Art Yan was born in 1981 in Shanghai. After graduating from East China University of Science & Technology, with a Master Degree of Art Design in 2006, Yan entering the field of contemporary art and media arts, serviced different types of art institutions, including: Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Assistant of Chief Educator, 2006~2007; Shanghai eARTS Festival, In-house Curator & Producer, 2007~2010; Videotage (Hong Kong), General Manager, 2011~2012. In 2010, with Mr. Li Zhenhua, Switzerland based curator and researcher, they co-founded RYE Consulting Shanghai, a supporting platform for media arts related creative projects.

Since 2008, the main curatorial projects Yan has made include: “Horizon – Interactive Media Installation Outdoor Exhibition”, Shanghai eARTS Festival, 2008; “Fantastic Illusions – Media Art Exhibition of Chinese and Belgium Artists”, MoCA Shanghai, Art Centre BUDA Kortrijk, Broelmuseum Kortrijk, Belgium, 2009~2010; “Augmented Senses – A China-France Media Art Project”, OCT Suhe Creek Gallery, Shanghai, OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, 2011. Yan has also served as jury member of the international media art awards, which include “UPDATE III, New Media Art Award”, Belgium, 2009. Yan currently works and lives in Shanghai, his main area includes Media Arts and Design Research.

1981年生于上海，2006年毕业于华东理工大学，获设计艺术学硕士学位。此后进入当代艺术及媒体艺术领域，为多所不同类型的艺术机构服务：2006～2007，上海当代艺术馆（MoCA Shanghai），教育总监助理；2007～2010，上海电子艺术节(eARTS Festival)，策展人、制作人；2011～2012，香港录映太奇（Videotage）总经理。2010年，颜氏与旅居瑞士的策展人兼研究员李振华先生共同创办了上海锐艺文化咨询机构，一个致力于媒体艺术相关创意项目的开放平台。自2008年起，颜氏的主要策展项目有：“地平线II－户外大型互动装置群展”，上海电子艺术节，2008；“完美幻觉－中国比利时媒体艺术交流展”，上海当代艺术馆，比利时BUDA艺术中心及Broel博物馆，2009～2010；“感知增生－中法媒体艺术交流项目”，华侨城苏河湾艺术馆，上海；华·美术馆，深圳，2011。颜氏还曾数度出任国际媒体艺术奖项的评审，其中包括第三届“更新”（UPDATE III）新媒体艺术奖评委，比利时，2009。颜氏目前生活工作于上海，其主要工作领域包括媒体艺术与综合设计研究。