Born in 1976 in China in the region of the Yellow Mountain (Huang Shan), grew up with her grand parents in Shanghai from age of 8 year’s old. Yanwu YUAN lives and works among Shanghai, Paris and Geneva

Solo exhibitions

May 4 – June 1 2012, French Institute of Beijing (Alliance Française de Pékin) / Cao Chang Di Photospring 2012, Beijing  

September-October 2009 , Youth Self-Portraits [Part I], Galerie Dix9, Paris

Collective exhibitions

May 15-September 11/2011 – Second Lives: Jeux masques et autres Je, Casino Luxembourg(Forum d’art contemporain), Luxembourg 

January 13-17/2011 – Photo LA, Galerie Dix9/ Los Angeles

October 22-26/2009 – Slick Art Fair 09-Paris, Galerie Dix9/Cent Quatre, Paris

April 2009 – Lille Art Fair, Galerie Dix9/Grand Palais, Lille

January 2009 – Espace Cinko/ passage Choiseul, Paris

January 2007 – Forum Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis

Formation

2009-2010 Master Photography & Contemporary Art, University of Paris VIII

2006-2008 MST Photography & Multimedia, University of Paris VIII

2003-2004 Institut Français de Presse (The French Press Institute), University of Panthéon-Assas, Paris

1994-1998 Master’s degree of journalism, School of Jounalism&Communication,