Zi-Wei Wu is a media artist and researcher born in 1996 in Shenzhen, China. She holds an outstanding graduate bachelor's degree from the China Academy of Art, School of Intermedia Art (SIMA), and a Master of Fine Arts with distinction from Goldsmiths, University of London, in Computational Arts. She had a Ph.D. degree in the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies, majoring in Computational Media and Arts (CMA) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Her artworks and research primarily focus on biology, science, and their impact on society, utilizing a range of media. 
 
She engages in interdisciplinary studies of Artificial Life Art, exploring the intersection of art and research with biology as concepts and bioinformation as data.
 
She is a Lumen Prize, Batsford Prize winner, and longlist nominee for the Information is Beautiful Award. Her research was published in the SIGGRAPH Art Program, ISEA, and the Artificial Life Journal in MIT Press. She has exhibited at international venues, including Ars Electronica in Linz, CYFEST in Saint Petersburg, ACMI in Australia, IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP) in Vienna,  Norwegian BioArt Arena (NOBA), Watermans Gallery and Cello Factory in London, NeurIPS AI Art Gallery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong, and so on.