Born in Hunan, Xiangtan,
1968. Mao Yan graduated from Centry Academy of Fine Arts in
1991 majoring in oil painting. He currently lives and works in Nanjing. The meaning in Mao Yan's endeavors does not lie in the idea of "portraits". Rather, his works are "paintings of portraits"-borrowing the contour and movement of a character in order to substantialize outline, color, and composition. It is within the framework of realism that such deep, subtle inquiries into human mentality can be made. In the end, a simple painting is no more than another way of viewing the world; the significance of Mao Yan's works is founded precisely in this point, as it has not inherited the static and noise of the generation. In the past few years, Mao Yan holds individual exhibition in Beijng,Geneva,New York and Paris.