Gan Yu was born in Shanghai, China, and he is currently a professional artist, curator, and professor residing in New York, USA. Gan Yu received a master's degree in fine arts from the Art Department of Minnesota State University-Mankato in the United States, a doctorate degree from the China Academy of Art in the field of Chinese painting, and did postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Art History of Harvard University in the United States. .Currently, Dr. Gan Yu is a Professor and international doctoral supervisor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University. He also hosts Chinese ink art workshops and courses at the Art Students League of New York. Gan Yu has held solo exhibitions at the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in New York, the University of Wisconsin, Minnesota State University, the Yale-China Association, the Hammond Museum in New York, and the Shun Art Gallery in Tokyo. Gan Yu's works also have been exhibited in groups at Cohen Gallery in New York City, the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in Beacon of New York, the Volta Basel Contemporary Art Expo, the Miami Asia Art Expo, the National Art Museum of China, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Shanghai Art Museum, China Academy of Art Museum, St. John's University Art Gallery, etc. Gan Yu has done curatorial projects at Harvard University, the State University of New York, Yale-China Association, the China Academy of Art, the Islip Art Museum of New York and the Ethan Cohen KUBE Art Center in New York