Curriculum Vitae
Cai Yuan
1980 – 1983 Nanjing College of Art, Nanjing
1986 – 1989 BA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1989 – 1991 MA, Royal College of Art, London
JJ Xi
1982 – 1986 BA, Central Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing
1993 – 1994 MA, Goldsmiths' College, University of London
Exhibitions and projects
2007
Soya Sauce and Ketchup-Universal Project, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Chinese Performance Photograph Documentation Since 1979, Inter Art Centre, Beijing
Transfiguration, Performance, Louis T Blouin Foundation, London UK
Legacy, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London
Mad For Real Film, BBC big screen, Clayton Square, Liverpool
2006
On the Big Screen, Corner House, Manchester
Vital, Manchester, UK
Dou-pi-gai: struggle criticise reform, Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
Monkey King Sculpture and Live Art Project, Private ZOO, Colchester Arts Centre, UK
Point to the East, Strike in the West, photo and performance, 798 Dashanzi, Beijing
Dou-pi-gai: struggle criticise reform, performance, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin
2005
Monkey King Photograph Project, Artists Link Shanghai, British Council
Transposition, Office for Contemporary Arts Norway, Oslo
Apple of My Eye, V&A Museum, London
Monkey King at Layso School, ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
2004
The Culture of Cooking Salon Series, Home, London
Liverpool Live, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool Biennial
Answer with YES and NO!, Nasubi Gallery, Mori Museum, Tokyo
Face to Face, AURA gallery, Shanghai
Happy & Glorious, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
THINK UK, DaDao International Live Art Festival, Beijing
Monkey King causes havoc in the Heavenly Palace, British Museum
Alive, Alive-O! Morecambe Bay, Installation, Lancashire, UK
2003
Paradox, London Underground, Arts Council England Commission
Cultural Breakthrough, The Guardian Newsroom, London
Peripheries become the center, Prague Biennale, Prague
Wandering Library, Project of The International Artists’ Museum, Venice
Dazed Eye, La Foret Arts Space, Tokyo
Burning Fields, anti war demonstration, Hyde Park, London
Live Culture, Tate Modern, London
2002
Soya Sauce and Ketchup Fight, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool Biennale
Penis Spirit, Beijing Swings, Channel 4 commission, Beijing
Big Screen in Little China, Home GMI, Leicester Square, London
2001
StopForAMinute, Dazed & Confused/FilmFour commission: 9th Biennial of Moving Images, Geneva; Leeds International Film Festival; 13th International Film Festival, Cardiff
Markers banner project, The International Artists’ Museum, 49th Venice Biennale
Touring London, online project, inIVA commission
Uncovered, University Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester
2000
Two Artists Arrest Hou Hanru, 2nd Shanghai Bienniale
Open Fire!, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Two Artists Swim Across the Thames Millennium Bridge, London
Run Naked Across Westminster Bridge with Tony Bear, Westminster Bridge, London
Soya Sauce Ketchup Fight May Day, Trafalgar Square, London
Two Artists Crawl Through Central London
Two Artist Piss on Duchamp's Urinal, Tate Modern, London
1999
Mad for Real Fordham Gallery and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Two Artists Jump on Tracey Emin's Bed, Tate Gallery, London
Cities on the Move, Hayward Gallery, London
Talks and Lectures
Tate Liverpool, 2007
Vital, Manchester, 2007
National Gallery, London, 2006
Royal College of Art, London, 2006
Arts and Society, Beijing University, 2006
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, 2006
Office for Contemporary Art Norway, 2005
ART: What is Good For? Dartington College of Arts, 2005
ANTI Contemporary, Kuopio, Finland, 2005
We Love You, Goethe Institute, London, 2004
Oxford Brookes University, 2004
Marked, Arnolfini Art Gallery, Bristol, 2003