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Cai Li - born 1969

Songxi Printmaking School
Ms. Cai Li
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Mrs. Cai Li is a woodblock printmaker from Fujian and member of the Songxi Printmaking Artists Association. Like many in Songxi, the "hometown" of Chinese Printmaking, Cai Li began her artistic career as an art teacher in middle and primary schools. Her prints - landscapes, fantastic nature scenes, and scenes from everyday country life - have won her much acclaim and they have been featured in several exhibitions as well.

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From Fujian Province

Cai Li, wife of Lan Kunfa was born in June 1969 in Songxi County Fujian. She holds a degree from the Jianyang Teachers School in Fujian Province and from the Fujian Normal University in Chinese. From September 2002 to January 2003, she enrolled at the China Academy of Art to study printmaking.

Cai Li began to work in 1987, first as an art teacher in middle and primary schools. In July 2005 she was assigned to work as an artist in the Songxi County Printmaking Institute and as an assistant (middle-rank professional title) of Mass Cultural Center.

Woodblock Prints by Cai Li

Cai Li - born 1969

Lan Kunfa - Biography
Cai Li, Dancing in Autumn
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Cai Li specializes in reduction wood block prints, using oil based colors on Chinese paper. The subjects vary. It is, however, not unusual that a natural theme is personified, which is the case in "Dancing in Autumn" and "Sound of the Wind."

In the first aforementioned print, farmers are working in the fields, sending dirt flying or dancing through the air. Their swift movements create large imposing clouds that linger in the background. In the second print lines, curves and swirls can be made out as the movement and its movement and therefore the sound.

Naturally one does not see the wind, but rather its effect as things move. In this image, there are abstracted flowers in the largely green painting. The other painting largely features dark oranges and reds, much like the earth.

Affiliations

Cai Li - born 1969

Guo Chongje - Biography
Cai Li, Sound of Wind
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• Vice chairman of Songxi Printmaking Artists Association.
• Member of Fujian Artists Association.
• Director of Nanping Artists Association.
• Artist of Wuyi Painting Institute.
• Researcher of Wuyi Painting and Calligraphy Research Institute.

Exhibitions and Awards of Cai Li

• 1997 - The print "Small Courtyard of Farmhouses" won Excellent Work Prize in 2nd National Farmers' Painting Exhibition of China. This work was published on China Culture on May 20, 1999.
• 1999 - The print "Paradise of Farmers" was selected for Fujian 3rd Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition. This work was published on China Art Weekly on September 1, 2001.
• 1999 - The print "Alp Household" was published on China Culture.
• 1999 - The print "Village Cook" was published on Youth Tide.
• 2000 - The print "Cycas Trees Blooming" was selected for 15th National Printmaking Exhibition.
• 2001 - The print "Tiaoniujin Dancing" was published on Fujian Pictorial.
• 2002 - The print "Mountain Village III" was selected for National Arts Exhibition of the 60th Anniversary of the Releasing of "May-23rd Talk" won the excellent work prize.
• 2002 - The print "Mountain Village" was selected for 16th National Printmaking Exhibition.
• 2003 - Two prints 'Continuous Growth' and "Mountain Village" were published on Fine Art.
• 2004 - The lacquer painting "Leisure White Clouds" was published on Fujian Daily.
• 2004 - The print "Soft Wind, Sweet Song" was collected by Sichuan Museum.
• 2004 - The print "Mountain Village VI" was awarded excellent work prize in 13th National Group Stars Prize and gold prize in Fujian election area.
• 2005 - The print "Nuo Dance" was awarded the third prize 3rd National Farmers' Painting Exhibition.

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(January 2008, updated by Dieter Wanczura August 2009)

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