Wenhua SHI

Wenhua Shi pursues a poetic approach to moving image making, and investigates conceptual depth in film, video, interactive installations and sound sculptures.

His work has been presented at museums, galleries, and film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, European Media Art Festival, Athens Film and Video Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive, West Bund 2013: a Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary art, Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism, and the Arsenale of Venice in Italy. He has received awards including the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Juror’s Awards from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival. He is the founder and one of curators of RPM Fest.

He is Associate Professor in Art at UMass-Boston. Originally trained as a doctor in China, he departed from the medical field and began working in radio and TV in Wuhan. In 2000, he came to the US and began studying experimental film at the University of Colorado, Boulder (with Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon). There he earned his BA & BFA. In 2009 he graduated with an MFA at UC-Berkeley.

10 MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTION

MONOSABISHII - 物寂 (double screen)
2023 / 16mm / color / silent / double screen / 4' 00 / 32 €
distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server
CONCRETE : BOSTON CITY HALL
2021 / color / sound / single screen / 24' 00 / 97 €
distribution: 35mm or Digital file on server
BECAUSE THE SKY IS BLUE
2020 / 35mm / color / sound / single screen / 4' 00 / 32 €
distribution: 35mm or Digital file on server
GUTAI
2019 / color / sound / single screen / 7' 31 / 41 €
distribution: Digital file on server
THE ROSE
2019 / color / sound / single screen / 3' 44 / 30 €
distribution: Digital file on server
DIE NACHT
2017-2019 / color / sound / single screen / 3' 43 / 30 €
distribution: Digital file on server
SENSES OF TIME
2018 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 5' 06 / 38 €
distribution: Digital file on server
WALKING CYCLE
2017-2018 / SD / color / sound / single screen / 8' 27 / 41 €
distribution: Digital file on server
DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
2013-2016 / color / sound / single screen / 6' 00 / 42 €
distribution: 35mm or Digital file on server
ENDLESS
2006 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 12' 00 / 53 €
distribution: Digital file on server