Education:
M.F.A. 2007 Sculpture, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA. USA
B.F.A. 2000 Decorative Art, Nanjing Art Institute, Jiangsu, China
Certificate 2004 Jewelry Essentials, George Brown College, Toronto, Canada

Award/Grant:
2011 College Art Associtation, International Conference Travel Grant, New York, USA
2011 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistant Grant
2011 Best of Show Award, Annual Juried Exhibition, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario, Canada
2010 Toronto Arts Council, Project Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistant Grant
2010 Honourable Award-Diploma of Excellence, 9th female artist's ART annual, Art Addiction Online Gallery
2009 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2009 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2009 Best of Show Award, 135th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists,Canada
2008 Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2006 Graduate Student Research Grant, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
2005 University Senate Travel and Research Grant, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
2004 Merit Scholarship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
2004-2007Graduate Fellowship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
2004 Dean's Metal Award, George Brown College, Toronto, Canada

Solo Exhibitions:
2012 A Grasp of Shadows, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada (Mar)
2012 The Language of Life, Fairview Library Gallery, Toronto, Canada (May)
2011 New Growth, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
2011 Bridge, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2010 Shells, Cocoons and Clouds, IndexG Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009 Floating, Phoenix Art Gallery, Nanjing, China
2008 The Language of Life, Bluff Gallery, Scarborough Arts Council, Canada
2006 Transmigration and Spirit, thesis exhibition, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
2004 One person exhibition, Miller Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

Selected Group and Two Person Exhibitions:
2012:
Da Bao-Take Out, Varley Public Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario, Canada (Sep)
Bridging Cultures, two person show, curated by Lenore Burton, The Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts Centre, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada (May)        
Colour and Form Biennial Art Exhibition, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (May - June)
2011:
Come Up to My Room 2011,, as part of Toronto International Design Festival (TIDF) , The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (January) (Catalog)
Memory, Ontario Society of Artist 137th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada (April)
Instruments for Free Space: [TheUser] & Xiaojing Yan, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (May-July)
Annual Juried Exhibition , Latcham Gallery , Stouffville, Ontario Canada (April -May)
3rd Dimention-Member Show, Sculptor's Society of Canada, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada (Aug-Sep)
2010:
Insomnia, Redhead Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Critical Mess-Member Show, Sculptor's Society of Canada, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
ArtKudos, 2010 online International juried art exhibition
Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Recall - 25th Juried Exhibition, Scarborough Arts Council, Ontario, Canada
City on the Move-Young Artist Festival, Don mill Subway Station, Toronto, Canada
Spring Fever, Scarborough Arts Council, ON, Canada
Cause & Effect - 136th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Lust, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Canada
2009:
City on the Move-Young Artist Festival, Kennedy Subway Station, Toronto, Canada
Common Thread 2009, Biennial International Fiber Art & Craft Festival, Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, Oakville, Canada
10th Annual Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Sculptor's Society of Canada, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Canada
Untapped, Juried Exhibition, Artist Project Toronto, Canada
The New Hybrids-Juried Exhibition in Mixed Media, The Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
Open Mind - Ontario Society of Artists 135th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
41st Open national Juried Show, Society of Canadian Artists, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum, Toronto, Canada
2008£º
ArtKudos, 2008 online International juried art exhibition
Color and Form Society Biennial Exhibition, Paper Mill Gallery, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum, Toronto, Canada
35th Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON, Canada
Surface - Ontario Society of Artists 134th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Open Juried Show, Beaux-art Brampton, Brampton, Canada
Sculpture Group Show, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006:
Cross-Cultural Exchange, Robert Shaw Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Annual Graduate Juried Exhibition, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
2005:
Three Rivers Art Festival, P.P.G. Wintergarden, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
The Adirondack Chair: Transformation/Reinvention, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA,
Annual Graduate Juried Exhibition, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

Public Art:
Downtown Bike Rack Program with the City of Burlington's Public Art Program, Ontario, Canada

Bibliography:
-  Featured in Markham Life-An Official Publication of the Town of Markham, Summer 2012. pp. 10
- Canadian Art, Review online, June 7, 2012
- R. M. Vaughan, "Sailors, Psychoanalysis and Star Anise", The Globe and Mail, Canada's national Newspaper, Saturday, Mar. 17, 2012. pp. R14
- Gareth Bate, "Ten Up-and-Coming Canadian Fiber Artists to Watch", Fiber Focus, Volume 54, Winter 2011. pp.13
- Jes Sachse. "Bridge", Arthur Newspaper, Peterborough, March 2, 2011, Volume 45, issue 19
- Toronto International Design Festival, Norstar Realty Weekly, January 14,2011. pp. C3
- Jeremy Vandermeij. "Interview with Xiaojing Yan", todesignoffsite.com
- "Face to Face by Xiaojing Yan", mocoloco.com feature artist
- Toronto International Design Festival (TIDF) Catalogue, 2011
- R.M. Vaughan. "Just don't Expect Decoration 101", The Globe and Mail, Canada's national Newspaper, Saturday, January 29, 2011. pp.R12
- Andrew Sardone. "Double Identity", NOW Magazine, January 27-Febraury 2, 2011, ISSUR 1514 VOL.30 NO. 22. ?pp.24
- Television Interview, Fairchild Television, 2010
- Ni, Jie. "Xiaojing Yan's Solo Exhibition in Nanjing." Nanjing Morning Post, November 26, 2009, pp. A08
- Zhang, Lingling. "Floating." Nanjing Daily News, December 12, 2009, pp. B4
- Ying, Jiacang and Ni, jie. "The Confluence of East and West in the Art of Xiaojing Yan." Taiwan International Forum, December 20, 2009, pp. 4

Publications and Published Art Projects:

- Best of Worldwide Sculpture Artists Volume I, Kennedy Publishing & The Best of Artists, 2011, ISBN 097963587SC
- "Live in a Bubble", On Record, Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 29 .No. 7 (September 2010)
- "Bridge", On Record, Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 29 .No. 2 (March 2010)
- "Frond", Woodwork Magazine, August 2007, pg. 46
- "The Confluence of East and West in Nestorian Art in China." Hidden Treasures and Intercultural Encounters - Studies on Syriac - Christianity in China and Central Asia, Eds. Dietmar W. Winkler and Li Tang, 2009, ISN 9783643500458
- "Frond", The Penn, February 2005, VOL. 91.NO. 141, pg. 4