You Kaimin (1942) was a native of Nanning, Guangxi Province. In 1961, he entered the Chongqing People’s Liberation Army Logistics Engineering College. In 1968, he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Guangxi Academy of Arts; he graduated from the oil painting graduate class of the Guangxi Academy of Arts in 1983. He has served as the director of the Oil Painting Teaching and Research Section of the Guangxi Art University.

You is known for his oil paintings that have participated in many art exhibitions inside and outside the province.