[2][3][4] Yang was born in Shenyang and graduated from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design.
[6] Her work has been exhibited in multiple venues in China and Europe, including in Ai Weiwei's exhibition "FUCK OFF 2" (2013).
GIRLS focused on Chinese women born in the 80s, highlighting lesser known subcultural elements with her candid photography.
A ten-year retrospective exhibition "GIRLS" in Bangkok and Paris was curated by Moonduckling and produced by Annette Fausboll, Jean-Alexandre Luciani and Julien Favre.
Her latest series, YOUTH, was shot throughout 2019, focusing on Chinese youth born in the 90s, and has also appeared in exhibitions in Berlin and Paris.