Born in Chianghsi. Yang is a graduate of the National Taiwan Normal University. Since 1965 he has held many solo and joint exhibitions in Spain, Japan and Taiwan. He founded the Lung Men Fine Arts Gallery and Continental Fine Arts Gallery and is now the proprietor of the Seventh Fine Arts Gallery. He has earned Golden Belt Award for Oil Painting from Chinese Painting Association and the Chinese Literary Association\'s 28th Oil Painting and Literary Medal. He has been committee members of The Chinese Painting Society, Taipei Fine Arts, and Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibitions and served as a member of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art\'s Classics Curatorial Committee.