Wang Dong Rui, also named himself Yu-An, was born in Hebei in 1968. He entered the faculty of Chinese painting of Tianjin Art College in 1989. He studied art from the Professor Mr. Bai Gengyan and Mr. Huo Chunyang.  He was awarded a silver medal in the Chinese Art Exhibition in Utah, USA,  because of his works "Herding in Autumn".  Now he is a part-time artist in the Silk Road Cultural Center of Utah, USA, also a part-time professor in Xisan Academy of Hengshui City, Heibei Province, China.