Artists
Cai Guo-Qiang1957-
![solo exhibition: Penglai / Hōrai, at KINARE, Niigata, Japan in 2015](/artists/upload/96bf8184bf79074ce57cb6d32f2f0829811943b1.jpg)
![Penglai / Hōrai - 1](/artists/upload/52c09a66deff23cec9eb5edd36a7e562f6304104.jpg)
size: 2500 x 1600 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![Penglai / Hōrai - 2](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%202%20%20%20153%20x%20202cm.jpg)
size: 1535 x 2025
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![Penglai / Hōrai - 3](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%203%20152%20x%20201cm.jpg)
size: 1525 x 2010 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![Penglai / Hōrai - 4](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%204%20%20%20101%20x%20153cm.jpg)
size: 1015 x 1530 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![Penglai / Hōrai - 6](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%206%20%20%20101%20x%2077cm.jpg)
size: 1015 x 770 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![Penglai / Hōrai - 9](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%209%20%2077%20x%20101cm.jpg)
size: 770 x 1010 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![Penglai / Hōrai - 8](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%208%20%2077%20x%20100cm.jpg)
size: 770 x 1005 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
Cai Guo-Qiang1957-
Works basically using fireworks and creates paintings or does performance. He also works with installations, based on his background in Chinese or Asian culture . Cai also works as curators for various exhibitions.
- Biography
- 1957 born in Quanzhou city, Fujian Province, China
1985 finished Shanghai Drama Institute
1986 moved to Japan 1995 moved to New York, based on New York - More
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2023 Ramble in the Cosmos―From Primeval Fireball Onward / The National Art Center, Tokyo / Tokyo
2018 Flora Commedia / The Uffizi Galleries / Italy
2015 Horai/Panglai Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale 2015 / Kinare / Niigata
2015 Art Island, Art Front Gallery
2015 Here and There back again, Yokohama Museum of Art / Kanagawa
2014 The Ninth Wave, Pawer Station of Art, Shanghai / China
2013 Falling Back to Earth, Queensland Art Museum / Brisbane, Australia
2012 Sky Ladder Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles
2011 Cai Guo-Qiang: saraab Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha
2010 Cai Guo-Qiang: Head on, Singapore National Museum / Singapore
2008 I want to Believe Solommon Guggenheim Museum New York, USA
2003 Traveler-Reflection Smithonian Institute, Washington, USA
2000 Fondation Cartier d'art contemporain - More
- Group Exhibitions
- 2023 Shin Japanese Painting: Revolutionary Nihonga / Pola Museum of Art / Kanagawa
2022 MOT Collection:Rewinding the Collection 2nd / Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Tokyo
2020 Clouds Gathering and Unfolding: An Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art on Paper / Ichihara Lakeside Museum / Chiba
2017 Cultural City of East Aisa 2017 Kyoto / Kyoto
2016 Art Celebration in Nara – Beyond Time and Space / Nara
2016 Art Stage Singapore 2016 / Singapore
2015 Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Art, Kyoto / Japan
2014 Guess What? Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2005 curating the first China Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale
2004 Organizing and curating BMoca: Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art / Kinmen, Taiwan - More
- Awards
- 2001 CalArts/ Alpert Award in the Arts
The 48th Venice Biennial International Golden Lion Prize
1996 finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize - More
- Collection / Public Art
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT) Tokyo
Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo
Fukuoka Asian Museum, Fukuoka
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Iwaki City Museum of Art, Fukushima
- More
![個展:蓬莱山 展示風景 at キナーレ in 2015年大地の芸術祭](/artists/upload/96bf8184bf79074ce57cb6d32f2f0829811943b1.jpg)
![蓬莱山 - 1](/artists/upload/52c09a66deff23cec9eb5edd36a7e562f6304104.jpg)
size: 2500 x 1600 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![蓬莱山 - 2](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%202%20%20%20153%20x%20202cm.jpg)
size: 1535 x 2025
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![蓬莱山 - 3](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%203%20152%20x%20201cm.jpg)
size: 1525 x 2010 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![蓬莱山 - 4](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%204%20%20%20101%20x%20153cm.jpg)
size: 1015 x 1530 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![蓬莱山 - 6](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%206%20%20%20101%20x%2077cm.jpg)
size: 1015 x 770 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![蓬莱山 - 9](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%209%20%2077%20x%20101cm.jpg)
size: 770 x 1010 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
![蓬莱山 - 8](/artists/upload/Penglai%20Horai%208%20%2077%20x%20100cm.jpg)
size: 770 x 1005 mm
medium: gunpowder, Japanese paper / 2015
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