Decheng Cui

Artist Statement:

I am a conceptual artist whose works never limited to any artistic language, from traditional oil painting to animation and more. I obtained my two undergraduate diplomas, B.F.A in painting and B.A in Industrial Design (Science), in
China in 2013. After graduation, I transferred my interest from traditional painting and design to contemporary art. I have been making contemporary art at an MFA program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2017. I has shown his work through solo and group exhibitions and art fairs in many countries.
The purpose of my work is to use it to fight fear from death. Since the demise of the flesh is inevitable, then I can only find ways to plant the fragments of my soul among human civilizations, to root it to console myself. Therefore, it is unimportant to me that what kind of art language I use, and it play a whole key role in my work that what kind of my concept, my soul, in it.

Education:

· Master of Fine Arts: Painting & Drawing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL, U.S. | 2020
· Post-Bacc: Painting & Drawing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL, U.S. | 2017
· Graduate Seminar: Art History
China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Beijing, Beijing, China | 2015
· Graduate Seminar: Art Critic
China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Beijing, Beijing, China | 2014
· Painting
Formative Arts Lab | Beijing, Beijing, China | 2013
· Bachelor of Art: Design Object (science department)
Shandong University of Art and Design | Jinan, Shandong, China | 2010
· Bachelor of Fine Art: Oil Painting
Shandong University of Art and Design | Jinan, Shandong, China | 2009

Awards & Distinctions:

· Lecture:
Metaphysical Series
University of Berkeley
· Interview:
Dialogue with Cui, Decheng: Critique of Sensibility
Samuel Art, 2022
· Magazine
World of Interiors, December 2021
· Award and Magazine:
Stars Project,
Tree Art Museum, Beijing, 2020
· Interview:
28th Universal Questions, IWV 2020
Samuel Art, 2020

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Figure Painting class with Sheridan Gustin, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019
Painting practice class with George Liebert, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018
Contemporary Practice class, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017

Exhibitions:

EXHIBITION AND CLOOECTION
· Exhibition, awakening 2022- Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary from Youth Artistes, China Association of Collectors, Beijing, May 2022
· Exhibition, Eye-diolect: Susanne Doremus selects, ZOLLA\ LIEBERMAN GALLERY, March 25 ~ April 30, 2022
· Collection, FLAXMAN LIBRARY, Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, IL, 2022
· Exhibition, RAPPORT and ABSTRACTION, The Art Center Highland Park, IL, February 18 ~ April 9, 2022
· Solo Exhibition, Critique of Sensibility, Presidential Tower 404, Chicago, February
· Exhibition, Midsummer Dream show/ ATT Angie, Studio 659, Whiting IN, 2021 August
· Exhibition, Words Matter, The Art Center-Highland Park IL, 2021 August
· Exhibition, Abstracted Abstraction, St. Louis Artists' Art Museum, Clayton MO, 2021 July
· Exhibition, Omni Art Expo, Shanghai, 2021 July
· Exhibition and Collection, Upstream, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, 2021 July
· Exhibition and Collection, awakening 2021- Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary from Youth Artistes, China Association of Collectors, Beijing, May 2021
· Exhibition and Collection, Artworks of Non- traditional Aesthetic Meaning- Invitational
· Exhibition, Launch, SAIC Galleries, 33 E. Washington St, 2020
· Exhibition and Collection, Long Hello, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2020
· Exhibition and Collection, Stars Project, TREE ART MUSEUM, Beijing, 2020
· Exhibition, INCUBATOR, Wabash Window, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2020
· Exhibition, Backyard Stories, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, 2020
· Exhibition, CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2019, THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, Venice, 2019
· Solo exhibition, NEW WORKS, Maclean Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, 2019
· Exhibition, Book and Paper Arts, KOKOMO DOWNTOWN ART GALLERY, Kokomo, 2019
· Group exhibition, SLOW DESIGN Pop-Up Exhibition, PIS Global Culture, New York City, 2019
· Solo exhibition, Sense & Sensibility, Google building, Silicon Valley, CA, 2019
· Exhibition, Spring in Motion, Mooch Gallery, Chicago, 2018
· Exhibition, Post-Baccalaureate Annual 2018, SAIC SHOUWS 2018, Chicago, 2018
· Exhibition, Poet of Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art of Zhangjiang Pudong Shanghai, Shanghai, 2014
· Exhibition, 40th Anniversary Exhibition of Shandong University of Art & Design, 2013
· Collection, Shandong University of Art & Design, 2013

Artistic Influences:

Schopenhauer, Picasso, Giorgio Morandi and Georges Seurat