毛焰，出生于湖南湘潭，1991年毕业于中央美术学院油画系，现居南京，任教于南京艺术学院美术系，任中国油画学会理事。
毛焰一直以他的观念性肖像绘画受到世人瞩目。作品中极端的技巧主义倾向来源于作者繁锐的感受力，这种天赋是画家传神写照的根本。细致如神经未梢的刻画显示了形、神相融的境界，这是肖像艺术中趋于完美的体现。毛焰这种融贯通的成熟的观念和风格出现于九十年代中期，代表着中国写实绘画的新高度。

Mao Yan, be born in Hunan Xiangtan, was graduated from department of canvas of central academy of fine arts 1991, reside Nanjing now, teach to be fastened at art of Nanjing artistic institute, hold the post of Chinese canvas to learn director.
Mao Yan draws with his ideal sex image all the time be fixed eyes upon by common people. The skill creed tendency of the extreme in work originates of author numerous acute feel power, this kind of endowment is painter lifelike portraiture is essential. Meticulous be like nerve not the state that the depict of the tip showed be in harmony of appearance of form, spirit, this is effigies tend in art reflect faultlessly. The mature idea of be well versed in of this kind of be in harmony mixes Mao Yan the style appears at 90 time metaphase, representing the new height that China draws realistically.
The comment has:
" of realism expeditionary " - Li Xianting
" the think fondly of to world culture " - Wu Zhenjun, " olive literature monthly magazine "
" green modernistic germ: The square after wool and Mao Zhi " - Zhu Ji