# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ai-weiwei
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:52:11.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ai-weiwei"
name: "Ai Weiwei"
slug: "ai-weiwei"
description: "Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese government and its stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of \"tofu-dreg schools\" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In April 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport for \"economic crimes\", and detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a figure in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and a prominent political commentator."
tagline: "Chinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aj_Wej-wej_I_(2017).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CN"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1957-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  195
  category: 186
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill