1981-1984 Bachelor of Fine Art at China Academy of Fine Arts.
1989-2001 Lived in Germany. Advanced-study at Stuttgart Academy of Free Arts. 2001-
2001-2007 Lived in New York.
2007-2011 Full-time Professor at School of Arts, Design and Media in NTU, Singapore.
2009 Awarded a scholarship as an elite doctoral student.
2011 Received the doctorate degree at China Academy of Fine Arts.
2015-2019 Full-time Professor and master supervisor of Experimental Art Academy at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.
2021 visiting professor at the School of Public Art at the China Academy of Fine Art.
Besides being an active conceptual and performance artist, Cai also has curated many art projects and exhibitions since 1998, including one of the most important underground art exhibitions in China:
Trace of Existence, which he initiated and curated in 1989 in Beijing, in collaboration with Feng Boyi; Performance art show Construction before Deconstruction at Zhengzhou Shifo village in 2008; Parabiosis - a large scaled international contemporary art exhibition at Chongqing
Yangzi River Art Museum in 2016; Art Action 1998-2018 as the China section curator at Inter Art Centre and Le Lieu Art Centre in Quebec in 2018; On going global project of Art Now Live Tour happens a few times annually in different locations around the world. Including the "Overlapping Kassel"- live art tour 8 completed last year during Documenta 15 in Kassel.
Along with his artistic practice, he has written and published many important art critiques and books, including Performance Art and Spiritual healing, which is the first and an unique publication on this subject so far in China, published by Beijing World Publishing Cooperation in 2012; Diary of Live Art, 2013 by Beijing World Publishing Cooperation; Experimental Art Practice - Live Art Overseas, 2017 by China Today Art Museum Publishing House.
Despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic, he remained focused on his work. With a sense of urgency to make the most of life, he channeled his energy into writing several new books on performance art, including "Sinking: Returning to the Underground," "Attack from the Side," "The Unforgettable Gathering," and more. In addition, he leveraged his international network to organize exhibitions and edited numerous books on interactive art projects.
蔡青博士是一個藝術家、策展人和藝術批評家，活躍於當代藝術和行為藝術領域，同時他也从 事艺术教育，曾在許多中國重點藝術學院擔任客座或專職教授，傳授當代藝術并发表相关书籍和 评论。
1981-1984 在中国美术学院本科毕业。
1989-2001 移居德国，在斯图加特美术学院自由艺术班深造。
2001-2007 住在纽约。
2007-2011 任新加坡南洋理工大学设计艺术学院全职教授。
2009 获得精英博士研究生奖学金。
2011 获中国美术学院博士学位。
2015-2019 任天津美术学院全职教授和实验艺术学院研究生导师。
2021 任中国美术学院公共艺术学院客座教授
蔡青策划了许多艺术项目和展览，包括他启动和策划的 1998 年在北京与冯博一合作的中国首次 重要的地下当代艺术群展“生存痕迹”; 2008 年在郑州石佛村 shifo 的行为艺术展“毁灭前的建 造”; 2016 年在重庆长江当代美术馆举办了系列大型国际当代艺术展“异质共生”; 2018 年底，他 作为中国部分发言人和策展人参加魁北克 Inter art center 举办的“Action Art 1998-2018”国际行为艺 术研讨会，并在 le lieu 艺术中心展出了他整理的近 20 年中国行为艺术文献；除此之外他每年在世 界各地不同的地点举办“现场艺术巡回展”Art Now Live Tour, 包括去年在卡塞尔文献展 15 期间完 成的 “重叠卡塞尔”- 现场艺术巡回 8。
在做艺术实践的同时，他出版了几部重要的专业著作，并在国内外重要的艺术杂志上发表艺术 批评。专著包括《行为艺术与心灵治愈》，这是第一本目前在中国关于行为艺术的专著，由北京 世界图书出版社 2012 年发行; 2013 年《行为艺术现场》也由北京世界图书出版社出版; 2017 年他 的另两本新书《实验艺术实践 - 行动在海外》 由北京今日美术馆出版社出版。
疫情期间他没有停止工作。在生命紧迫感的摧促下，他写了几本关于行为艺术的新书，比如 《下沉 .重返地下》、 《从边缘切入》、《不能遗忘的集结》 等。并利用国际网络办展， 编辑了许 多艺术互动项目的新书。
蔡青 Cai Qing Sonnenberg Ph.D
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