Education

B.A, Swarthmore College : Art, Art History, Anthropology
M.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Specialty

Painting

Biographical Statement

Tess Wei is an artist, curator, and writer born and based in Philadelphia. They are the Exhibitions Manager and Assistant Curator at the List Gallery, Swarthmore College, a member of the artist-run collective AUTOMAT, 

Exhibitions

solo exhibitions

2022  a great dent, New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2020 touch with your eyes, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA

Forthcoming D.D.D.D. Project Space, New York, NY [fall 2023]

select exhibitions / projects

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