香港著名水墨畫家、水彩畫家及油畫家。1963年於新疆兵團任美術員，於1974年入讀浙江美術學院連環畫進修班，師從顧生嶽、徐永祥、吳國亭等教授。1980年移居香港。

除從事創作外，沈平為中國美術家協會會員、香港文聯顧問、香港美協顧問、香港水彩畫研究會會長、香港藝術發展局視覺藝術委員會藝術評審員以及香港文化藝術基金會理事等，並擔任香港大學專業進修學院及香港視覺藝術中心導師等公職。

沈平作品十分豐富多樣，作品多次入選全國美術作品展覽、北京國際雙年展以及香港當代藝術雙年展等。多年來獲中國美術館、香港藝術館、香港文化博物館、香港大學美術館、香港夏利豪基金會、中國亞洲水彩藝術博物館、上海全華水彩藝術館、新鴻基地產等機構及私人珍藏。 

Shen Ping is a renowned artist in ink, watercolor and oil painting. In 1963, he joined Xinjiang Production and Construction Group as an artist. In 1947, he entered Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts to study comics production, which enabled him to acquire diverse art skills, and was trained by Professors Gu Shengyue, Xu Yongxiang and Wu Guoting. And he moved to Hong Kong in 1980.

Currently he is the member of China Artists Association (Hong Kong), the advisor of Hong Kong Art Association, the advisor of Hong Kong Artists Society, the member of Hong Kong Water Colour Research Society, Examiner of Visual Arts Panel of Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Person-in-Charge of Hong Kong Cultural and Art Foundation. He is also a course instructor at HKU SPACE and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre. 

Over the years, his works have been selected by China National Art Exhibition, Beijing International Art Biennial and Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial many times. Also, his works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, Asian Museum of Watercolor Art, Sun Hung Kai Group and private collectors