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
1998-2004
Ph.D. in Architectural Theory and History, School of Architecture, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou.
1984-1987
M.A. in Art History, Department of Art History, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA), Guangzhou.
1978-1982
B.A. in Oil Painting, Department of Oil Painting, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA), Guangzhou.
Partial Exhibitions:
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.
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.
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.
2021
"Southern Oil Painting Landscape Society Exhibition," Li Zijian Art Museum, Changsha, Hunan.
2018
"Life in Sketch: Lao Yan's Oil Painting Sketches," Pearl River Art Museum, Guangzhou.
2017
"Cat's Eye: Lao Yan Paints Cats," Redtory E5, Guangzhou.
2016
"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.
2014
"Freehand Rivers & Mountains: Ten Artists of Chinese Freehand Oil Painting," Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan.
2013
"Painting Masters: Lao Yan's Ink Sketches," Lingnan Museum of Fine Art, Dongguan. (Exhibition Catalogue: Painting Masters, Hong Kong Oriental Press, 2013).
2010
"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.
Major Publications:
· Situated in the Art Scene: Yang Xiaoyan's Art Criticism (Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2023).
· I Have Read Their Faces (Culture and Art Publishing House, 2022).
· To see and to be seen photography in China (China Photographic Publishing House, 2016).
· Selected Works of Yang Xiaoyan (Beiyue Literature & Art Publishing House, 2014).
· Su Mountain: Lao Yan's Paintings and Words (Guangdong People's Publishing House, 2011).
· Traditional Chinese Architecture (Guangdong People's Publishing House, 2010).
· PHOTO 60 YEARS IN CHINA (Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009).
· Mapping the Image: Art Criticism as Primary History (Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2008).
· Shang Yang (Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2005).
· A Critique of Art Historical Methodology (Co-authored with Shao Hong, Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1993).
Professional Experience:
2012-2014
Concurrently Director, Department of Arts Administration, GAFA.
2010-2012
Concurrently Deputy Director, Department of Art History, GAFA.
2010-2016
Vice Dean, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2009-2015
Director, Professor, Creative Media Design Department, School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2005-2012
Director, "Sha Fei Center for Visual Studies," School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
2004-2009
Director, Department of Journalism and Communication, School of Communication and Design, SYSU.
1998-1999
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Jinan University.
1987-1998
Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House: Editor, Editorial Department Director, Deputy Director, Executive Vice President.
1993-1997
Editor-in-Chief, Gallery Magazine.
1982-1984
Editor, Flower City Publishing House.