Education
2011
University for the Creative Arts, UK
Artists
YANG Kai
Yang Kai graduated from the Affiliated High School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2007 and the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in the UK in 2011. His artistic practice explores contemporary expressions of Asian traditional culture, drawing inspiration from both virtual and real worlds. Working across painting, installation, and site-specific projects, his work has been exhibited at venues including the Hong Kong Fringe Club, the National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China, the Nanjing Museum, the Ningbo Museum of Art, the Shandong Art Museum, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan, and the Curitiba Biennial in Brazil.
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Solo Exhibitions
BE ONESELF – Yang Kai Solo Exhibition, Soul Art Center, Beijing, China
Delicate Intensity: The Duality of Prince Rupert’s Drop, HUAIXUAN, Beijing, China
YANGKAI Art Project, SINGULARITY, Nanjing, China
JNIGJING • YANGKAI Art Project, The Peninsula Beijing, China
YANG KAI Art Project, de Sarthe Gallery, Beijing, China
Double Vision, The Fringe Club, Lucie Chang Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China
In-between: Yang Kai Solo Exhibition, Parkview Green Gallery, Beijing, ChinaGroup Exhibitions
Song of Soul, Soul Art Center, Beijing, China
West Bund Art & Design, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China
Jing Art, SKP-S, Beijing, China
Everything Grows And Grows, Z Space, Beijing, China
SOUL ART FESTIAL, Soul Art Center, Beijing, China
Forward, Songzhuang Contemporary Art Archive, Beijing, China
Accelerate Landscape, Soul Art Center, Beijing, China
The Echo of Golden Drops, UCCA Edge, Shanghai, China
Forward – A Tribute to Uninterrupted Artistic Creation, Cang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
West bound Art & Design Festival 2021, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China
Summer，Chong Qing – Chao Tiange, Chongqing, China
I am trendy，Songzhuang Contemporary Art Archive, Beijing, China
Focus on Art & Design-International Modern Art and Creative Design Exhibition, Suzhou, China
BVLGARI HOTEL Art Project, Beijing, China
FENGLAND & INVISIBLE TEMPLE, China World Mall, Beijing, China
AS WITHIN SO WITHOUT, Shanghai，China
The Echo of The Neigh, Xitang Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Making Landscape, New Town International Building, Beijing, China
On Sharks & Humanity, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australian
“Within Sight – Chinese New Painting”, Fukuoka Asia Art Museum, Fukuoka City, Japan
Gum Outure Made in China, Moods Gallery, Beijing, China
Harper’s Bazaar 150 Anniversary Exhibition, Shanghai Moca, Shanghai, China
Mirroring Public Art Project, UCCA, Aegean Place, Shanghai, China
2017 Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Guardian Fine Art Asia 2017, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
Biennale de Curitiba 2017 China / PAIS HOMENAGEADO, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
Multiple Spectacle Art Form Asia, Ningbo Art Museum, Ningbo, China
On Sharks & Humanity, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Hong Kong, China
The Contemporary Women’s Spirit, CHAO Art Center, Beijing, China
New Tale of Orient, Young Art from Asia, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC)，Beijing, China
YANGKAI Art Project II, BLANC ART, ART MO, Macao, China
INK ASIA 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
Inheritances | The Language in Contemporary Art – Parkview Green Art Festival, Parkview Green Beijing, China
N.A.I.C Project, Soho China and ArtDepot, Beijing, China
Nanjing Museum Open Seminar, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
“Light” China Media Art Festival, Huran Museum, Baoji, China
Breath, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
The China Collective, Lane Crawford, Beijing, China
INK ASIA 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
The Progress of Space Dody Type, Greenland Center, Beijing, China
Salute to the sea – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Visun Times Coast, Sanya, China
Liuchengji • Chinese New Ink Art Joint Exhibition, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China
Paratissima Art Fair, Italy, Corso Massimo D”Azeglio 11, Turin, Italy
Countertrend-Zone, Sunyard Art • Sinceren Art Center, Hangzhou, China
Between Us, GRAND SPACE, Beijing, China
Fat Choi, Gland / A307 / NCAF, Beijing, China
Parkview Blue, Parkview Green, Beijing, China
On Sharks & Humanity, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
Art Beijing Expo, Parkview Green Beijing, China
A New Context Derived from Shuimo, Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Art Beijing Expo, Parkview Green Beijing, China
Art Taipei Expo, Parkview Green Taipei, China
Lijiang Snow Mountain Music Festival, Lijiang Contemporary Art Center, Lijiang, China
The Portrait of Space, 2013 Parkview Green Art Festival, Beijing, China
Art Beijing Expo, Parkview Green Beijing, China
Barbican Global Olympic Art Exhibition, Barbican Centre, London, UK
Showcase-Cities, Rich Mix Art Space, London, UK
Exhibition in Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, London, UK
City of Westminster Council Charing Cross Library, London, UK
UK China Art & Design Festival 2011, London, UK
The First Principle Exhibition, The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK
Declaration of Independence, British Arts College Recommended Show, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Dragons in Lione Den Chinese Contemporary, Forman’s, Smokehouse Gallery, London, UK
I Call the Shots of My Youth, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Notting Hill Carnival, London, UK