HE Yunchang was born in Yunnan, China in 1967, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Yunnan Art Institute in 1991 and has lived and worked in Beijing since 1999. He has held solo exhibitions at Wind H Art Center in Beijing, Francisco Carolinum Linz Museum in Austria, Today Art Museum in Beijing, White Box Art Center in Beijing, National Art Museum of Belgium, National Art Museum of Indonesia, Ink Gallery, Tokyo Gallery,  Chambers Fine Art Gallery and Galerie Urs Meile Gallery. He has participated in the Curitiba Biennial (2019), Yokohama Triennial (2014), 55th Venice Biennale (2013), Guangzhou Triennial (2012), 10th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (2009), 2nd New York International Performance Art Biennial (2007), “The Wall” China (2005), Sharjah Biennale (2003), Busan Biennale (2002), Uncooperative Approach (2000), Guangzhou Biennale (1992), and other international exhibitions.
He has won The Second Yangtze River International Image Biennale Golden Award（2017）, The First Yan Wenliang Youth Art Award（2011）, China Contemporary Art Golden Palm Award（2010）, “Transformation History 2000-2009 ”China Contemporary Art Award（2010）,  “OLHARES INTE RIORES”Macau Museum of Modern Art Performance Art International Exchange Award（2005）, “China Contemporary Art Award” CCAA, Bronze Award (oil painting) at the 9th National Exhibition of Fine Arts (1999).
His works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan, the White Rabbit Gallery in Sydney, the Queensland Art Museum, the Pompidou Museum of Contemporary Art in France, the Macao Museum of Modern Art, and the ER I EN Meyer Photography Foundation in Switzerland, etc.