Shi Dawei was born in 1950 in Shanghai. He graduated from the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University in 1976. He is currently the curator of the Chinese Art Palace and the executive director of the Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting. First-class national artist, vice-chairman of China Artists Association, member of Chinese Painting Arts Committee of China Artists Association, vice-chairman of Shanghai Artists Association, chairman of Shanghai Literature Federation and part-time professor of Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts. He has held exhibitions in Beijing, Hong Kong, Italy and Singapore. His representative works include The Journey Back to the West - A Record of the Women