1984 Born in Yan’an

2008 B.A.,Graduated from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts Oil Painting Department

Currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

Yan's creations are rooted in subconscious depictions, which embrace memories of his hometown, his love of literature, and the intuition for color.  Past experiences are silently woven into his images, forming his unique painting language. The events in his works are not given with standard answers, but rather the viewers are expected to communicate with the images based on their own experiences.

Solo exhibition including: Voice Before the Performance (Soka Art, 2023), Square (Author Gallery, 2022), The Big Rock (BENFUN Gallery, 2021), A Step Closer to Water (Author Gallery, 2019), Clissant Sur Les Gouffres Amers (BENFUN Gallery, 2019), Thirteen Faces, a Poem (Author Gallery, 2018), The Promises of a Face (MEBOSPACE, 2018), Dionysian (AURA AGallery, 2017), Yan Zhancheng (Joy Art, 2015, The tree in full blooms (Liahona Space, 2015), Recent works (H.T.Gallery, 2014), Form and color (Holy Oriental Art Gallery 2014), and Yan Zhancheng ( Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, 2018).