Born in 1990,  lives in Beijing and Suzhou now.

He graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2012 with a degree in Film and Video Photography from the Department of New Media Art.

In 2020, he graduated with a Master's (Diplom) in Free Art from the Art Academy of Düsseldorf, Germany, where he was awarded the honor of Meisterschüler (Grand Master). He was awarded the Graduate Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf (2020) and the 9th Huayu Youth Award shortlisted (2021).

Yang Di's works cover video installations, photography, and painting. Based on his research on the change of narrative patterns, Yang Di investigates reverse control and effects of images and narrative methods on humans. His works are often derived from existing films, literature, paintings, and pop culture. Yang’s art language manipulates how the audience perceives these existing objects (films etc.). The audience is therefore compelled to review, re-read, and rethink from the present moment.