Wie Ying-Wu

Biography

Wei was born in 1977 in Hong Kong. He started to paint in his late teens whilst studying theology at university. His interest in Buddhist philosophy developed during this period and the subject matter for his work increasingly came to be almost exclusively dominated by imagery relating to this interest. Wei left Hong Kong in 2000 and after a year travelling round mainland China with a companion, moved to San Francisco where he lives today. In 2002 he married a sculptress. His wife shares Ying-Wu’s interests and beliefs and they rapidly began to work on creative projects together, the recent piece ‘Meditation’ being a fine example of their collaboration.