Chen Yadan was born in 1942 in Guilin, Guangxi Province. She graduated from Printing Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1965. She is currently a professor in the Department of Decoration Art and Design, Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, a member of the Illustration and Binding Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association and vice director of the Book Ticket Art Committee of the Chinese Publishers Association. She is the first Chinese female painter to sketch in Antarctica. Her works have been exhibited in Beijing, Shenzhen, Taiwan and Malaysia, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Korea and other places. She was included in World Famous Women and Dictionary of Chinese Artists. Her representative works include The Eternal Poplar, Yadan - One Hundred Years of Solitude, Lop Nur Lake Heart and so on. Published