Qian Wu

Qian Wu，born in Xiamen, China, graduated from the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and received a master’s degree from the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. From 2011 to 2016, he studied at the Art Students League of New York. He completed the first advanced research class on abstract art at Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2020. From 2021 to 2022, he served as a visiting scholar at the China National Academy of Painting. He has held solo exhibitions in cities such as New York, London, Venice and Milan.

He has received the 40th Florence Prize for Literature and Art-Gold Medal in the Painting Category, the 17th Arte Laguna Prize-Emerging Artists Award, the 13th Top Ten Outstanding Chinese American Youth Award. He was selected for the Annual Emerging Artist of the “BBART AWARDS” (2024), Forbes China·Global 100 Outstanding Chinese (2022), Forbes 30 Under 30 China list (2021).