China Academy of Art

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

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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

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Arturo Mayorga Zuñiga

'Hello, everyone, I'm Arturo Mayorga Zuñiga. I'm Mexican and my tutor is Chen Yuan from China Academy of Art. Living in China and learning in the Academy have shaped my career and creative mind. ''The master's courses taught by the teachers and various activities organized by the International College all left me wonderful memories. In the four years' study in China Academy of Art, Chinese culture and traditional customs have expanded my knowledge and helped me improv

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Luis Cantillo

Luis Cantillo is a Colombian visual artist and curator. He has bachelor's degrees from College of Fine Arts, Columbia National University and from Central Saint Martins, London, UK and master’s degree from School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.In 2011, he got the Chinese government scholarship and learned from Professor Qiu Zhijie in School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art. He won the 2016 Academy Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. In the past ten years, he is active in contempor

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Ida Blazicko

The sculptor and public artist Ida Blazicko was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1985. She studied in the Department of Public Art, China Academy of Art, from 2009 to 2012 and got her PhD under the guidance of Professor Yang Qirui.Now she is a member of Croatian Association of Artists. She went to Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA for study. She has a PhD in the field of bionics in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia and she is a foreign professor in the Department

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Jeremiah Watson

Jeremiah Watson is an international student from America. From 2010 to 2018, he successively obtained a master's degree and a doctorate degree from China Academy of Art under the guidance of Professor Wang Shu.Now he is an international architect, design consultant and artist. Jeremiah is keen on promoting the harmony between man and nature and the expression of construction and materials through architectural design. The project he led won awards in the International Competition for Archite

Faculty

Lian Mian

Lian received his bachelor's degree at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University in 2003. Three years later, he completed the postgraduate study at the same academy. In 2010, Lian graduated from there as a doctor. He is currently working at CAA Center for Chinese Visual Studies.Lian takes the history and theories of ancient Chinese arts, crafts, and design as his main research fields, concentrating on the history of ideas, institutions, and philosophy, as well as the classics of

Events

Illuminate the World · 2022 Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art

On Jun. 29, "Illuminate the World · 2022 Qiandao Lake International Biennale of Light Art" opened at the Yue Guang Island, Qiandao Lake Scenic Spot. The Biennale was co-organized by China Academy of Art and Chun'an County People's Government of Zhejiang Province and was China's first biennale focusing on art of light as medium. While continuing to build China Academy of Art's "Illuminate the World" art platform, the exhibition was committed to promoting a long

News

China Academy of Art launches exhibition series to motivate social engagement in co-building a 'beautiful China'

On June 25, 2022, the China Academy of Art, one of China's leading art education institutes launched an exhibition entitled "A-C-Tion 2022 series of academic activities". The exhibition aims at presenting the collections of artworks that showcase the beauty of China from different perspectives. The day also marks the first anniversary of the establishment of the Beautiful China Institute of the China Academy of Art. A-C-Tion 2022 poster "A-C-Tion 2022" exhibition