He moved to Brussels to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Belgium from which he graduated in 1998. It is also a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Visual Arts of Mons.
Les oeuvres de Bei-An Cao ont été exposées en Chine, aux USA, au Japon, en Corée du Sud, à Hong-Kong, en Allemagne, France, Italie et en Belgique.