Yang Xifa (b.1963, Tianjin, China) received his Bachelor’s in fine arts in fine arts from Tianjin College of Fine Arts in 1989 and his Master’s degree in 1998 from Tianjin University. In 2010, he was awarded a PhD from Nankai University. He is a professor of oriental art at Nankai University.
Dr Yang has been living and working across Australia and China since 1998. Known for his bold exploration in combining traditional Chinese painting with contemporary art experiments, his imagination crosses space, time, continents and cultures.
His works have been exhibited in China, Australia and Japan.
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| 1963 | Born in Tianjin, China |
| 1989 | BFA, Tianjin College of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China |
| 1998 | MFA, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China |
| 2010 | Awarded PhD from Nankai University |
| Present | Lives and works in Sydney, Australia |
| 2024 | Solo Exhibition of Yang Xifa, China National Numismatic Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2021 | Universe in Coins, Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia |
| Precious Treasure, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2017 | Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China |
| 2013 | Back light, Exclamation Art Space, 798 Art District, Beijing, China |
| 2011 | Solo Exhibition, Daqian Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2010 | Solo Exhibition, Art Atrium, Sydney, Australia |
| 2009 | Solo Exhibition, Dingtian Gallery, Tianjin, China |
| Chinese Painting Exhibition of Two Artists, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2007 | Scattered Memories and Extinct Animals, solo exhibition, Wollongong City Gallery, Australia |
| 2023 | Underline, Red Space Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2022 | Beautiful Hometown, Australian Artists Invitation Exhibition 2022, Chatswood Chinese Cultural Centre, Sydney, Australia |
| Too Blue To Be True: Group Exhibition of Chinese Australian Artists, NSW Parliament House, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2021 | Precious Treasure, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney, Australia |
| Universe in Coins, Flow Contemporary Watercolour Prize Finalists, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 2020 | Pulse of the Dragon, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia |
| Invitation Art Prize – Live in Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2019 | Paper & Ink Language, Nanjing Ink Art Biennale 2019, Nanjing, China |
| Australian Contemporary Art Exhibitions, Sydenham Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| All Fresh: Outstanding Chinese Australian Artists Group Exhibition, Live In Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2018 | Charming: Contemporary Chinese Invitation Exhibition, Modern Art of Tianjin Art Academy, Tianjin, China |
| The First Exhibition of the Tianjin Chinese Painting Society, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China | |
| Nature & Life: Images from Our Souls, St Magdalen’s Chapel, Sydney, Australia | |
| Group Exhibition, Live In Art & Art Atrium, Sydney, Australia | |
| Group Exhibition, Enjoy Art Museum, 798 Art District, Beijing, China | |
| 2017 | Invitation Exhibition, Zhengzhou Art Gallery, Zhengzhou, China |
| Charming Confusion, Vermilion Art, Sydney, Australia | |
| INK Global 2017, Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong | |
| 2016 | Group Exhibition, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China |
| FORESHADOW – An exhibition by three established Australian Chinese artists, Vermilion Art, Sydney, Australia |
