Wu is born in Fujian province in 1978; he received his BFA and MFA from China Academy of Art respectively in 2000 and 2005. Since 2002, Wu has been exhibiting widely in China and abroad. His recent selected solo exhibitions include Totalitarian Portrait, F2 Gallery, Art Hong Kong (2010); Club Primavera, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hongkong (2008); Opera, Chinese Contemporary, New York (2007); The Sky Has A Mouth, Chinese Contemporary, Beijing (2006). His recent group exhibitions include Generation Hangzhou 2.0, F2 Gallery, Beijing (2009); MY CHINA NOW – A Moving Image Project, Hayward Gallery, London (2008); Farewell to Post-Colonialism, The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art (2008); The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto (2007); China Gate, Arko Art Museum, Seoul (2006). He currently lives and works in Beijing and Hangzhou.