Chinese painter Zhaoming Wu 吴兆铭 was born and grew up in Guangzhou City.
He received his BFA from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art China, where he earned a BFA in painting and received his MFA in painting from Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California.
Since 1983, he has been exhibiting his work in Asia, Europe, the United States and other countries around the world.
He has won numerous Awards, including the Merit Award at the 6th National Art Exhibition in Beijing, China, the Gustafson Fund Award, the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society (US) Award, 1st place in the 9th Biennial National Figure Painting and Drawing Exhibition in Mendocino Art Center, California, Grand Prize Winner in International Artist Magazine (Aug/Sept 2005), the Daler-Rowney Award from the Oil Painters of America 2000 and the Art Distributors Awards of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America 2005.
Long active as both an artist and a teacher, he served as a professor of painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art and is currently an instructor of painting at the Academy of Art University.
His works have been featured in many publications, including two drawing books and two painting books, International Artist Magazine, Art of the West magazine, Art Talk Magazine and American Art Collector.