Yang Yongliang

Yang Yongliang (; sometimes written Yang Yong-liang; born 1980 in Jiading, Shanghai ) is a Chinese contemporary artist.

As a young student, he studied traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy before attending the Shanghai Art & Design Academy, where he specialized in decoration and design beginning in 1996. In 1999 he attended the China Academy of Art, Visual Communication Department, Shanghai branch. In 2005 he started his career as an artist with the stated goal of "creating new forms of contemporary art."

He currently lives and works in Shanghai.

2021: Journey to the Dark II, Fotografiska Stockholm, Sweden

Selected collections

British Museum (London, UK) National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) Nevada Museum of Art (Reno, Nevada, US) Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (Eugene, Oregon, US) Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, Florida, US) Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France) White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney, Australia)

Awards