王胜出生于中国,1983年获鲁迅美术学院艺术学士学位。毕业之后被聘在鲁迅美术学院油画系任教1987年鲁迅美术学院选送他为访问学者到美国伊利诺大学艺术系进修,主要研究美国的艺术教学,同时在该大学提供的画室中继续进行个人创作。一年以后他转入圣路易华盛顿大学艺术系研究生院继续他的艺术教学研究。在这期间他开始在艺术系选修研究生课程并获得艺术硕士学位。 Born in China, Wang Sheng received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. After graduation, he was hired at the Department of Oil Painting, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. In 1987, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts chose him as a visiting scholar to study at the Art Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He mainly studied art teaching in the United States and continued his personal creation in studio provided by the university. A year later he moved to the Graduate School of the Arts at Washington University in St. Louis to continue his studies in art teaching. During this period he started his elective graduate program in the Department of Arts and earned a master’s degree in arts.