Born in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Yang Guoxing graduated from the Hubei Fine Arts Academy with a Master's degree in 1991. He has exhibited internationally, including: "The Annual Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings", Beijing, 1995; "The First Chinese Contemporary Academic Art Exhibition", Beijing and Hong Kong, 1996; "Chinese Contemporary Oil Paintings", Shanghai; "The 12th Asian International Art Exhibition", Macao, 1997; "Peek China—Chinese Contemporary Oil Paintings Exhibition" Taiwan and "The 13th Asian International Art Exhibition"  in Malaysia, 1998.