Wang Xinyan was born in Beijing, China, in 1995. From 2013 to 2017, Wang Xinyan studied at the Department of Oil Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and received a bachelor's degree. From 2016 to 2017, she studied at the Zurich Academy of Arts, majoring in New Media. From 2017 to 2020, she studied at the Fourth Studio of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and received a master's degree. From 2020 to 2022, she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received Painting and Drawing MFA.

Through a style that evokes pre-historicism and primal landscapes, Wang Xinyan’s creative process concentrates on the personal exploration of painting, while simultaneously expressing her brimming enthusiasm for life—scintillating yet packed with gravitas. In Wang Xinyan’s recent practice she has been looking back at the primitive symbols, totems, and ritual altars from the age of Prehistoric Civilization.  Wang contemplates how artists, under the development of contemporary civilization and technological advancement, can be judged and evaluated by the painterly skills and techniques of the artwork itself rather than the standards imposed by external understanding. The contents she presents on her canvases are an amalgamation of miscellaneous inspirations gathered by stripping away external influences. These inspirations eventually converge in the objects, elements, or lifestyle she is interested in. Coincidently, Wang Xinyan's works visualize and present refections of her subconsciousness in visual language.

Wang Xinyan solo exhibitions include: Wang Xinyan: Archaeology of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Digital Age (Asia House, London, 2019), On Innocence in Ancient Times (Exhibition hall of oil painting department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 2018). Selected group exhibitions include: Boundless Green, Walking towards the Mountain (Tangu Slow Flash Art Museum, Beijing, 2022), Twins (Kaph Kaph Gallery, New York, 2022), Xinyan & Amondon! (Roots & Culture Gallery, Chicago, 2022).