Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. His work has since spanned multiple artistic media including drawing, painting, installation, video, and performance art. Cai began to experiment with gunpowder painting in his hometown Quanzhou, and continued to evolve the scale and form of these works, which ultimately led him to develop his signature outdoor explosion events. He has exhibited internationally at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; Museo del Prado, Madrid; Uffizi Gallery, Florence; The National Archaeological Museum of Naples and Pompeii Archaeological Park; Pompeii; and The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

From The Lumen Prize Artists | Part 2, August 2022