Education Background: 

1. 2002.9-2007.1 Design Art, Bachelor, Nanjing University of the Arts;

2. 2008.9 -- 2011.6 Design and Art, Master, Nanjing University of the Arts;

3. 2013.9-2016.6 Design major, PhD, Nanjing Normal University.

Experience: 

1. 2015.9-2016.9 Visiting Scholar in Design Major, Auburn University; 

2.2016.9 - 2021.6 Lecturer, School of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University;

3. 2021.7 Associate professor,  School of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University.

Honors and Awards: 

In November 2017, the design work "Children Are Not Slaves" was selected as the Mexican International Poster Contest 56 Selected Award. In November of the same year, it was exhibited in a touring exhibition in Europe and the United States.

Articles and Projects:

1. Yanfang Yang, Jianlin Ni, "Oppositonal System of Abstract Concepts: A Comparative Study of Constructivism and Style", Art and Design, 2020(5): 79-83.

2.Yanfang Yang, "Reconstruction of Visual Language -- Concepts and Theories of Layout Design by Wolfgang Weingart", Decoration, 2017(4):77-79.

3.Yang Yanfang," Research on the Concept and Theory of Avant-garde Graphic Design", History of Art and History of Ideas, 2017(1):261-326.

4.Yanfang Yang, "Lisisky's Concept of Layout Design", Decoration, 2015(5): 72-73.

5.Yanfang Yang, Jianlin Ni, "The Modernity Transformation of Western Layout Design", Art and Design, 2016(1): 151-156.

6.Yanfang Yang, "Designers: Designers of Design", Creative Design, 2014(2): 34-38.

7.Hosted the Jiangsu Art Fund Project "Cultivation of Jiangsu City Tourism Image Design Talents" (No. : 2020-03-002), with the project fund of 450,000 Yuan, April 30, 2020.

8.8. Presided over the 62nd batch of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Supported Project "Research on Modern Typography in Visual Communication " (No. 2017M621773). Project funding: RMB 50,000 (November 2017).