1957

Cai Guo-Qiang  蔡国强 was born on December 8th in Quanzhou, Fujian province.

1981

He entered the Shanghai Theater Academy to study scenography for four years.

1987

He moved to Japan where he remained eight years.

The use of gunpowder to cause explosions on his canvases, led him to use

explosives as an artistic method, which will make its international renown.

1995

He moved to New York, while maintaining relations with China and Japan.

2008

He was appointed director of special effects for the opening and closing

2008/2009

A major itinerant retrospective of his work :  I want to believe  opened

in february at the Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York  United States.

It continued in August at the National Art Museum in Beijing  China and at

the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, in march of the following year.

2012

He was the first Chinese to receive in the 24 th Praemium Imperiale of Tokyo,

the most prestigious award in the field of Arts.

He lives in Tokyo Japan and New York  United States.

Danièle Sicard

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Awards  selection

1995

1999

The Golden Lion  at the 48th Venice Biennial  Italy

2001

2009

2012

Medal of Arts  Washington   Washington  United States

2012

Lifetime Achievement in the Arts ( Painting )ToKyo  Japan

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1997

01.10 26.10 Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century Queens Museum of Art

New York  United States

2000

05.04 28.05 Cai Guo-Qiang  Cartier Foundation Paris  France

2001

Performing Chinese Ink Painting Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver  Canada

2001

31.10 06.01 2002  An Arbitrary History Contemporary Art Museum Lyon  France

2002

Cai Guo-Qiang Shanghai Art Museum  China

2003

09.09 14.12 An Explosion Event: Light Cycle Over Central Park  Asia Society Museum New York

2004

12.12 30.10 2005 Inopportune Contemporary Art Museum Massachusetts North Adams

2006

Head On, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin  Germany

2006

26.08 15.10 Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York   United States

2008

22.02 28.05 I Want to Believe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York  United States

2009

21.11 21.02  Hanging Out in the Museum Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei  Taiwan

2010

11.12 01.03 Fallen Blossoms Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphie  United States

2012

Sky Ladder Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA)  Los Angeles  United States

2014

The Ninth Wave Power Station of Art Shanghai  China

2015

11.07 18.10 There and Back Again Yokohama Museum of Art  Japan

2017

October  Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow Russia

2018

20.11 17.02 2019 Flora Commedia The Uffizi Galleries Florence  Italy

2020

15.12 28.02 Odyssey and Homecoming Palace Museum Beijing  China

2024

15.04 19.04 TED 2024 - THE  BRAVE and THE BRILLIANT Vancouver BC Canada

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                                Cai Guo-Qiang                                                                       http://www.caiguoqiang.com/

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Cai Guo-Qiang  蔡国強  -  Sky Filled with Sakura  -  Act V of - When the sky Blooms with Sakura  -  commissioned
by Anthony Vaccarello for SAINT LAURENT by the Executive Committee of When the Sky Blooms with Sakura

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