Victor Wang grew up in Northern China and graduated BFA from The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, one of three top art institutes in China. After graduation he taught there for 4 and a half years and was sent to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a visiting scholar.  He earned his MFA in Fontbonne University. He currently lives in St. Louis, where he teaches painting, drawing and graduate critique classes as a full professor at Fontbonne University.  He has exhibited widely across the country and internationally and has won various awards for excellence, including awards for both painting and art instruction.  His work has been shown nationally and internationally.