About Jingwen Yao

Jingwen Yao (b. 1990, Beijing, China) is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice centers on environmental and social issues. Working primarily in painting and installation, her work draws from lived experiences across Asia, Europe, and Africa to address themes such as climate change, inequality, and migration.

In 2020, she created a 12-meter-long banner in Suderbyn Ecovillage, Gotland, Sweden, as an act of art activism, delivering the message "Make gardens, not war" to a nearby military base.

Since relocating to Berlin in 2021, Yao has exhibited in various project spaces and galleries. Her work was featured in Berlin Tagesspiegel in connection with the 2023 group exhibition Contemporary Positions on Portraiture, presented by 2Chairs e.V.

In 2025, Yao was selected to exhibit in the HVB KunstCUBEs at HypoVereinsbank Berlin—a year-long program funded by UniCredit that supports emerging artists by showcasing their work in a public, high-visibility space.