Lily Wei is a Chinese-New Zealander artist currently living and working in London.
Yuyang (Lily) Wei is a London-based contemporary oil painter exploring themes of multicultural identity, diaspora, and cultural heritage. Wei’s work has been exhibited in nationally recognised shows including Exeter Contemporary Open, Wells Art Contemporary, and The Koppel Project, with features in Our Culture Magazine, FAD Magazine, 1883 Magazine and Sine Theta Magazine. Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and New Contemporaries, her paintings are held in private collections in New Zealand, Canada, and the UK, evidencing both critical recognition and an emerging international market presence.
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Yuyang (Lily) Wei
b. 2000
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Royal Academy summer exhibition
Shortlisted Finalist | 2025
New contemporaries
Shortlisted Finalist | 2024
Youth Arts NZ Award
Second Prize | 2020
PUBLICATION AND INTERVIEWS
2025 Sine Theta Magazine, Issue 34 Wasteland 荒, Oxford, UK
2025 Al-Tiba 9 Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 18, Barcelona, Spain
2025 Our Culture Magazine, Cambridge, UK
2025 FAD Magazine, London, UK
2021 Sine Theta Magazine, Issue 19 High Noon 午, Oxford, UK
2021 The Huts Magazine, Issue 2, Nigeria, West Africa
EDUCATION
University of the Arts London, Chelsea, Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class
Royal College of Art, Battersea Painting MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Oct/2025 Frieze Exhibition, Hypha Gallery HQ, London, UK
Sep/2025 Ruminate, KOPPEL Project, London, UK
Sep/2025 As If I Were a Chair, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
Sep/2025 Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix Gallery, Exeter, UK
July/2025 Un-palinodic Re-currence, Purist Gallery, London, UK
July/2025 REJECTS, Art Friend Gallery, London, UK
June/2025 404 Not Found, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
June/2025 Inferential, KOPPEL Project, London, UK
May/2025 i am the beast i worship, The Bath House, London, UK
March/2025 Envision, KOPPEL Project, London, UK
Feb/2025 Daydream, Unihood x2 & Temperature Home, London, UK
Feb/2025 Interstitial Territories, The Handbag Factory, London, UK
Sep/2023 Emerging Artists, Millbank Centre, London, UK
Sep/2023 Beautiful Worlds, Stevens Building-RCA, London, UK
June/2023 Ideas Have People, Safe House 1, London, UK
Feb/2023 Frameless Contact, Old Brompton Gallery, London, UK
Dec/2022 Wǎng, Apiary Studio, London, UK
July/2022 Seeing You In Us, Triangle-UAL, London, UK
June/2022 De/Recons/Truct, Safe House 1, London, UK
Oct/2021 RAW, The Morgue-UAL, London, UK
Aug/2021 Pacific Breeze II, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
Aug/2021 Focus Art Fair: Color of Life, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
June/2021 Gathered, Chelsea Parade Ground-UAL, London, UK
Jan/2021 Mail Art: Unlimited Dada, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Jan/2021 Youth Arts Exhibition and Awards Night, Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Nov/2020 Christmas Exhibition, Depot Art Space, Auckland, New Zealand
Aug/2020 Landscapes of Orakei, Orakei Objet, Auckland, New Zealand
