1969年生於台灣台北，1994年國立台北藝術大學美術系畢業，曾受邀參展威尼斯、橫濱、亞太、上海、亞洲、深圳、首爾、曼徹斯特、雪梨、台北…等地藝術雙/三年展，台北攝影新人獎、香港「集群藝術獎」、新加坡「亞太藝術獎公眾獎」及台灣「台新獎」得主。作品涉獵廣泛，主要探討人類某種荒謬處境，早期作品以幽默手法對「正統性」進行顛覆。也透過攝影裝置手法，呈現台灣特有的一種虛假、疏離的「冷現實」。並整理過去在台灣各處踏查拍攝的廢墟照片，呈現台灣全球化潮流與特殊歷史背後所隱藏著的龐大意識形態黑洞，延續「人類歷史的命運，具有某種無可救藥的荒謬性！」創作主軸。2010年至2019年帶領「失落社會檔案室」返鄉進行反思閒置空間現象的《海市蜃樓》拍攝計劃，以「微型文化行動」概念提引起社會高度關注，近期完成全台巨大神像地毯式拍攝計畫《巨神連線》與全台地獄造景的《地獄空》。其「幻影堂工作室」藏有1990年代至今六萬餘份紙本藝術展覽DM，並推動贊助台灣攝影訪談輯出版，2020年受邀擔任台灣雙年展策展人。目前為國立臺灣師範大學美術系兼任副教授。

Yao Jui-Chung was born in 1969. Lives and works in Taipei. He graduated from The National Institute of The Arts (Taipei National University of the Arts). His works has been widely exhibited in numerous international exhibitions. including Venice Biennale, Yokohama Triennale, APT6 Triennale, Shanghai Biennale, Beijing Photo Biennale, Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, Venice Architecture Biennale, Media City Seoul Biennale, Asia Triennial Manchester, Asia Biennale, Sydney Biennale & Taipei Biennale. Yao is the winner of The Multitude Art Prize in 2013 and 2014 Asia pacific Art Prize. Yao specializes in photography, installation and painting. The themes of his works are varied, but most importantly they all examine the absurdity of the human condition. Yao has assembled all the black-and-white photos of ruins he took in the past 30 years, grouped under the themes of industry, religious idols, architecture, and military bases. They reveal the enormous ideological black hole in Taiwan hidden behind the trends of globalization and Taiwan’s specific historical background as a continuation of the main theme of his work: the absurdity of the historical destiny of humanity. Since 2010, Yao grouped his students into a team of photography workshop called “"Lost Society Document” "(LSD). He encouraged them to photograph and survey in their hometowns. Through the way of field surveys, they have attempt to draw the outline of “mosquito houses” which have been widely criticized, published five books named “Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan” and practice looked into the possibility of observing the society by through the meaning of Art. He has also published several books. His works have been collected by lots of public museum and many other private collectors. Also a Part Time Teacher at the National Taiwan Normal University Department of Fine Arts.