Working as a researcher and curator in the realm of visual arts. She has experience in locating controversial visual art practices around the world and integrating them into the conflicting viewpoints of politics and culture. He Yining graduated from the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, and is pursuing her Ph.D. at the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) at Birmingham City University's School of Art, Design, and Media. Her research focuses on decoloniality in contemporary Chinese art practices around 2010, examining the connections between artists' personal experiences, decolonial discourse, and global geopolitical interactions.

She has curated large group exhibitions in China and Europe, including "Between Mountains, Hills, and Lakes" (Design Society/Modern Art Base/Three Shadows Photography Art Centre/Gaotai Contemporary Art Center, 2020-21), "The Abode of Anamnesis" (OCAT Research Center, 2019), and "Ports and Images" (China Port Museum, 2017/2019/2022). He Yining was one of the co-curators for the 8th Singapore International Photography Festival and the 3rd Beijing International Photography Biennial. She was the winner of the inaugural 2018 Research-based Exhibition Curatorial Project by the OCAT Research Center, and with the resulting exhibition "The Abode of Anamnesis," she was nominated for the 14th AAC Art China Curator of the Year Award. Her authored, edited, and co-authored publications include The Abode of Anamnesis, A History of Women Photographers, The Routledge Companion to Photography and Visual Culture, The British Photography Classroom, and the "Ports and Images" series.