Cai Kezhen's personal experience

2005

Commended by the Party Committee of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts as Outstanding **** Producer Party Member in 2003-05. Presided over the 2nd National Lacquer Painting Advanced Study Course and taught--Xiamen. Hosted the 2nd Guangdong Lacquer Painting Exhibition--Yangjiang, Guangdong. Lingnan Style Guangzhou Lacquer Painting Exhibition in Hong Kong, invited by the Chinese University of Hong Kong to give a lecture on "Tradition and Modernity of Chinese Lacquer Painting". Planned and hosted the 05 Xiamen Chinese Lacquer Painting Exhibition. Created lacquer painting "Coal Digger's Lunch" - Guangdong Province Lacquer Painting Exhibition and Xiamen 05 National Lacquer Painting Exhibition.

2004

Judge of the Tenth National Art Exhibition Comprehensive Exhibition - Nanjing. Created lacquer painting "Black and White Miao Women" - 10th National Art Exhibition. Thesis "Revitalization of Chinese Lacquer Painting" - published in the first issue of Art Magazine in '04. Fate with Lacquer" - published in the biography of famous teachers of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Lacquer Painting and Lacquer Words" (Kezhen's self-selected anthology) was published. Oil paintings "Venice in the Water Country", "Roses", "Fortunate Fish", "Bingwei in Scarf", "Hui'an Girl", "Miao Girl's First Makeup", etc. took part in the exhibition of the old artists of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and were exhibited in Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Dongguan and other places.

2003

Created lacquer painting "Red Seaweed" - Xiamen Lacquer Painting Exhibition. Guangdong Provincial Education Committee recognized as an excellent worker for caring for the next generation. The First Chinese Lacquer Painting Exhibition - Xiamen. Hosted and taught at the National Lacquer Painting Advanced Study Course--Xiamen. Inaugurated the Beijing International Art Biennale - National Lacquer Painting Exhibition.

2002

Created lacquer painting "Light of Lacquer Ancestor" - Beijing International Biennial. China Lacquer Painting Nomination Exhibition--Guangdong Art Museum. The First Guangdong Lacquer Painting Exhibition--Guangdong Art Museum.

2001

Created Lacquer Painting "Freedom Flowers on Earth - Chen Yi Portrait". Director of Lacquer Painting Art Committee of China Art Association - Xiamen.

1994

Received the Vietnam Education Delegation and was received by Pham Van Gai, Chairman of Vietnam Fatherland Front, and learned that 90-year-old Prof. Huynh Jieh Cuong was alive and well, and paid tribute to his mentor only in this way. Participated in the 40th anniversary of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts secondary school, alumni presented "a few degrees of sunset" album as a souvenir, "Cai Kezhen lacquer paintings", "the selection of Cai Kezhen lacquer paintings". Cai Kezhen lacquer paintings selection of the work began.

1993

The lacquer painting "March's Residence" was completed. With Taiwan lacquer artist Yang Fengcheng visited Fuzhou to give an academic report, and accepted the southeast radio station "across the rainbow" special interview, broadcast "cross-strait lacquer artists talk about lacquer". Participated in the second "Chinese Master Craftsman" evaluation committee of the Ministry of Light Industry. Published articles on lacquer art in Taiwan's "Lion Art" and "Artist" magazines.

1992

The lacquer paintings "The Most Sacred Master Confucius" and "Golden Autumn" were completed. Thesis "Characteristic Vietnamese Lacquer Painting" published. Completed two master's degree programs and retired.

1991

Lacquer painting "Hmong Embroidery Girl", etc. completed, lacquer painting "Miss Shaanbei" to participate in Fuzhou, China and Japan lacquer cultural activities. Participated in the annual meeting of China Lacquer Association in Yangjiang, and made an academic report "about designing high value-added products".

1990

Lacquer painting "Farewell My Concubine" completed. Designed the large screen with sixteen curved golden characters. Lacquer painting "Lotus Magnolia" participated in the "China Modern Lacquer Painting Exhibition" in Tokyo, Japan. Participated in the annual meeting of China Lacquer Association in Xi'an, and the paper "The Beauty of Screen" was published.

