Born 1990 in Beijing, China.

Working and living in Berlin, Germany since 2020.

Jingwen Yao is a Chinese artist who has been living in Europe since 2012, currently based in Berlin. Her artwork primarily revolves around environmental and social issues.

Over the past 10 years, Yao has studied and worked across Asia, Europe, and Africa, drawing on these diverse experiences to explore themes like climate change, inequality, and migration in her art. 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 moving to Berlin in 2021 to pursue her art career, Yao has exhibited in project spaces and galleries, including Chromart Art Space and Green Hill Gallery. Her participation in the September 2023 group exhibition “Contemporary Positions on Portraiture” with 2Chairs e.V. at Culterim Gallery was featured in Berlin Tagesspiegel.