Ai Weiwei

Artist

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. His father's original surname was written Jiang. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Born in 1957, he currently resides and works in Beijing. Image: [commons.wikimedia.org](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ai\_Weiwei "Ai Weiwei")