Decheng Cui

Cui, Decheng (b.1990) is a conceptual artist whose works never limited to any artistic language, from traditional oil painting to animation and more. He obtained his two undergraduate diplomas, B.F.A in painting and B.A in Industrial Design (Science), in
China in 2013. After graduation, he transferred his interest from traditional painting and design to contemporary art. He has been making contemporary art at an MFA program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2017. Decheng has shown his work through solo and group exhibitions and art fairs in many countries.
Decheng Cui, “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.”

· 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

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, February 11
· 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, 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
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