China Academy of Art

Schools & Departments

School of Crafts

The history of the crafts disciplines could be traced to Pattern Design Department of National Academy of Art. In the summer of 1960, “Department of Crafts” was officially established with initiative and organization by Professor Deng Bai. It had three majors: Ceramics, Commercial Art, Dyeing and Weaving. It made remarkable achievements in recovering crafts of Longquan celadon, Dehua white porcelain, official ware in Southern Song Dynasty and contemporary ceramics creation and research.The Depar

Schools & Departments

School of Visual Communication

Schools & Departments

School of Intermedia Art (SIMA)

Founded in September 2010, the School of Intermedia Art has, as its primary educational tenet, to accelerate the development of media technology and to promote experimentation in contemporary art. SIMA supports and expands creativity in a variety of media and through its curriculum explores the relationship between creativity and technology. The School has set its four-dimensional interactive structure around media experiments, artistic creation, cultural study, and curatorial practice. The Scho

Schools & Departments

School of Sculpture and Public Art

The School of Sculpture and Public Art consists of three departments: the time-honored Department of Sculpture,the emerging Department of Public Art and Department of Fiber Art. The School strives to deepen the reform of Chinese art education and to improve its capacity for innovation. Its aesthetic education benefits all people by creating ‘grand beauty’ and molding a new sense of history and human spirit. The School’s essential mission is the re-shaping and promoting positive human energy. As

Leadership

Sun Xudong

Vice Chairman of the Committee of Academy Affairs

Leadership

Jin Yibin

Chairman of the Committee of Academy Affairs

History

Lin Fengmian

From 1928 To 1938 | Founder, painter well-known for fusing the East and the West

Introduction

Founded

Founded in 1928 as the first art academy with complete academic programs in China, China Academy of Art, undergoing changes in name and location, continues to yield outstanding achievements known both at home and abroad. CAA has experienced early hardship, ample maturity and leaping expansion as a vanguard in art. With a mission to revitalize Chinese art, it is in active dialogue with the world and has great influence in the development of modern and contemporary art in China.Throughout the hist

Humans Of CAA

Isabelle Baticle

Isabelle Baticle is an international student from France. In 1992, she entered the calligraphy class for international students in Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art) and in1997, she graduated as a calligraphy major from the Department of Chinese Painting, China Academy of Art.In 1999, she returned to France and engaged in painting and calligraphy teaching and exhibitions. She recalled her study in China, 'I clearly remember how I felt every day when I first learned call

Humans Of CAA

Nieser Roswitha

Nieser Roswitha is an international student from Austria. In 1993, she came to Hangzhou, China and became obsessed with Chinese ink and wash painting. She majored in ink and wash landscape painting in the Department of Chinese Painting, China Academy of Art. With the support of Chinese government scholarship, she finished her undergraduate courses and later on, completed her master's and doctoral courses. She obtained a master's degree in 1999. Under the guidance of Professor Zhuo H