Cui Jie | WillingArt Gallery

Cui Jie
Born in 1976, Beijing, China

Life is wandering between dreams and reality. In my pictures, I combine everyday objects with animals seen free in nature alongside rapidly growing plants. I create a non-realistic space with conflict to express my desire for harmony between restraint and freedom, reality and dream, human and nature; the expression of modern meeting classic. I use grease paint as the medium of my work. The quality of the oil I use is like cheese in quality, giving me great joy with every stroke during the creation process. When you spend time with these paintings, each moment could be new. With timelessness, you can not only obtain the meaning of my work but also enjoy the process of painting and the elegance of creation through each intricate stroke.

Education

Graduated from the Department of Ceramic Design of the Central Academy of Fine Arts(now the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University), in 1999.

Studies at the Expression of Form Seminar of the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Chinese National Academy of Arts, 2016 to 2017.

Currently works at the Design and Media Expression Studio, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.

Exhibition Experiences

Nov. 2016 The fifth China's oil painting newcomer exhibition of School of China's Oil Painting

Aug. 2017 Chinese, Japanese, Korean, American Contemporary Art Exhibition in Japanese Yokohama Fine Art Gallery

Sep. 2017 Asheville Gallery of Art * North Carolina * Asheville * Cuijie, Asheville Gallery Cuijie individual exhibition Asheville, North Carolina, USA