Born in Hainan Island in 1982 and moved to Hong Kong at age 2, Wai Pongyu graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006.  After winning numerous graduation awards at CUHK, Wai became a professional artist in 2007.  Wai’s paintings have been collected by important private and public institutions.  In 2008, Lakedreams, one of Wai’s largest works, was collected by the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.