Yu He

Born in Qingdao in 1976 into a scholarly Manchu family, with ancestral roots in Qingzhou. She began studying traditional Chinese ink painting at the age of eight, initially learning to depict trumpet creepers under the guidance of Mr. Tan Nailin, now a well-known Chinese ink painter. This early training became the starting point of her artistic path and remains one of her most cherished formative experiences.

During her university studies in the Fine Arts department, driven by curiosity about Western art, she chose oil painting as her major. She later traveled to Scotland to study contemporary art. These cross-cultural academic and life experiences gradually broadened her artistic vision and led her toward a more open and pluralistic way of thinking.

She worked in China as an art educator for over ten years, teaching subjects such as art history and graphic design etc. After many years of teaching, she returned to painting itself, shifting her creative focus back to the use of traditional Chinese painting materials. Her works incorporate classical media such as brush, ink, and paper, as well as mineral pigments derived from the ancient Dunhuang murals of China. She continues to experiment with various types of paper, embracing un...

2000-2001 MA of Arts in Art & Design , Gray's school of Art, Robert Gordon university, UK

1995-1999 BA of Fine Art Education, Shandong Normal University, China

1992-1995 Qingdao Art School, China

In 2024, one of my paintings was selected by the society of french artists for the 234th "Art Capital Salon" in Paris.