Tianyu Wang
b. 1997, in China
Education
2022-2024
MA, The École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) , Switzerland
2015-2019
BA, Communication University of Zhejiang, China
Rewards and Exhibition
2025
Selected by the Silence Awareness Existence Residency Program, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Selected by the Metaxu Residences d' Artistes Toulon, France
Hiding and Seeking, the Festival CIRCULATION(S), 104Paris, Paris, France
Hiding and Seeking, DE-CONSTRUCTED, Loopraum, Berlin, Germen;
Hiding and Seeking, reGeneration Z, PhotoElysee Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland;
Hiding and Seeking, 8th Photography Festival, Grenze – Arsenali Fotografici, Verona, Italy;
Hiding and Seeking, one of finalist of SIYU Awards, Zurich, Switzerland;
Published by the magazine Ones to Watch 2025, British Journal of Photography, London, UK;
Featured on L'oeil de la photographie Magzine, Squive Magzine, Slash Magzine, Velvet Eyes Magzine, Der Greif, PH Museum, Arttaca etc.
2024
Hiding and Seeking, the Prix Photoforum 2024, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Hiding and Seeking, the Shortlist FotoFabbrica Prize, Diecixdieci Call For Photobooks 2024, Italy
Yan Wenjiang, the Shortlist of Artphilein 2024 Photo Book Contest, Lugano, Switzerland;
Hiding and Seeking, the special mention prize of Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Italy
Yan Wenjiang, Kapitel #1, Studio Tabac,Stockholm, Swden
Invisible Thresholds of A Home, FOAM magazine, Amsterdam. Netherlands
2023
Yan Wenjiang, the Offprint Paris 2023, France;
Yan Wenjiang, the Volume book fair 2023, Zurich, Switzerland;
Sleepworking, Go East - the China Young Artists Online Forum, China
2022
Drone Man, Frontiere di Sabbia, Ex Saceba, Morbio Inferiore, Italy;
Work experience
2017 - 2022
Worked full-time in photo editing and book design in Jiazazhi press
Photo editor and book designer of Sun Yanchu‘s Developer Paintings (2022), Wang Yingying‘s Where My Heart Settles down (2022), Liyang’s 404 (2019), GaoYan’s The Wind Island (2019) etc.
These photobooks participated in various phonebook fairs, such as the Unseen Amsterdam Photography Fair, Polycopies book fair, Offprint London, Booked: Hong Kong ArtBook Fair, etc.