About — Yan Jiacheng

Yan Jiacheng, born in Jiangsu Province, and currently based in Guangzhou, graduated from Jinan University with a degree in Chinese in 2016. He began his photography journey in 2018 and has since gained recognition for his detailed observation of everyday life and his unique conceptual expressions. His works have been shortlisted for international photography exhibitions and competitions, such as the 2024 FRESH EYES International Talent and the Royal Photographic Society's Documentary Photography Award. Yan's work has been exhibited in prestigious events like Israel's PHOTO IS: RAEL International Photography Festival, Korea's DongGang International Photo Festival, and Rome Art Week. Additionally, his photography has been featured in publications such as Kanke, Renjian, and Chinese Photography, and he has participated as a speaker in programs like "YiXi." Yan's creative work extends beyond traditional photography, exploring image manipulation and composition to convey deeper cultural and social phenomena.

Speaking Program:
2023 YiXi: Go Out for a Walk After Work
2024 Tuchong: Open See Talks

Awards & Open Calls:

2024 RPS International Photography Exhibition 166, UK (Shortlist)
2024 Festival l'Art en Chemin, France (Shortlist)
2024 Fotografia Calabria Festival Award ( Special Mention)
2024 Aesthetica Art Prize, UK (longlist)
2024 Postcollapse Art: Art Since 1989 Open Call, Switzerland (Shortlist)
2024 FRESH EYES International Talent, GUP Magazine, Netherlands (Shortlist)
2024 101 contemporary artists and more… Collect Art, Georgia (Shortlist)
2024 8th CUVO International Video art Festival Open Call, Spain (finalist)
2023 URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARDS (Special mention)
2023 The Photography Foundation Awards, UK (Shortlist)
2023 EPEX Espana Photo Award, Spain (Honorable Mention)
2023 The Royal Photographic Society Documentary Photography Awards, UK (Shortlist)
2023 Changing Asia Photography Contest, China Daily&Asia News Network (Shortlist)
2023 Kris Graves Projects OF COVID Book Inclusion Award, USA (finalist)
2023 37th edition of Riedisheim Photo International Salon Open Call, France (Shortlist)
2023 City Life Competition, 1st prize, TEN MOIR GALLERY 2023
2023 Chania International Photo Festival Open Call, Greece (Shortlist)
2023 International Juried Photography Exhibition: THE PORTRAIT Open Call, USA (Shortlist)
2023 19th DongGang International Photo Festival Open Call, Korea (Shortlist)
2023 11th PHOTO IS: RAEL International Photography Festival Open Call, Israel (Winner)
2023 Rome Art Week FORGOTTEN PLACES Open Call,Italy (Shortlist)
2023 Human Nature Exhibition Open Call, The Glasgow Gallery, UK (Selected)
2023 Al-Tiba9 Magazine ISSUE14 Open Call, Spain (Selected)
2020 Photo Diary Competition, Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, China (Shortlist)
2019 UCCA Reflections on Civilization Photography Competition, China (Shortlist)

Exhibitions:

2024 Haute Photographie Rotterdam, Netherlands
THE AESTHETICA ART PRIZE 2024, York Art Gallery, UK
2024 8th CUVO International Video Art Festival, Alternative Screens, Spain
2024 37th edition of Riedisheim Photo International Salon, France
2023 PHOTO IS: RAEL International Photography Festival, Israel
2023 Rome Art Week FORGOTTEN PLACES Group Exhibition, Italy
2023 Changing Asia Photography Exhibition, Indonesia
2023 City Life TEN MOIR GALLERY, Online
2023 Chania International Photo Festival, Greece
2023 International Juried Photography Exhibition THE PORTRAIT, PRAXIS GALLERY, USA
2023 DongGang International Photo Festival, Korea
2023 Spark Project Group Exhibition, Shanghai, China
2023 Determination in Chaos, Spark Zine photography exhibition, Chengdu, China
2020 Chengdu GSC Exhibition Center Opening exhibition, China
2019 Civilization: The Way We Live Now, UCCA, China

Media Coverages & Features:

2024 Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s 11th edition
2024 Chewin' the Fat - "Dreams" Issue
2024 phroom feature artist
2024 Courrier international Magazine, France
2024 The World of Chinese feature
2024 OPENEYE magazine ISSUE 38
2024 De Standaard Newspaper, Belgium
2024 Gelatin Magazine Issue 9, AFPA Gallery
2024 RPS The Decisive Moment Edition 29
2024 Horizon Magazine, ISSUE 07
2024 Zone magazine: Nights in the Suburbs
2024 BROAD Magazine’s ‘Friday Feature’
2024 Noice Magazine: Nights in the Suburbs
2024 Photo-Letter:Nights in the Suburbs
2023 SEEN Magazine: Nights in the Suburbs
2023 UAAD: In Conversation: Yan Jiacheng, Vicinity in Focus
2023 Chinese Photography Magazine: Dance of the Sleeping City
2023 New Weekly: Dance of the Sleeping City
2023 WeLens Magazine: Everyone Has an Online Nickname
2022 Voicer Magazine: A Corporate Employee’s Street-level Human Observation Journal
2022 Yangcheng Evening News: Breaking the Limitations of Photography and Collaging the City’s Multitudes
2021 Person Magazine: The Human Observer of the Cracks in the World
2022 Tencent Gu Yu: A Human Sample Collector Takes a Stroll on the Streets
2020 NYLON Magazine: Rethinking Familiar Objects: the Inspiration Behind a Photographer’s ‘Anger Bank’

Publications:

2024 Art Since 1989 Book, MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture
2023 Noir Artist Book, SU4IP
2023 101 contemporary artists and more, Collect Art Gallery
2023 OF COVID, +KGP BOOKS and HUMBLE Arts Foundation
2023 Nighttime in the Suburbs Zine, Imaginess
2023 Changing Asia published, China Daily&Asia News Network

Personal writing and photography works :
Published in channels or magazines such as "Kanke", "Renjian", "A Day of Chinese People", "Lonely Library" and "Sixth Tone".

除摄影以外，他还擅长平面设计、UI设计以及视频制作等，因此在商业合作方面，他曾多次和抖音、支付宝、有道、微信、快手以及美团等企业进行合作，形式不限于摄影/设计/视频创作等，其中也有数次项目由他和「远野工作室」（微信公众号：远野计划NOW）合作进行，如果您有需求，请查看下方的联系方式进行合作。

In addition to photography, he is also skilled in graphic design, UI design and video production. Therefore, for commercial collaborations, he has worked with companies including Alipay, Youdao, WeChat, Kuaishou and Meituan. The collaborations are not limited to just photography, but also cover design, video production, etc. Among them, he has collaborated with Daytrip Studio (WeChat: 远野计划NOW) on several projects. If you have any collaboration needs, please check the contact information below to discuss potential partnerships.

Contact：
E-mail : yjcheng4611@gmail.com
WeChat : jungers