Cai Zebin (b. 1988) is a visual artist based in Shantou, Guangdong province in Southern China. He graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2012.
The often whimsical and fantastic scenes in Cai Zebin's paintings draw inspiration from his extensive knowledge of art history and literature, reinterpreting existing motifs and devices to evaluate the process of painting and, ultimately, making art.
Selected solo includes: Hello, Self-portrait, L21, Islas Baleares, Spain (2021); A Revisit at 2 bis rue Perrel, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China (2020); Laval, Paris Internationale, Paris, France (2019); The Defense, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China (2018); Olive, NUOART Gallery, Beijing, China (2015). He has participated in the following group shows: One and All, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (2024); When We Become Us², curated by Manuela Lietti, Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy (2024); Nomads in the South: Rivers, Tunnels, Dampness and Constellations, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (2023); Universes 5, curated by Saša Bogojev, The Hole, New York, USA (2022); A Place for Concealment, curated by Yang Zi, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China (2022); Spring Antidote, curated by Capsule Shanghai, Blanc Art Space, Beijing, China (2022); Salon de Peinture, Almine Rech, New York, USA (2021); F#%k U & ur DisNey, Super Dakota, Brussels, Belgium (2021); 12 Artists, Harper's Gallery, New York, USA (2020); Metaphorical Reality, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China (2020); Exhibition of Young Power, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2020); Night Tour of the Pearl River, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2019) among others.
Cai Zebin's work was featured on Artmag, Artforum, Leap, Artshard, Art Frontier, ArtAsiaPacific and Contemporary Art Daily.
