Ban Lei
Nationality
CN
Year of birth
1990
Biography
After studying music at Shanghai University, Ban Lei played in bands and worked in the Interactive Media Art Programme at New York University in Shanghai. In 2017, he exhibited at the Modern Art Museum in Shanghai. In 2018, he was awarded a grant by Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council for a residency at the Embassy of Foreign Artists in Geneva. In 2020, he began making wooden sculptures and returned to Geneva to study at HEAD – Genève, Geneva University of Art and Design, where he obtained a master’s degree in 2022. In 2023, his work was presented at the Mos Espa Festival in Geneva and at the Schlossmediale Festival in Werdenberg (St. Gallen), where he was Artist in Focus.
