese Avant-garde Photography since 1990, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
Chinese Contemporary Photography for 20 years, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
Han Tsungwoo, Han Lei, Hong Lei Photography Exhibition, C5ART, Beijing, China
2005 Paris Photo, Paris, France
City Skin-Images of the Contemporary Metropolis, Tap Seac Gallery , Macao
Rome Photography Festival, Rome, Italy
Viewing the City, Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2004 Rome Photography Festival, Rome, Italy
Traveling in Spring: Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
If You Are A Collector, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
Illusion, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
Forbidden City International Photography Exhibition, Beijing, China
San Francisco International Photographic Art Exposition, San Francisco, USA
Intersection: Contemporary Oil Painting and Photography, Chambers Fine Art, New York, U.S.A.
Landscape: Hushen Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003 Spiritual Tour, Top Space, Beijing, China
Elsewhere, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
From China: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Gallery Image, Denmark
A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography, Prague International Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Landscape, Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
Tempo di Donne, Sala Gatti, Viterbo, Italy
2002 Dialogue: Beautiful and Tragic, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
Golden Harvest: Chinese Contemporary Art, Croatia National, Croatia
Facing Reality, China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, China
2001 Disorientation: Photography and Video in China Today, Chambers Fine Art, New York , U.S.A.
3rd Ping Yao International Photography Festival, Ping Yao, China
Berlin Art Exposition, Berlin, Germany
2000 Cities of the 21st century: Siemens Cultural Program, Frankfurt, Germany; New York, U.S.A.
1999 A Visible Spirit: Contemporary Photography from the People’s Republic of China, Cypress College Photography Galleries, California, U.S.A.
1998 Railways and People (the 1998 Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography Awards), Art Center and Studio Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1996 China: Aktuelles aus 15 Ateliers, Reithalle, Munich, Germany
1995 International Art Festival of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
1994 Contemporary Photography from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
1993 Rodez Photofolies 6th Festival, Rodez, France
Public and Private Collections:
Foundation Guy and Myriam Ullens, Belgium
Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography ,USA
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, P.R.China
Estella Collection, New York；
French Ministry of Culture ；
White Rabbit Gallery
Acorn Foundation, New York；
Gheri Sackler Collection, Vienna；
MOCA China | Museums of Contemporary Art, and Art Foundation,Hong Kong,China
Private Collection：
P.R.China, Switzerland，Monaco，French，Germany, Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China
