Hai Ying Wu

Hai Ying Wu (also known as Jason Wu) is a Chinese American sculptor best known for his firefighter memorials. and his memorial commemorating the Auto-Lite Strike in Toledo, Ohio.

A native of China, Wu received his degree in sculpture from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, and became staff sculptor for the city of Chengdu on the Chengdu Public Arts Commission. He worked primarily in public art and in the "socialist realist" genre. A large number of his public art works can be seen in Chengdu. He emigrated to the United States later that same year, and in time became a U.S. citizen. For his master's thesis, he designed a memorial to 19th-century Chinese railroad workers which was later installed in a park in Tacoma, Washington. and China.

Wu is best known for sculpting the Seattle Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Seattle's Pioneer Square. A design competition was held among all interested students in the UW School of Arts, and Wu's design was chosen. His work for Compass Health in Everett, Washington, was his first sculpture to focus on children.

Public works Among Wu's public works are: "Crane and Turtle" located at North Shore Health Center, Bothell, Washington "Dance" in Lynnwood, Washington "Emerging" in Renton, Washington "The First Pitch" in Redmond, Washington "Hide and Seek" at Imagine Children's Museum Collection, Everett, Washington "Children Crossing a Stream" at Luther Children's Crisis Facility at Compass Health, Everett, Washington "Migration" in Bend, Oregon "Mushroom Lanterns” (four separate pieces), a collaboration with Michiko Tanaka, in Seattle, Washington "Northglenn Veterans Memorial" in Northglenn, Colorado "Seattle Fallen Firefighter's Memorial" in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington "Team Work" in Glendale, Arizona