ZHAI YI

Born in 1990, Zhai Yi graduated from Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Chinese painting. In 2018, I graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in the direction of meticulous painting characters.

Zhai Yi built her “space” in her own works, filled the graffiti fragments on the walls of the “space” to be expressed by the artist, and then connected the fragments by the three-dimensional image of the box to unify them into a new whole. Zhai Yi processed the box into a “paper” texture, hoping that its shape could give people a better feeling of disassembling, kneading, folding and destroying. It was not permanent or immutable, but temporary, fragile and moldable. Viewers observe the whole “space” from a distant perspective of God, and no longer focus their attention on just one image, so that the behavior of “seeing” goes to another level. As the main organ of “seeing”, the eye is in an obvious position in many pictures. The eye is the window to know everything, and if you can’t see it, you are ignorant.

Recently attended exhibitions include, 2020, Hidden casket, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China; “A Year’s Message” Invitational Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Chinese Painters, China Calligraphy and Painting Magazine Art Museum, Beijing, China; 2017 The 4th “Three Hui” Art Exhibition, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China; 2016 Art Shenzhen, Art Document Art Center, Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center; The Second Fine Brush Painting Exhibition of Hubei Fine Brush Painting Association, Wuhan, China; “Vientiane — Encountering” & Series Exhibition of Young Artists Bole Program of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Wuhan Shizhe, Wuhan, China; 2015 “Integrity Supermarket — Second Anniversary Exhibition of Bian Du Space”, Bian Du Space, Wuhan, China “Wind Park Island” Contemporary Ink Painting Four Exhibition, Wuhan White Society, Wuhan, China; 2014 “For Chinese Painting — Flower and Bird Painting Teaching Seminar Exhibition of National Art Colleges”, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. China; 2013 “Journey of a Thousand Miles” Excellent Works Exhibition of Eight Fine Arts Institutes, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.