Dafu Yan is an artist born in Changde, Hunan Province, in 1994. He graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree in Shenyang in July 2016. In January 2020, he earned a master’s degree from Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. Currently, he is one of the owners of 33ml Offspace and works and lives in Hangzhou and Shanghai. His works span installation, painting, and moving images.