Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist, filmmaker, and activist. His work spans sculpture, installation, architecture, photography, and documentary film, often addressing human rights, freedom of expression, and the relationship between individual and state power.
He has exhibited internationally at institutions including Tate Modern, the Venice Biennale, and the Hirshhorn Museum. His documentary films include Human Flow (2017) and Cockroach (2020), on the 2019 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.