Bob Yan 嚴博 China, b. 1970
嚴博的作品中洋溢著明朗的陽光，他以色彩表達著對於生活的感謝，使我們不但看到了生活中的色彩，而且通過他的色彩又一次認識了生活。嚴博對生活的理解和表達，更多的來自於他對生活的獨特感受，來自於他那種敏感的視覺經驗和獨特的觀察視覺。
1970 Born in Beijing
1991 Painting “Untitled” awarded bronze medal in Sino-Japanese Fine Art Exhibition
Exhibited at the first Annual National Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing
1992 Exhibited at the Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong
1993 Exhibited at the second Annual National Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing
1996 Graduated from Tian Jin Fine Art Academy
1996 First solo exhibition, Hong Kong
1997 Exhibited at the Chinese Young Artists Exhibition, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu
Second solo exhibition, Hong Kong
1998 Group show (3 artists), Beijing
Third solo exhibition, Hong Kong
Chinese Landscape Exhibition, Beijing
1999 Fourth solo exhibition, Hong Kong
Selected to paint a mural for the Chinese Contemporary Literature Museum, Beijing.
2000 Exhibited at the At the New Century – 1979 to 1999 Chinese Contemporary Art Works, Chengdu Contemporary Fine Art Museum
Exhibited at the Twentieth Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing and Shanghai
Beijing Oil Painting Invitation Exhibition, Beijing
Fifth solo exhibition, Hong Kong
Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy and Paintings Exhibition, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition, Beijing
2001 Group Exhibition, Beijing
The painting entitled “Difficult to Tell Left from Right” in the collection of the Chinese Fine Art Museum, Beijing
The painting entitled “Twelve Pieces” in the collection of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Museum, Beijing
“Friends”, solo exhibition, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong
2002 Graduated from the Beijing Central Institute of Fine Arts Masters Programme
Exhibited at the Summer Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing
Seventh solo exhibition, Hong Kong
“The Colours of my Life”, solo exhibition, Singapore
2003 Chinese Art Today Exhibition, Beijing
Third Chinese Oil Paintings Exhibition, Beijing
Honoured as “Excellent Young Artist”, Shanghai Spring Art Salon
“Dog, Man, Woman”, solo exhibition, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 “In the Dog House”, solo exhibition, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong