Men Xian, originally from Nanyang, Henan, currently resides in Shenzhen. She graduated from the Art Department of Henan Nanyang Higher Normal Specialized College in 1994, completed a course at Qin Dahhu’s Oil Painting Workshop in 2017, and finished a further course at the China Academy of Art’s Oil Painting Class in 2018. Men Xian is a professional painter, poet, and essayist, associated with the Dafen Village Oil Painting Studio.