1989

Lacquer painting "Zither Rhythm" participated in the Seventh National Art Exhibition. Lacquer painting "Little Red Fish" participated in the Provincial Art Exhibition and went to Macao for exhibition. Translation of "World Lacquer Art in the 20th Century" was published. He was honored as an excellent teacher by Guangdong Province, and was listed in the "Guangdong Reform and Opening-up Spectrum".

1988

Hosted the "Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Folk Art Exhibition", which was exhibited at the Chen's Academy in Guangzhou. Published the thesis "Review and Prospect of Lacquer Painting". Completed the textbook "Japanese Lacquer Art". Participated in the evaluation committee of "Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters" of the Ministry of Light Industry.

1987

The gold lacquer painting "Flying Fish" was completed. In Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts hosted "Ministry of Light Industry lacquer design theory training course: 47 students. Went to Hong Kong to study the art of architectural decoration. Participated in the annual meeting of China Lacquer Association in Tianjin. Appointed as a tutor for master's degree students of decorative arts.

1986

Participated in organizing the first China Lacquer Painting Exhibition. Exhibited at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Lacquer painting "Reed Chicken" won an award and was in the collection of China Arts and Crafts Treasures, and then went to Moscow and was collected by the Museum of Oriental Art of the USSR. Published in "Soviet Painting" and "Artist" magazine. Lacquer painting "Moonlit Night" won the prize of excellent craftsmanship. Participated in the Council of China Lacquer Association in Yujiang, Jiangxi Province, and published Six Opinions on the Development of Lacquer Painting in China.

1985

Lacquer painting "Meimei and Sakurako" participated in the Sixth National Art Exhibition. The paper "Inherit Tradition, Innovate" was published, and won the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Thesis Award. He went to Shenzhen to give lectures on "Interior Decoration and Environmental Art".

1984

Participated in the China Lacquerware Quality Management Association, and served as director, vice-president and art adviser. The paper "Let the native art more fragrant" was published, and in the same year, he became the deputy director of Guangdong Province Folk Art Committee. Lacquer painting "Lily in a Bottle" took part in the National Teachers' Works Exhibition, and then took part in the Guangdong Provincial Art Works Exhibition in Thailand.

1983

Visited "Fujian and Jiangxi Lacquer Painting Joint Exhibition", and lectured in Nanchang. His dissertation, "The Beauty of Containment, the Beauty of Quality and Material, and the Beauty of Craftsmanship", was published.

1982

Lacquer painting "Huangshan Cloud Sea" and "Flying Fish" were collected by Guangzhou Ocean Express Hotel.

1981

Lacquer painting "Cotton Tree and Cherry Blossom" won the second prize in Guangzhou Municipal Flower Exhibition.

1980

At the request of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, he created a large lacquer mural "Sunflower Township" for the Guangdong Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, with the participation of Zhuo Dehui, and the assistance of Yangjiang Lacquer Ware Factory.

1979

The lacquer painting "Lilies" participated in the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China National Art Exhibition, and was one of the only two lacquer paintings selected for the first time in the National Art Exhibition. It was collected by the National Art Museum of China.

In 1978

The artist went to Yangjiang Lacquer Factory for internship, and went to the sea with fishing boats to experience life. In the same year, he went to Huangshan Mountain for sketching, lived in Beihai for more than ten days, and completed the lacquer painting "Huangshan Cloud and Sea".

1977

The lacquer painting "Qingming Day of Binyin" and the large-scale propaganda painting "Suddenly Reported to the World that Zeng Fuhu's Tears Fly into Pouring Rain" were completed in Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Park.

1976

Lacquer painting "Spring Festival" participated in the National Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and was exhibited in Tokyo, Osaka and other places in Japan, and at the instruction of Fu Hao, our ambassador to Japan, he copied the painting to take part in Sino-Japanese exchanges, which was collected by the Seibu Group.

1975

Lacquer painting "Comrade Mao Zedong hosted the Guangzhou Peasant Movement Workshop" was completed. Led students to Hai Feng to learn the army and experience life.

