Warren Chang is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1957 and raised in Monterey, California, he graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1981, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. For the next two decades, he worked as an illustrator for various companies in California and New York before beginning a career as a professional artist in 2009.

His realistic paintings can be divided into two main categories: biographical interior paintings and paintings depicting working people. His interest in this manner of painting has its roots in the work of 16th century artist Jan Vermeer, and extends to subjects, self-portraits, portraits of family members, friends, students, studio, classroom and home interiors. His goal is to create mood and emotion in his realistic paintings through the manipulation of light and the use of muted colors.

Chang became known after making the transition to traditional fine art. Over the past 12 years, he has earned numerous awards and honors, the most prestigious of which is the Master Signature from the Oil Painters Association of America, the largest community of oil painters in the United States. Only one person in 50, is given the opportunity to receive this award. Warren currently lives in Monterey and works in his studio, and he also teaches (known as a gifted educator) at the San Francisco Academy of Art.