Chen Aikang (1945) was born in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province. She studied at the Affiliated High School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1964. From 1965 to 1970, she studied at the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art) in Hangzhou. After the Cultural Revolution, Chen Aikang taught at the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts and was also the head teacher of the 77th Oil Painting Class. Many of those who studied at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s have become famous artists today. Huang Yongping, Wang Guangyi, Zhang Peili, etc., were once her students. Chen Aikang moved to Canada in 1990 and now lives in Vancouver.