b. 1991, Shanghai, China
Lives and works in Queens, New York


Solo Exhibitions

2025      [Untitled], Tempest Gallery, Ridgewood, NY. (upcoming)

2023      Altar, Transborder Art, Governor's Island, NY. 

2021      The End of The World Is Forever, Tutu Gallery, Ridgewood, NY.

2013      stranger’s eye, intimate text, Louise McCagg Gallery, New York, NY.

Select Group Exhibitions

2025      Panorama of Roots, Steinberg Museum of Art, Greenvale, NY. | Curated by Stephanie S. Lee (upcoming)

2024      Ends Well, Mother-in-Laws, Upstate Art Weekend, Catskills, NY. | Curated by Field Projects 

              Rhapsody Tentacular, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY. | Curated by SiSi Chen 

              Femina Creativa, Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY. | Curated by Stephanie S. Lee

              EnvironMental Coy, The Yard, Brooklyn, NY. | Curated by Sika Foyer

              Semi-permeable: Meditations on Membranes, Remembrance and Mending, Living Skin Gallery, 

              Brooklyn, NY. | Curated by Rose Malenfant and Leah Huang

              Meandering, Spiraling, Unraveling, Accent Sisters, Jersey City, NJ. | Curated by Siyu Chen 

              Propagation-Suspended Roots, Studio 9D, New York, NY  | Curated by Rose Malenfant 

2023      Time and Beauty: ChaNorth Alumni Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY. | Curated by Peter Fulop

              Illiquid Objects, Studio 9D, New York, NY. | Curated by Defne Tutus and Yasmeen Abdallah

              Echoes of Home, Li Tang x RIVAA Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY. 

              A Moving Image, :iidrr, New York, NY, online screening. 

              Reflections, Kleinert/James Center for the ArtsWoodstock, NY. 

              Abstraction, Distortion & Fragmentation, Li Tang Gallery, Online. 

2022      Very Naughty Super Trashy, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 

              The Elements, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY.

              Reconcile: Begin Anew, Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY. | Curated by Stephanie S. Lee

              Series, Site:Brooklyn, Online.

              Byrdcliffe Open Studios, Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY.

              ChaNorth Open Studios, Chashama North, Pine Plains, NY.

              Residency Presentation, Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland. 

2021      Wholeness, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

              Bushwick Open Studios 2021, M.David and Co., Brooklyn, NY.

              End of Season Residency Exhibition, Arts Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY.

              Landscape: The Built and the Grown, Site: Brooklyn, Online.
              SunShip: The Arc That Makes The Flood Possible, Arts Letters & Numbers’, CITYX  

              Venice Italian Virtual Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale. Online.

              Emergence, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY.

2020      Personal Prospecting, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. | Curated by Dexter Wimberly

              Here, Now: 2020 TAS Members Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

              Climate Change: What Will You Do To Help? Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA.

              Art Gowanus 2020 Art Walk, Brooklyn, NY

              Virus of Dehumanization: Capitalism and Its Need for the Underclass, Alterwork Studios, Online.

              18th St Women, Trestle Art Space, Online.
              Heat and Relief, Vacant Museum, Online.

              31 Under 30, Michael Rosen Fine Art, Online.

2019      Burn This, LIC Arts Open, Long Island City, NY.

2018      Dream, Creative Spirit Gallery, Marblehead, MA.

Residencies

2025      Wave Hill Winter Workspace Residency, Bronx, NY 

2024      Marble House Project, Vermont, VT

2023      Transborder Art, Govenor's Island, NY 

              Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico 

2022      Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY

              ChaNorth Residency, Pine Plains, NY

              Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland

2021      Arts, Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY

              Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

2020      Trestle Art Space Residency, Brooklyn, NY


Curatorial Projects

2024       Second Hand, solo show by Maya Strauss, Bob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

               InterwovenBob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. (Co-curated with Sammy Bennett) 

               My Eye is a Mouth, two person show by Carl D'Alvia and Kalina Winters, Bob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 

               (Co-curated with Sammy Bennett)

               The Generations, solo show by Jan Dickey, Bob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 

               (Co-curated with Sammy Bennett)

               Pizza Party, solo show by Jordan Segal, Bob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 

2023       I Am Listening Anyway, solo show by Katherine Yaochen Du, Cummings Art Center Gallery, 

               Connecticut College, CT  

2023       A Peek Behind The Curtain, Bob's Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. (Co-curated with Sammy Bennett)


Grants & Awards

2024      Bard Graduate Fellowship

2023      Santa Fe Art Institute BIPOC Award

2022      Visual Arts Grant, Milton and Sally Arts Foundation

2021      New Work Grant, Queens Council on the Arts

              City Corps Artist Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts

2013      Centennial Scholars Fellowship, Barnard College


Artist Talks

2023      “SFAI140”, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

               Panel Discussion, “A Moving Image”, :iidrr, New York, NY.

2021      “Rendering Resilience: Creative Practices for Personal and Collective Coping”, Local Project, Long Island City, Queens.

              “The End Of The World Is Forever Artist Talk”, Tutu Gallery, IG Live.
              “Speaking in Myths”, Bank Street School for Children, New York, NY.

Select Bibliography

2024      World Journal, Xing Yilin, “New York Women's Art Exhibition Explores Diverse Creativity:
              Weihui Lu’s ‘Eight Saints’ is inspired by the story of the Eight Immortals,” Mar 13. 

2023      Hyperallergic, Maya Pontone, "A Brief History of Art in the Hudson Valley" Jul 21.

              Li Tang, Finding the Narrative in Landscape and Psyche, Interview with NYC-Based artist Weihui Lu,” Jul 18.

              Hyperallergic, Maria Manuela, “Artists Contemplate Sovereignty in Santa Fe,” Mar 28.

2022      Time Out New York, “The best things to do for Lunar New Year: Ring in the Year of the Tiger with these fun and colorful cultural events in NYC,” Jan 27.
               Friend of the Artist, “The Studio Image Project,” Oct 9.
2021       Sine Theta Magazine, “Morning,” Issue 18, Feb 14.
               Humana Obscura, Issue 02, April 1.
2020       Mud Season Review, “A conversation with Weihui Lu, Featured Artist,” Issue 51. Oct 17.
2019       Sine Theta Magazine, “Form,” Issue 13, Nov 12.


Education

2027       Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College                             M.F.A. Sculpture Candidate

2013       Barnard College ­                                                                          B.A. English Literature