Feng Yan (b. 1963) is widely recognized as one of China’s foremost photographic artists. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989 and currently divides his time between New York and Beijing.

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Marked by profound conceptual rigor, Feng’s works embody a sense of timelessness through their restrained minimalist forms. His photographic practice seeks to reveal the quiet essence of truth within contemporary experience. Beyond photography and painting, his literary works extend and enrich his visual investigations, together forming a distinctive and holistic artistic vision.

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Feng Yan has presented solo exhibitions at the Suzhou Museum, Tang Contemporary Art, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Three Shadows Photography Center, and Courtyard Gallery. His work has also been featured in major group exhibitions at institutions including Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, BMW Foundation (Berlin), White Rabbit Gallery (Australia), Spencer Museum of Art (Kansas), UQ Art Museum (Australia), Monash Gallery of Art (Australia), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, OCAT Shenzhen, and CAFA Art Museum (Beijing). His works are held in numerous public and private collections worldwide.

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In 2020, his collection of writings, Sounds of the Springing Chair, was published by Guangxi Normal University Press.

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Solo Exhibitions

2005 | The Orders Series, Feng Yan Photography Solo show, Hanmo Arts Gallery, Beijing

2006 | The Rockery Series, Feng Yan Photography Solo show, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing

2007 | The Power Series, Feng Yan Photography Solo show, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing

2011 | Feng Yan Photographs, Matthias Kueper Galleries, Stuttgart, Germany

2012 | Feng Yan, Monument, WiE Kultur, Berlin, Germany

2013 | Three Shadows Photography Center, Beijing

2015 | Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art “The Persistence of Images”, Guangzhou

2015 | Mebo Space, Restless Landscape, Beijing

2016 | Feng Yan 2005-2016, Three on the Bond, Shanghai Gallery of Art

2020 | Feng Yan, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong

2020 | The Stones of Other Hills, Suzhou Museum

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 | Art Beijing

2010 | White Rabbit Museum, Sydney, Australia

2011 | SH Contemporary 2011

2012 | Wolfson Gallery, London, UK 

2012 | Art Stage Singapore

2012 | UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  

2012 | MAKK Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Koeln

2012 | Bottega Veneta, Shanghai Yifeng Galleria Store Art Gallery

2013 | The Revival of Tradition, Tuyap, Istanbul, Turkey

2014 | Power Station of Art, Shanghai

2014 | Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai

2014 | Photo Shanghai

2014 | BMW Foundation, Berlin

2014 | Paris Photo

2015 | Poly Gallery, Hong Kong, “Re-Exposure”

2015 | Shanghai Gallery of Art, Before It All Starts

2015 | Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam, We May Have Met Before

2015 | JIMEI X ARLES, East West Encounters International Photo Festival

2016 | West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai

2016 | JIMEI X ARLES, East West Encounters International Photo Festival

2016 | Monash Gallery of Art "From Grain to Pixel", Australia

2019 | White Rabbit Museum, Sydney, Australia

2019 | HOW Art  Museum, "Pantone", Shanghai

2025 | Ui Art Museum,  "Open Windows", Suzhou, curated by Simon Baker (Tate, London)