About

Yuanfeng Wang is an artist and PhD researcher at the Living Systems Lab, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. His practice-based research engages with non-human animals, ecological systems, and more-than-human relationships, working across printmaking, installation, sculpture, video, and photography.

His recent research explores how artistic practice can critically engage with species reintroduction, ecological transformation, with a particular focus on the Eurasian beaver. His work is situated within the context of the Anthropocene and rewilding debates, examining how species once eradicated through colonial extraction and land-use change are reintroduced as ecological agents. Through eco-art and bio-art practices, he investigates beavers as landscape-modifying organisms and considers their shifting status—from historical trade goods to contemporary ‘ecological labourers’—within multispecies political ecologies.

Yuanfeng’s research involves interdisciplinary fieldwork across ecological, geographical, and ethnographic contexts. He works through on-site observation, participatory practice, visual documentation, material collection, and site-specific installation, alongside studio- and laboratory-based experimentation including printmaking, weaving, ceramics, microscopy, and biodegradable 3D forms.

His practice emphasizes co-creation with researchers, local communities, and non-human actors, as well as collaboration with geographers, biologists, and wildlife specialists. He is particularly interested in how artistic processes can mediate between scientific knowledge and public understanding, making ecological processes perceptible, affective, and open to reflection.

Through his research, Yuanfeng seeks to challenge anthropocentric perspectives in reintroduction projects, and to explore how art can contribute to more ethical, relational, and ecocentric ways of living with other species.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2023-2025
Printing in the Future Tour Exhibition of Excellent Works (Qinghai, China)
The 4th Contemporary International Ink Design Biennial Exhibition (Beijing, China) 2022
Signature Art Prize Exhibition - Artellite (London, UK)
LIGHTO Kiecle III/2021-2022 (Kelce, Poland)
2022 The Fourth Biennale of International College Printmaking Alliance (Beijing, China)
Art Design Competition Based on Biodiversity - COP15 (Yunnan, China)
Vientiane Freshmen-2022 Chongqing Contemporary Small-scale Works Collection and Promotion Program (Chongqing, China)
The 16th Creative China Design Award, Award of Excellent Works (Beijing, China)
2021
Solo exhibition - "Non-Existence and Invisibility", Art Gallery of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts (Shenyang, China)
The 18th EX-LIBRIS-Ex-Train Competition (Russe, Bulgaria)
Kunst 2021 in Berlin - Lite Haus (Berlin, Germany)
The Second La Vita del'arte International Theme Exhibition (Milan, Italy)
Biennale sino italiana Arte Giovanne China Italy Youth Art Biennale (Milan, Italy)
The 12th China University Art Annual Exhibition (Beijing, China)
The First Art Biennale of Liaoning Province (Shenyang, China)
Annual Exhibition of "Flow Cross" Ice-Breaking Art Program (Shenyang, China)
The 3rd Dunhuang International Design Week (Dunhuang, China)
Joint exhibition - Doctrine Attitude (Shenyang, China)
Joint exhibition - Digital · Narrative Version (Shenyang, China)
2020-2019
The 23rd National Printmaking Exhibition (Shenzhen, China)
The 6th China Youth Printmaking Art Exhibition (Shenzhen, China)
The 6th National Youth EX-LIBRIS and Small-Scale Print Exhibition (Qujing, China)
Opening - Visual Art Exchange Exhibition (Shenyang, China)
The Fifth Shanghai Youth Art Expo (Shanghai, China)

AWARDS

BMW Brilliance Automotive Art Award 2023, 2023
The 3rd Glow Shenzhen Art Season, Inspiration Award, 2023
Finalist of 2022 Signature Art Award in the UK, 2022
International Lithography Competition LITHO-Kielce/2021-2022, Honorable Nominee, 2022
Art Design Competition based on biodiversity - COP15, my works was recommended by experts, 2022
A-Level scholarship for master's degree of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, 2022
The First Art Biennale of Liaoning Province, Award of Excellent Work, 2021
A-Level scholarship for master's degree of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, 2021
The 23rd National Printmaking Exhibition, Award of Excellent Work, 2019
Title of Excellent Undergraduate Graduate of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, 2019
Winner of Korean E · LAND Excellent Graduation Creation Scholarship, 2019

COLLECTIONS

BMW Brilliance Automotive, BMW Group
China Printmaking Museum
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts
Korea E·LAND Group
Shanghai Youth Art Expo
Qujing Art Museum, Yunnan Province
Lyben Karavelov Regional Library in Bulgaria
Private collections