Fan Ye was born in Suzhou, China. In 2022, she graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy with a Bachelor of Arts in Stage Design, where she was recognised as an outstanding graduate. In June 2025, she completed a Master of Arts in Theatre – Stage Design at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and was recognised as an outstanding graduate and for her outstanding master’s thesis. In September of the same year, she travelled to Berlin to pursue a second master’s degree.
During her seven-year professional career in Shanghai, her independent stage designs were performed in cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Suzhou and Udine (Italy). She was a long-time design assistant to Chinese stage designer Lee Shen and has worked on projects at venues such as the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the Great Theatre of China, the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre.
In her most recent work, she has explored ancient Chinese architectural spaces and integrated them into contemporary theatre. As a set designer and co-producer, she collaborated with the director and playwright to create this play, which has been performed nine times, including at the Shanghai Theatre Young.
She is fascinated by spaces imbued with poetry, narrative and history, and strives to offer audiences an alternative form of storytelling through visual art and spatial perception with her creations. She enjoys her work in theatre, where she collaborates across disciplines to realise performances of purity. With her advanced studies in stage design in Berlin, she aims to broaden her theatrical perspective, collaborate with artists from around the world, and continue to be creatively active in diverse cultural contexts.