Jay Wu received a BA in studio arts and mathematics from Boston College and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He studied the artists, Jon Imber and Barnett Rubenstein and he has exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Galatea Fine Art, Boston; Attleboro Arts Museum; Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and gWatson Gallery, Stonington. He has received numerous awards including Prince of Wales Foundation Fellowship, First Award and the R. Tait McKenzie Medal. He lives and works in the Boston area.