一九五八年生于北京。一九八九年毕业于北京师范学院美术系，获硕士学位，导师为著名美术教育家、画家刘福芳先生。现为首都师范大学美术学院教授，博士生导师，中国美术家协会会员，北京美术家协会中国画艺术委员会委员，中国工笔画学会常务理事，北京工笔重彩画会理事，北京女美术家联谊会副会长，中国建筑学会壁画专委会委员，并于2016年11月16日任第五届北京市海淀区美术家协会副主席。
    绘画作品曾入选第七、八、九、十、十一届全国美展，首届、二届全国中国画展，首届全国壁画大展，第一、二、四、五、六、七、八、九届中国工笔画学会全国大展，今日中国美术大展，首届中国工笔重彩小幅作品艺术展，2008年、2012年奥林匹克美术大会等大型及学术性展览。作品曾多次获奖、发表和被中国美术馆等多家单位及个人收藏。

　　Wei hongyan, was born in Beijing in 1958. In 1989, she graduated from the fine arts department of Capital Normal University, and received a master's degree. Now as a Doctor's tutor, she is a professor at Academy of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University, and also the member of the Chinese Artists Association, Chinese Painting Association Committee of the Beijing Artists Association, Beijing meticulous Painting Association, Beijing Female Painter Association. At the same time , she is the executive director of Chinese Meticulous painting Institute.
　　Her Paintings have been selected in the seventh, eighth, ninth，tenth and eleventh National Art Exhibition, the first and second National Chinese painting exhibition, the first National mural exhibition, the first, second, forth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth National Exhibition of Chinese Meticulous painting Institute, “China Today” Art Exhibition, the first Chinese meticulous small works Exhibition , 2008 Olympic Fine Arts exhibition and other large scholarly exhibitions. Her paintings, published, collected by the National Art Museum of China, Shenzhen Art Museum and a number of units and collectors, have won numerous awards.