Born in 1961, Taipei, Taiwan
Lives and works in London
Born to a Chinese-Russian father and a Chinese-German mother, Chiang Yomei studied art and literature at the Skidmore College, New York, after a traditional Chinese education in Taiwan. As a child in Taiwan, she studied traditional Chinese landscape painting with the contemporary master Hu Nian-Tzu, life drawing with Li Der, and watercolor with Wang Lan. She began writing poetry from the age of ten. Later she moved to Germany to study the German language in Lüneburg and Göttingen.
In 1984, Chiang obtained a bachelor of arts degree in the history and theory of art and English literature from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the U.K. At Kent, Chiang studied under eminent modern art historian and critic Dr. Stephen Bann, who became a great influence.
After Kent, Chiang continued to pursue the field of art history at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, specializing in Chinese painting and ceramics, studying under Dr. Roderick Whitfield and Dr. Rosemary Scott.
In 1989 Chiang began concentrating on the practice of art, and embarked upon an intensely creative journey, producing paintings, drawings, collages, photography, installations, performances, artist's books, collections of poetry and short stories. In 1994 she obtained a bachelor of fine art degree from the Winchester School of Art. A devout Buddhist practitioner, she also nurtures a strong interest in philosophy, psychology, mythology, as well as quantum physics, the pursuit of which, along with her great love of music, film, and literature have become inextricably linked to her creative work. Chiang’s artistic vocabulary revolves around Buddhist thought and cognitive psychology.
Chiang has exhibited internationally, including Without Beginning or End, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (2022); Doors of Perception, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (2018); Chiang Yomei: Other Realms, Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong, China (2016); and The Hidden Heart, Gallery Elena Shchukina, London, U.K. (2015). Her works are housed in private and public collections across Europe and Asia.