Ww ( Y wy-WY; Chns: 艾未未; pnyn: À Wèwè, P: [âɪ wêɪ.wêɪ]; brn 28 gst 1957) s Chns cntmprry rtst, dcmntrn, nd ctvst. grw p n th fr nrthwst f Chn, whr h lvd ndr hrsh cndtns d t hs fthr's xl. s n ctvst, h hs bn pnly crtcl f th Chns Gvrnmnt's stnc n dmcrcy nd hmn rghts. H nvstgtd gvrnmnt crrptn nd cvr-ps, n prtclr th Schn schls crrptn scndl fllwng th cllps f "tf-drg schls" n th 2008 Schn rthqk. n prl 2011, Ww ws rrstd t Bjng Cptl ntrntnl rprt fr "cnmc crms," nd dtnd fr 81 dys wtht chrg. Ww mrgd s vtl nstgtr n Chns cltrl dvlpmnt, n rchtct f Chns mdrnsm, nd n f th ntn's mst vcl pltcl cmmnttrs.
Ww ncpslts pltcl cnvctn nd ptry n hs mny sclptrs, phtgrphs, nd pblc wrks. Snc bng llwd t lv Chn n 2015, h hs lvd n Prtgl, Grmny, nd th ntd Kngdm.