Artist

Wang Yancheng, contemporary abstract artist, born in January 1960 in Guangdong. In the 1980s, he relocated to France, and he now resides in Beijing, Hong Kong, London, and Paris.

His artistic practice investigates the fusion of Chinese philosophy with Western abstract painting, emphasizing the manifestation of energy in a natural state.

Gallery Affiliations

  • Acquavella, New York
  • Galerie Lelong & Co., New York & Paris

Honours

  • 2025Academic Senator of the Academia Medicea(Senatorum Academicum dell'Accademia Medicea)
  • 2023Honorary Academician of Florence Academy of Fine Arts (Accademico d'Onore dell'Accademia di Belle Arti)
  • 2021Honorary Academician of Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (Accademico d'Onore dell'Accademia delle Arti del Disegno)
  • 2020Michelangelo Medal, Italian Academy of Art and Drawing (Medaglia di Michelangelo, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno)
  • 2015Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (Le Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
  • 2013Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (L'Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
  • 2006Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Le Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)

Academic & Professional Titles

  • PhD Supervisor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China
  • Visiting professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma
  • Vice president of Le Salon Comparaisons, Paris
  • Member of the Exhibition and Acquisition Committee of the National Art Museum of China
  • Member of the International Art Advisory Committee of the Tokyo National Museum

Key Collections

  • National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy      (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea)
  • Pinault Collection, Paris, France
  • National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China
  • Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China