Wang Weidong was born in Shanghai 1963. Weidong was 4 eyars old when he was diagnosed with polio. It was through this physical handicap that he intended to find some talent to compensate with. Weidong was introduced to painting as a child by his uncle, a specialist in calligraphy. He was unable to play much physical activities and thus spent most of his childhood developing his painting skills. In 1979 he went to Datong Mining Bureau in Shanxi, where his parents work. He became employed but was not allowed admittance to the university due to his physical condition. By 1985, after many attempts, Weidong was accepted into the Fine Arts Department of Shanxi Unversity. He was later assigned to Taiyuan Art Academy and would become a member of the Institute of Chinese Oil Painting. Weidong is a member of the Institute of Chinese Oil Painting and the Union of Chinese Artists.

“I love oil painting ardently, respect and admire the spirit, lofty realism and boundless creativity that the western classic masters had attained. The eternity and classicism of their works make me sentimentally attached, because the inheritance and following after of tradition is one of the prerequisite conditions for the development of painting. I have special partiality to my present style, which conforms to my sentiment and disposition- after meticulous obsercation of objects, devoting all my energies and feelings into relaying to the brushtips, such process makes me go into ecstasy of deslight. Life is not easy. Neither is the road to art. Time is long but life is short. Only with unbending determination can we achieve something.” – Wang Weidong

Awards

Selected Exhibitions