Peng Wei has been deeply influenced by conceptual art from the West. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Born into a family of artists, Peng started painting at 3. Wherever her father went, he would take her with him.

"We feel we're born to do ink paintings. Painting is as important as having meals for us," says Peng at her Beijing studio. Her father lives in Chengdu in Sichuan province.

Her father is known for his ink painting skill known as meigu that puts ink directly on paper without sketching out the objects first. He held a lot of shows in and outside China in the early 1990s. His favorite subjects are birds and flowers, figures and landscapes.