Yang Xiaoyan
Yang Xiaoyan was born in Guangzhou in 1957. He is currently a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the School of Art, Sun Yat-sen University, and serves as a visiting professor at the School of Humanities, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and the School of Fine Arts, South China Normal University. He is also the director of the Professional Committee of Photography Education in Colleges and Universities of Guangdong Higher Education Society, the deputy director of the Printmaking Art Committee of Guangdong Artists Association, the advisor of the Art Theory Committee, the advisor of the Curatorial Committee, and the advisor of the Experimental Art Committee.
Education
Ph.D. in Architectural Theory and History, School of Architecture, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou.
1998-2004
M.A. in Art History, Department of Art History, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA), Guangzhou.
1984-1987
1978-1982
B.A. in Oil Painting, Department of Oil Painting, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA), Guangzhou.
Partial Exhibitions
"Cats with Attitude: Lao Yan's Ink Paintings" (Curator: Ye Xiangming), Dongguan.
"Su Mountain: Lao Yan's Oil Painting Landscapes," Guancheng Art Museum, Dongguan. (Exhibition Catalogue: Su Mountain, Guangzhou People's Publishing House, 2010).
"Four Artists: Ye Xiangming, Long Hu, Liu Kai, Lao Yan," Macau Army Club, Macau (Host: Macau Foundation).
"Su Mountain: Lao Yan's Oil Paintings," Beishan Hall, Zhuhai.
2010
"Painting Masters: Lao Yan's Ink Sketches," Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan. (Exhibition Catalogue: Painting Masters, Hong Kong Oriental Press, 2013).
2013
2014
"Freehand Rivers & Mountains: Ten Artists of Chinese Freehand Oil Painting," Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan.
"Guandong Force: Watercolor Invitational Exhibition," Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan (Host: Guangdong Watercolor Society).
"Southern Views: Guangdong Oil Painting Landscape - Six Artists Exhibition," Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan.
"Southern Character: Southern Oil Painting Landscape School Pengzhou Exhibition," Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu.
"Returning to the Mountains IV," Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy, Beijing.
2016
2017
"Cat's Eye: Lao Yan Paints Cats," Redtory E5, Guangzhou.
2018
"Life in Sketch: Lao Yan's Oil Painting Sketches," Pearl River Art Museum, Guangzhou.
2021
"Southern Oil Painting Landscape Society Exhibition," Li Zijian Art Museum, Changsha, Hunan.
2022
"Harmony in South China II," Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Painting, Guangzhou.
"Symphony of Mountains and Rivers: Research Exhibition on Southern Chinese Oil Painting Landscape," National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing.
2023
"Accidental Pursuits: Artworks by Art Historians" (Curator: Wang Huangsheng), United Art Museum, Wuhan.
"Faces as Books: Yang Xiaoyan's Portraits of Scholars," Xichang Hall, Faculty of Humanities, SYSU, Guangzhou.
"Accidental Pursuits: Artworks by Art Historians" (Curator: Wang Huangsheng), Guangxi Normal University Press Art Museum, Guilin.
2025
"Scale: Guangzhou Small-Scale Oil Painting Exhibition," Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Painting, Guangzhou.
"Blooming: GAA 2024 Annual Creative Reader," Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Painting, Guangzhou.
Major Publications
A Critique of Art Historical Methodology (Co-authored with Shao Hong, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1993).
1993
Shang Yang (Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2005).
2005
Mapping the Image: Art Criticism as Primary History (Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2008).
2008
PHOTO 60 YEARS IN CHINA (Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009).
2009
Traditional Chinese Architecture (Guangdong People's Publishing House, 2010).
2010
Su Mountain: Lao Yan's Paintings and Words (Guangdong People's Publishing House, 2011).
2011
Selected Works of Yang Xiaoyan (Beiyue Literature & Art Publishing House, 2014).
2014
To see and to be seen photography in China (China Photographic Publishing House, 2016).
2016
I Have Read Their Faces (Culture and Art Publishing House, 2022).
2022
Situated in the Art Scene: Yang Xiaoyan's Art Criticism (Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2023).
2023
Professional Experience
Editor, Flower City Publishing House.
1982-1984
Editor-in-Chief, Gallery Magazine.
1993-1997
Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House: Editor, Editorial Department Director, Deputy Director, Executive Vice President.
1987-1998
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Jinan University.
1998-1999
Director, Department of Journalism and Communication, School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2004-2009
Director, "Sha Fei Center for Visual Studies," School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2005-2012
Director, Professor, Creative Media Design Department, School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2009-2015
Vice Dean, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2010-2016
Concurrently Deputy Director, Department of Art History, GAFA.
2010-2012
Concurrently Director, Department of Arts Administration, GAFA.
2012-2014
Artist Works
