Yang Mian (b. 1970, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China) works and lives in Chengdu. He graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China, in 1997. In 1998 he was received the Contemporary Chinese Art Award from the Chinese Contemporary Art Association. Selected solo and group exhibitions include Montpellier/Chine: MC1 Biennale International, Montpellier, France (2005), Mahjong, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (2005), Yang Mian 2003’s Beauty Standards, Xiantiandi, Shanghai, China (2004) and Made in Beijing - Standard for Building in an Ideal Residential Zone, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China (2004).
Visually influenced by advertisement and consumerism, Yang Mian examines standards of urban architecture and culture. Yang Mian’s research focuses on the impact of media on the Chinese society using “CMYK”- a color technique which is widely used in industrial printing.
Yang Mian’s features in many international collections including Chinese Contemporary Art Association (Switzerland), De Young Art Museum (San Francisco, USA), The Montpellier City Hall (France), Kunst 88 Museum(Netherland), Novartis (Basel, Switzerland), Square Gallery of Contemporary Art (Nanjing, China), Shenzhen Art Museum (Shenzhen, China), Upriver Gallery (Chengdu, China) and other private art collectors.
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