1974

Invited to Beijing to participate in the decoration of the Beijing Hotel. Visited Mr. Shen Congwen, a literary scholar and expert in cultural relics research, and was instructed by Mr. Shen to learn about the history of lacquer painting in China.

1971

Prepared for the establishment of the lacquer painting studio, recruited the first lacquer painting students. Shaoshan" and "Silver Needle Passing on Friendship" were completed. Received a delegation of Vietnamese artists to China. The paper "Heroic People, Fighting Art" was published.

1970

Transferred back to the academy as a teacher, and led students to Songbaolang, Dongguan to experience life.

1967 to 1969

Guangdong Sanshui Nanbian May 7 Cadre School, Yingde May 7 Cadre School.

1966

The work "When I Grow Up" was displayed on behalf of the country at the International Mother's Day Conference held in Switzerland, and was sent to Poland to participate in the Fifth World Youth Gala.

1965

Participated in the production of the large-scale lacquer painting "We Will Definitely Win" under the guidance of Mr. Huang Jiezhu. The lacquer paintings "Five Screens in the Distance", "Scorched Dame" and "Female Militia" were completed.

1964

Studied in Vietnam, went to Xishan Ancient Temple to study the ancient lacquer art of Vietnam. Lacquer paintings "Goldfish" and "Paying Public Rations" were completed. In August of the same year returned to China on vacation, in Beijing to participate in the "Peking Opera Reform" class to learn Mao Zedong's thought on literature and art. In October of the same year, for the Chinese arts and crafts exhibition and Mr. Shen Fuwen's visit to Vietnam as an interpreter.

1963

Sent by the Central Ministry of Culture to Hanoi, Vietnam to study lacquer painting, under the tutelage of Prof. Huynh Jieh Cuong, a famous Vietnamese lacquer painter.

1962

Going to experience life in Makou Iron Mine in Yingde, Guangdong Province, he completed the oil painting group "Praise to the Heroes of Makou" in cooperation with Hu Juizhan and others. Completed the oil painting "Opening Mountains and Cleaving Ridges".

1961

Going to Honghu County, Hubei Province to experience life, oil painting history painting "General Ye Ting in the Battle of Dingsiqiao" completed, Ye Ting Memorial Hall, Huizhou.

1960

The director of teaching in the attached middle school of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He intended to go to the Soviet Union to study printmaking, but failed to do so because of the change of situation.

1959

The four-paneled New Year's painting "Zhang Ren Chang Repairing Dong Zi Yan" was published.

1958

Moved south to Guangzhou with the Academy of Fine Arts, and led the students of the attached middle school to participate in the work of people's communalization in Gaoyao County, Guangdong Province.

1957

Studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts at the Teachers' Refresher Course under the tutelage of Mr. Wang Shilang.

1956

Leading the first and second classmates of the attached middle school to go to the countryside, experiencing life in the foothills of the Dabie Mountains in Luotian, Hubei.

1953 to 1955

Graduated from the Painting Department of Zhongnan Fine Arts College and stayed there to teach. He took part in the flood control struggle in Wuhan and was awarded the second class merit in Wuhan. His cartoon "Dialogue of Fish" was published in various newspapers and magazines across the country and participated in the Third National Art Exhibition, which was collected by the National Art Museum of China.

From 1951 to 1953

Studied at the Fine Arts Department of the Central and South College of Literature and Art. New Year's Paintings "Doing New Year's Goods", "Precision Farming", "Patriotic Abundance" and "Model Military Family Liu Laidi" were published. The comic strips "All Evil Always Road" and "The Story of Two Little Ones" were published.

1949

Graduated from Wuhan No.1 High School and joined the workforce at Chung Yuan University in the same year.

1945

Graduated from Wuhan No.1 Middle School and was taught by Mr. Ye Zaishu, a national painter.

1943

Graduated from the 19th Elementary School in Wuhan, where she was taught by Mr. Wang Wennong, a national painter.

1931

Born in Wuhan, Hubei Province.