Luka Yuanyuan Yang is a visual artist and filmmaker, who was born in Beijing, 1989, and still lives and works there. She graduated from University of the Arts London with a BA in photography. Yang weaves documentary and archival materials into diverse mediums like film, photography, artist books, installations, and performances. By crafting narratives where fact and fiction coexist, she aims to challenge conventional historical interpretations and amplify the voices of forgotten, silenced, or misinterpreted subjects.

As a filmmaker, her work has been featured in The New Yorker, as well as the New Orleans Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Camden International Film Festival, Asian American International Film Festival, and Women Make Waves. As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited at Centre for Heritage Arts & Textile, Hong Kong; Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai; Power Station of Art, Shanghai; Guangdong Times Art Museum, Guangzhou; Times Arts Center Berlin; Chinese American Arts Council, New York; Art in General, New York; Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay; M WOODS, Beijing; Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing; G Museum of Art, Nanjing; Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing and others. She has received support from institutions such as Kadist Art Foundation, Asian Cultural Council, The Gotham, Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival, Doc Edge Festival, CCDF-14 CNEX CHINESE DOC FORUM, The One International Women's Film Festival. She has also earned numerous international accolades, including Art Power 100 (2019); New Talent Award (nominated, 2016); Huayu Youth Award (nominated, 2016); Rencontres d’Arles The Arthor Book Award (2015); Magenta Foundation (2013); and the Three Shadows Tierney Fellowship (2012).