LYU Peng is a Chinese contemporary painter who was born in Beijing, China in 1967 and received his PhD in Chinese Painting from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China in 2007. He uses traditional Chinese techniques in contemporary self-reflection as an attempt to find peace in current times. He is a Director at the Beijing Association of Meticulous Painting, the Managing Director and Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Institute of Education Art Education Research Association, and a Director of the Pastel Society of Beijing.