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EDUCATION
2021 Master of Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Video and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States2009 Bachelor of Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China
2008 Exchange Student, L’institut de Recherche et d’Action commerciale (IDRAC), Paris, France
AWARDS
2021 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for exceptional achievement, from School of Visual ArtsSOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 I Don’t Want to Make Photograph Anymore solo exhibition at Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China
2023 I Shoud Use A Language Not To Be Betrayed solo exhibiton at Floor_ Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2023 little lies and counterweights, little lies and counterweights two-person exhibition at IDRRR Gallery, New York
2022 In Defense of Poor Image in The Holy Art Gallery, virtual solo exhibition
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2023 GCPL Photo Annual, Lawrenceville, GA2023 Close Up in Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2023 tl;dr with MidWestNice Art
2023 Migrations and the Shifting Borders in Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2022 Shape in Valid World Hall Gallery, with PH21 Gallery, Bacelona, Spain
2022 8x12 in Floor_ Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Liminality: Visual Art Exhibition of Asian Artists in America, NY
2022 Fake in the CTypeMag Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 Official Selection of 19th Oxford Film Festival, MS
2022 SSSSSS/Small Scale Site Specific Sculpture at “But, Also”, DC
2022 Lost in Floor_ Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022 In Defense of Poor Image in The Holy Art Gallery, virtual solo exhibition
2021 Ho Ho Ho in The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
2021 Honorable Mention of Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, NY
2021 Official Selection of Primarolia Festival, Aigio, Greece
2021 Official Selection of Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece
2021 Official Selection of Videopark Contemporary Art Festival, Uzice, Serbia
2021 Official Selection of Venice Intercultural Film Festival, Venice, Italy
2021 Consuming Entities in SVA Gallery, NY
2021 Paperworks VII in Foundry Art Center, MO
2020 The Narrative Scale in SVA Gallery, NY
2020 Sight/Site at 10 Times Square Billboard, ZAZ10ts, NY
2020 Context III in Foundry Art Center, MO
2020 Red Pulses in SVA Gallery, NY
2020 People’s Choice at Greenpoint Gallery, NY
PRESS
2023 CanvasRebel, Stories & Insights, Meet Yan Jin2023 ShoutOut LA, Local Stores, Meet Yan Jin
2022 The Hand Magazine, Issue #38
2022 VoyageLA Magazine, Portraits of the Valley, Yan Jin
2022 OyeDrum Magazine, Volume V, Madness
2022 The Washington Post, In the galleries: Artists bring light out of the darkness of night by Mark Jenkins
2022 The Hand Magazine, Issue #36
2022 The Holy Art Journal, Interview, Arist in Conversation
2021 Frame Light, Film Review by Antonio Matei
WORKING EXPERIENCES
2021- Charles H.Traub studio, NY2021- Max Kozloff studio, NY
2015-18 Finance Controlling Manager, EDGEWELL CHINA
2012-14 Marketing Controller, L’OREAL CHINA
2009-12 Assistant Audit Manager, KPMG
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