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Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei (May 18, 1957 -), Chinese artist, native of Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province (now Jindong District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province), son of poet Ai Qing. Born in Beijing, he lived in the United States for 12 years, then returned to Beijing to live for more than 20 years, and then lived in Germany and Europe. Active in the fields of architecture, art, video and social and cultural criticism.

Category
Artists
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Born
1957-08-28
Wikidata
Q160115
Occupations designersocial activistarchitectsculptorpainterfilm directorhuman rights activistphotographerartistvisual artistperformance artistinstallation artistdirector
Aliases Ai Wei WeiAi WeiweiWei-wei AiWeiwei AiAi WeiweiAi MomoAi Shen
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