Education/
2020 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Solos/
2023 Soft Telling, Parlour & Ramp Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2019 Paperwork Project, Dan Cai Art Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Paper Bridge, Culture Center in Xi'an, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
2018 Portrait: An Afternoon with Jasmine, Dan Cai Art Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
2017 Travel: City Lines, Xi'an Polytechnic University Gallery, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Selected/
2026 Voice Embodied: Prognostication, Design Museum of Chicago, IL, USA (06/26/2026)
2024 Ground Below, Sky Above, and the Air in Between Us, Collect Bean Gallery, USA
2023 Creature Comforts, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Voices Embodied: Uplifted, Design Museum of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2022 It’s ALL RIGHT Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Grand Rising: On Feeling and Interbeing, the Wellness Center, SAIC, IL, USA
2021 The Happening, FLXST Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Lockdown Show, Parlour & Ramp Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2020 Launch Exhibition, SAIC Sites Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Back Yard Stories, 062 Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Bird Nests, SAIC Sharp Building, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2019 Always Together, Forever Apart (I, II, III), SAIC Columbus, Chicago, IL, USA
Follow Your Gut, SAIC Sharp Building, SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
Fickle, Dan Cai Art Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Lectures & Presentations/
2021 Kailun Yang: Children's Eyes Paint the Life, MU Gallery, Shaanxi, China
2020 Paper Making in Progress, based on Zoom, MU Gallery, Shaanxi, China
Contemporary Art Museum, Xian Yang, Shaanxi, China
Artist Lecture: MFA Research Lecture, SAIC, IL, USA
Artist Lecture: MFA Research Lecture, SAIC, IL, USA
2019 Paper Making, Past, Present, and Future, Dan Cai Art Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Artist Lecture: MFA Research Lecture, SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
2017 Artist Lecture, MU Gallery, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
2013-2016
Xi'an Polytechnic University Research Lecture, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Awards & Residencies/
2020-2022 Artist in Residence, Dan Cai Art Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
China Railway Group Limited (CREC) Elite Grant, Beijing, China
ARCHES ® 2022 featured artist
2018-2020 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant, Chicago, IL, USA
Joseph and Emily Gidwitz Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
China Railway Group Limited (CREC) Elite Grant, Beijing, China
2016 Artist in Residence Fellow, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
2015-2017 Artist in Residence, Dan Cai Art Center Grant, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
2013-2016 Shaanxi Province Government Grant, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
China Government Scholarship, Beijing, China
Xi’an Polytechnic University Scholarship, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
2013 Artist in Residence, Dan Cai Art Center Grant, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
2009-2013 China Government Academic Scholarship, Xi'an University of Finance and Economics, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
The Xi'an University of Finance and Economics Grant, Xi'an University of Finance and Economics, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
China Railway Group Limited ( CREC) Scholarship, Beijing, China
China Railway Group Limited (CREC) Elite Grant, Beijing, China
Publication/
2025 Magazine TM Issue 2025: https://archive.org/details/magazine-tm-2025-digital-version
2021 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine: https://www.saic.edu/magazine/spring21/class-notes
2020 Launch Exhibition: https://www.saic.edu/events/launch
2013-2019
A Comparative Study of Traditional Chinese and Western Paper-cut Art: Examining Design Development Based on Cultural and Psychological Differences. [J] 528.1. 2016:1-68
The 8th Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium (TBIS), ISSN: 19423438
Comparative Analysis of the Artistic Thinking Mode in Paper-cutting Artworks by Ku Shu Lan and Henri Matisse [C]. TBIS 2015 Joint International Symposium, 2015,(6):460-466
The 7th Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium (TBIS), ISSN: 19423438
Traditional Chinese Garments Used in the Feasibility and Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language.[C]. TBIS-APCC 2014 Joint International Symposium, 2014,(8):518-527