Wenhua Shi

Originally trained as a doctor in China, he departed from the medical field and began working in radio and TV in his hometown of Wuhan. In 2000, he came to the US and began studying experimental film at the University of Colorado, Boulder. There he began making and exploring film as and earned his BA & BFA. In 2009 he graduated with an MFA from the Department of Art Practice at the University of California, at Berkeley. Since then his new works integrate sounds, film, video, installation, and sculpture. His work has been screened or exhibited at the Pacific Film Archive, Black Maria Film Festival, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television (UK) ,Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, Denver Contemporary Museum of Art, and dozens of international film festivals,including Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bradford, SXSW, and Mexico City. His most recent works have been exhibited at the West Bund 2013: A Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Shanghai, The Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism, International Arte Laguna Finalists Exhibition at The Arsenale of Venice, Italy.