Yiyun Chen is a Cleveland-based artist whose photographic and photobooks have been exhibited in Wausau MOCA, Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio University, Indiana University Kokomo, Rochester Institute of Technology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Institute of Art, Lakeland Community College, San Joaquin Delta College, Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver, Ann Arbor Art Center, Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Cleveland Print Room, Heights Arts Gallery, FAVA Gallery, PH21 gallery in Hungary, and Loosen Art Gallery in Italy, etc.

Chen’s works could also be seen as part of the collections in Cleveland Art Association, Mandel Foundation, Rochester Institute of Technology and Cleveland State University. In 2015 Chen received his Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Cleveland State University. He was invited into the Post-Bachelor Program at Cleveland Institute of Art, where he continued studies in photography and video. In 2018 Chen earned his MFA in photography and related media from Rochester Institute of Technology.