Yan Ping (b.1956, Shandong, China) attended Shandong University of Arts in 1979, graduated in 1983. In 1989, Yan Ping attended the Oil Painting Department at Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). She is now a professor of School of Arts, Renmin University of China, director of China Artists Association, as well as the director of China Oil Painting Society.

Yan Ping has exhibited in many important museums such as Suzhou Art Museum (2023), Shandong Art Museum (2021), National Art Museum of China (2020), Jining Art Museum (2019), Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (2018), Palais Brongniart (2016), Today Art Museum (2016), and Xi’an Art Museum (2012). Her works are included in prominent collections, such as National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Art Museum, National Center for the Performing Arts (China), Suzhou Museum, Xi’an Art Museum, Zhuzhong Museum, Hongyi Museum, Fang Yuan Art Museum.