Wang Ping (born August 14, 1957) is a Chinese American professor, poet, writer, photographer, performance and multimedia artist.

After three years farming in a mountain village during the Cultural Revolution, mostly self-taught with little prior formal education available, she attended Peking University and earned her bachelor's degree in English literature.

It is intended to introduce visitors to the benefits and dangers of the Three Gorges Dam,[2] such as energy production, increased commerce, flood control, disruption of sewage and sediment drainage.

[3] It looks at the fragile ecosystem of glaciers and land that are the source for many of Asia's rivers, in addition to stories of the people and animals affected by the project.

[4] Wang also collaborated with British filmmaker Isaac Julien on "Ten Thousand Waves", a film installation about a tragedy that occurred on February 5, 2004, when twenty-three Chinese migrant laborers drowned in Morecambe Bay, England, caught off guard by an incoming tide.