吴山明，1941年生于浙江浦江。现为中国美术学院教授、博士生导师，中国美术家协会理事，中国国家画院国画院副院长、研究员。1964年毕业于浙江美术学院（现中国美术学院）中国画系，并留校任教。

Wu Shanming was born in 1941 in Pujiang, Zhejiang. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at China Academy of Art, a council member of China Artists Association, and vice president and research fellow of the Traditional Chinese Painting Institute of China National Academy of Painting. In 1964, he graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art) and stayed there as a teacher.