DAVID YISUN WEI has loved painting since early childhood, and graduated from the Art Department of Fujian Teachers' University in China in 1966. With his works being deeply influenced by Russian artists, Wei then did postgraduate studies in the Art Department of Amoy University, China, graduating in 1990. Wei was member of China Artist Association, in the Fujian Branch and has shown his paintings in numerous national and provincial exhibitions in China. He has also been accepted into and published in famous painters and calligraphers series and is also seen on a prominent CD listing of "Current Chinese Artist".

Wei immigrated to California from Fuzhou City, China in January 1998 as a permanent resident and traveling painter. In 2001 he won the best of Show and Spectrum Club as well as the Master's Circle Award in the San Gabriel Fine Art Association. His painting, Arroyo Evening, was selected for the 2002 National Show of Oil Painters of America in Chicago. His painting, Looking Back, was selected for 93rd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition of CAC. The Salon International 2002, 2004 and 2005 Juried Exhibition in the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas accepted four of his paintings. His paintings have been collected by the Los Angeles Fund Bank, Los Angeles County Arboretum and by many private collectors.

David Yisun Wei is an Artist Member of OPA and CAC.