Faye Yan (b. Yafei Zheng, Beijing) is a London-based interdisciplinary performance artist, writer, director and filmmaker. Her work combines durational art with theatre and engages with diaspora, gender, mental health and social issues. Faye’s one-woman show “Is There Work on Mars?” had a 5-star run at Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and was nominated for the Neurodiverse Review Awards. The show has then been toured at Southbank Centre (London), Contact Theatre (Manchester), Theatre Peckham (London) and Camden Fringe (London). Her solo and collaborative live art projects have taken her to platforms such as Riposte (London), Aotuspace (Beijing) and X Museum (Beijing). Her film and video works have been awarded Best Screenplay by International Youth Short Film Competition and Best Animation by Shorttakes Festival. Faye completed her BA in Comparative Literature and Film at UCLA and MA in Performance Making at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Contact:

yafeizhengart@gmail.com