Born in 1980 in Shanghai, China. Lives and works in Shanghai. Yang Yongliang is graduated from the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. He has studied Chinese traditional art, specifically painting and calligraphy. He is a photographer, painter, video artist, and sculptor. He is also a professor at the institute of visual arts.
In 2008 he made a residency at the Modern Art Museum in Gyeonggido. One year later, his work was displayed at the Photography festival at Pingyao and Arles. After that, he has exhibited his photographs in solo and group exhibitions all over the world. His works are held in the collections of major museums including the Red Mansion Foundation in London; MOCA in Los Angeles; the British Museum in London; the Metropolitan in New York; the Saatchi gallery in London, and the Bibliothèque Nationale of France in Paris
