姚建伟，1966年出生于江苏宜兴，1986年毕业于江苏陶瓷学校，1992年毕业于中央工艺美术学院（现清华大学美术学院）留校至今，清华大学知名视觉艺术家、瑞典卡尔·米勒斯艺术馆合作艺术家、中国美术家协会会员、中国设计年鉴编审、中国城市形象设计年鉴副主编、澳门设计师协会荣誉顾问，曾获美国蒙恬贝尔艺术奖、2015年度中国当代艺术文献提名等，水墨作品风格多样，题材不限，自勉宁做艺术的过客，也不做精神的奴隶，参加过美国加州大学、俄罗斯克里姆林宫、香港、中国美术馆等国内外多个重要展览。
Jianwei Yao was born in yixing, jiangsu province in 1966. He graduated from Jiangsu ceramics school in 1986. In 1992, he graduated from the Central Academy of Craft Art (Now called The Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University) and stayed alma mater as a teacher. He is a famous visual artist at tsinghua university, the Cooperation artists of Karl Miles’ art museum in Sweden, the member of China Artists Association,the editor of China design year book, the editor of Identity Year Book of the Cities in China and the Emeritus advisor of Macao designer association. He was awarded the American Mongolian art award. He was nominated for the Chinese contemporary art document in 2015.His ink and wash painting has a lot of style.He said”It is better to be a guest of art than to be a slave to the spirit. He has attended several important exhibitions, including the university of California, the kremlin, Hong Kong and the China art museum.