Biography 

Yan Wang is a visual artist working across photography, alternative photographic processes, food, performance, and participatory art. Her practice explores food as a site of memory, culture, and collective experience, while questioning conventional ways of representing and understanding food.

Wang received her BFA in Digital Arts from Northeastern University in Boston and her Master of Photography from RMIT University in Melbourne. Her photographic background includes freelance work in New York and Beijing, focusing on fashion and still life, as well as teaching and facilitating workshops on historical photographic processes. In 2020, she founded Commonwealth Studio in Xi’an, where she organized workshops exploring experimental approaches to photography.

Since 2023, Wang has conducted residency research into eco-friendly darkroom techniques across China and developed the ongoing Edible Dream Project, a series of participatory food-based performances exploring food as a medium for memory, exchange, and shared experience.

Recent exhibitions include The Menu at Ramp Gallery, Beijing (2025), Edible Dream Project in Guangzhou and Zhoushan (2023–2024), Möbius Art Festival in Xi’an (2023), and Etiquette of Disappearance at the 4th China Design Exhibition & Special Exhibition of Public Art in Shenzhen (2022).