Cai ShuXin
China, 1976
Artist's works
Artist Profile
Introduction and Experience
Born in Hebei Province in 1976, he received his master's degree from the High School Affiliated to the China Academy of Art, the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, and the postgraduate program in Oil Painting at the China Academy of Art. He currently teaches at the School of Fine Arts, Qingdao University as a lecturer.
Cai Shuxin discusses the symbolic nature of color in oil painting (from "Chinese Art")
"Imagery" is a category in Chinese painting aesthetics. In artistic creation, it refers to the psychological image formed by the fusion of subjective feelings and objective objects. Imagery emphasizes the subject's full perception of objective objects, strengthening subjective feelings in the depiction, and tending towards subjectivity, emotionality, and expressiveness in its form of expression. "Intention" originates from the painter's inner feelings and is expressed through objects. "Image" is actually a vessel for the subject's "intention," possessing the subject's feelings and not merely a simple reproduction. In a sense, in oil painting, the creation and composition of color are a phenomenon that expresses the painter's "intention" as an "image," and simultaneously, it is an artistic expression of the painter's inner world. This is precisely the imagery of color language in oil painting.
Exhibitions and Awards
The 2nd Taipei New Art Fair 2012
2012 New Art Connectivity - A Joint Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Shanghai New Art Realm Baosheng Gallery
My 2010 paper, "College Entrance Examination Sketching," was published in *Modern Art*.
The 6th China Songzhuang Cultural and Art Festival, 2010
In 2009, my work "Fishing Season in the Islands" was selected for the Shandong Exhibition Area of the 10th National Art Exhibition and won the second prize.
2008 Autumn Art Salon Exhibition, Beijing
2007 Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition, Shanghai
Nominated works for the 2006 "Yuanda Cup" Beijing Biennale, China Millennium Monument, Beijing
Author of "Still Life in Color" (2004)
In 2004, my work "Female Nude" was published in the "Nude Drawing Classroom Course".
In 2004, my work "The Sound of Bells in the Gentle Breeze" was selected for the Shandong Exhibition Area of the 10th National Art Exhibition and won the second prize.
2004 "China-France Friendship Art Exhibition", France
My work "Homeland" was published in Art Observation in 2003.
In 2003, the paper "Some Thoughts on Sketching Instruction" was published in the Art Forum of Chinese Higher Art Academies.
"Homeland," a work from 2002, was featured in the "First National Exhibition of Outstanding Works by Graduates of Oil Painting Majors from Art Academies."
In 2001, Cai Shuxin held a solo art exhibition in Tianjin.
The 2001 "Classrooms Without Walls" joint exhibition, Tianjin
In 2001, his work "Male Nude" was selected for "Macro Sketch".