Zou Wei was born in 1966 in Nanjing. He graduated in 1990 with BA degree from the Nanjing Arts Institute and attained a Masters degree from the Arts Department of the Russia State University, where he studied between 2000 - 2004. He was also a student at the famous Repin Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. He has held solo exhibitions in Bejing, Seoul, Singapore and Cologne and is currently teaching fine art at the University of Shenzhen.