Pu Yingwei, (b.1989), Lives and works in Beijing, China.

Pu received his BFA from Sichuan Fine art Institute in 2013,

DNSEP (MFA with Félicitation du jury) from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in 2018.

As an active contributor to the new generation of conceptual art, Pu Yingwei has creatively inherited and developed the visual and ideological lineage of socialist art and early Chinese avant-garde art, with his practice spanning painting, writing, designing, curating and lecturing, thus forming the unique language system and historical perspective.

His work has been involved in institutions such as Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool), Nouvel Institut Franco-Chinois (Lyon), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), He Art Museum, OCAT Museums, and Taikang Space. His work has been included in the 13th Shanghai Biennale and the Caen Film Festival. He was awarded the John Moore Painting Prize and his article “Empire’s Legacy” won the International Awards for Art Criticism Prize, and was selected for the Gen.T Asian Emerging Pioneers list, “HuaYu Youth Award”，“China Art power 100”, “Jimei·Arles Discovery Reward” and Porsche “Young Chinese Artist of the Year” Award. Pu Yingwei’s works are widely collected by institutions and important collectors such as the KADIST, the Star Museum, He Art Museum, Sifang Art Museum, Guangdong Museum of Ar, the Longlati Foundation, ASE Foundation, Art Pioneer Studio, Song Art Museum, Chaoqing Art Foundation, CC Foundation, Arario Museum.