李瑋以行為表演作為創作起點。他將混亂的情境、不可能的行動，以及不太可能發生的事件搬上舞台，並以大量反諷和辛辣的幽默感處理這些元素。藝術家藉此用一種全球任何人都能輕易理解的語言和符碼，來面對各種社會與政治議題。最終成果是在行為表演期間拍攝的照片與影片，之後再進行數位處理。
Li Wei lives and works in Beijing. Since 2000 he has regularly shown his work in China, the U.S. and Europe in private galleries, museums and institutional centers. Exhibitions include Open Art Platform at the Performance Art Festival, 2000, Constructed Reality - Beijing/Hong Kong Conceptual Photography at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Scar - Chinese Conceptual Photography at the Exhibition Hall of Capital Normal University, 2001, and Flying – Performance, Photography, Videos, Beijing Red Square, 2002.
Abroad he has been included in shows such as Mois de la Photo. Histories de Chine in Auxerre, France, 2002, China Art Now. Out of the Red at the FlashArt Museum in Italy and the Prague Biennial, 2003, Between Past and Future. New Photography and Video from China in ICP, Asia Society, New York and Smart Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Officina Asia at Galleria d’Arte Moderna Cesena, Bologna Italy. Other recent exhibitions include Tiananmen, in Paris, and MMAC Japan, Artificial Merriment Melbourne Australia, 2004, and Between Past and Future at the Seattle Art Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2005.