1966年生于山西，1994年毕业于山西晋中师专。主要展览：1994年参加第八届全国美展，2001年中央美院举办个人油画展，2001年参加“研究与超越”油画展，2001年参加”爱我中华”油画展，2002年参加第五届全国体育美展，2001年在国际艺苑美术馆举办五人油画联展，2003年参加第三届全国油画展。1999年至2001年就读于中央美术学院硕士研究生课程班，中国美术家协会会员?山西省油画协会副主席。
1999年至2001年就读于中央美术学院硕士研究生课程班。
1995年作品《暖冬》参加第八届全国美展。（山西太原）
2000年在中央美术学院美术馆举办个人画。
2001年作品《黑衣女人》参加“爱我中华”油画作品大展，获银奖，并被台湾收藏。（北京炎黄艺术馆）
2001年在北京国际艺苑美术馆举办“新秩序”五人展。（北京）
2001年作品《高原初春》参加中国油画协会举办的“研究与超越”小幅油画作品大展。（中国美术馆、上海美术馆、韩国等）
2001年作品《健身房》参加第五届体育美展，并获山西省一等奖。（广州）
2002年作品《生存空间》参加纪念毛泽东同志“在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话”发表60周年全国美术作品展览并获优秀奖，山西省特等奖。

2003年作品《边缘人》参加第三届全国油画展。（中国美术馆）
2004年作品《梅山雪韵》参加第十届全国美展获全国优秀奖，山西省金奖。（广州，北京）
2004年作品《古堡遗韵》参加第二届全国少数民族美术作品展并获优秀作品奖。（北京民族文化宫）
2005年作品《雪山》参加“人与自然”中国画，油画风景画大展。（中国美术馆、上海美术馆等巡回展览）
2006年出版个人画册《21世纪有影响力画家个案研究——郭永文》。北京工艺美术出版社。
2008年作品《静子》、参加中国油画写生作品展览（中国美术馆）
2008年作品《边缘人》之三参加第十一届亚洲艺术节（额尔多斯市政府收藏）
2009年作品，《边缘人》之四参加第十一届全国美展（获山西省金奖）
作品被德国、韩国、新加坡、中国香港、中国台湾等地收藏。

Was born at Shanxi 1966, was graduated from the teachers training school in Shanxi advance 1994. Main exhibition: Attended beauty of the 8th whole nation to exhibit 1994, beautiful courtyard holds individual canvas to exhibit in the center of 2001, attended 2001 " research and surmount " oily art exhibition, attended 2001 " love my China " oily art exhibition, attended beauty of sports of the 5th whole nation to exhibit 2002, couplet of 5 people canvas was held to exhibit in art gallery of international art and literary circles 2001, attended canvas of the 3rd whole nation to exhibit 2003. Came to was read 2001 1999 at class of course of graduate student of Master of central academy of fine arts, chinese artist academician? Shanxi saves canvas association vice-chairman.
Came to was read 2001 1999 at class of course of graduate student of Master of central academy of fine arts.
1995 work " warm winter " attend beauty of the 8th whole nation to exhibit. (Shanxi Taiyuan)
Art gallery of centrally academy of fine arts held an individual to draw 2000.
2001 work " black clothes woman " attend " love my China " canvas work is exhibited greatly, win silver-colored award, be collected by Taiwan. (house of art of Beijing phlogistic Huang Yi)
Held in art gallery of Beijing international art and literary circles 2001 " new order " 5 people are exhibited. (Beijing)
2001 work " downy early spring " attend Chinese canvas association to hold " research and surmount " small canvas work is exhibited greatly. (Chinese art gallery, Shanghai art gallery, Korea)
2001 work " gym " attend beauty of the 5th sports to exhibit, obtain Shanxi to save first prize. (Guangzhou)
2002 work " vivosphere " join commemorative Comrade Mao Zedong " in Yan'an the speech on literary informal discussion " publish art of 60 years of whole nations to work is exhibited and win outstanding award, shanxi saves special grade award.

2003 work " brim person " attend canvas of the 3rd whole nation to exhibit. (Chinese art gallery)
2004 work " Mei Shanxue charm " attend beauty of the 10th whole nation to exhibit win countrywide outstanding award, shanxi saves a gold prize. (Guangzhou, beijing)
2004 work " charm of Gu Bao involuntary discharge of urine " attend art of minority of the 2nd whole nation to work is exhibited and win outstanding work award. (Beijing the Cultural Palace of the Nationalities)
2005 work " snow mountain " attend " person and nature " Chinese picture, canvas landscape is exhibited greatly. (the itinerate such as Chinese art gallery, Shanghai art gallery is exhibited)
Published a person an album of paintings 2006 " painter of 21 centuries influential force case research -- Guo Yongwen " . Press of Beijing arts and crafts.
2008 work " Jing Zi " , attend work of Chinese canvas paint from life to exhibit (Chinese art gallery)
2008 work " brim person " attend eleventh Asian artistic moral integrity (municipal government collects Eerduosi)
2009 work, " brim person " attend eleventh countrywide beauty is exhibited (obtain Shanxi to save a gold prize)
Work is collected by and other places of Taiwan of Hong Kong of Germany, Korea, Singapore, China, China.