Graduatedin 1982 from the Oil PaintingDepartmentofSichuanAcademyof Fine Arts, and from 1983 to 1986 studied in Antwerp RoyalAcademy of Fine ArtsinBelgium.
Ms. Demeulemeester graduated from the RoyalAcademyofFineArtsinAntwerpin 1981 with other soon-to-be-famous designers Dries Van Noten and Dirk Bikkembergs.