CV
Francis Cai
Short Bio
Francis Cai (b. 1999) is a visual artist based in Shanghai. He holds a Master of Moving Image from the University of Sydney. His practice spans large-format film photography and experiments with digital media, drawing on the subtle emotional qualities of everyday landscapes and the relationships between people and places across cultures.
His images inhabit a space between observation and imagination. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Verge Gallery, M16 Artspace, Melbourne City Library Gallery and Zhejiang Art Museum. Selected works are held by institutions and private collectors in Australia.
Contact Information:
E-Mail: francis.cai1999@gmail.com
Ins: https://www.instagram.com/cai_francis/
蔡正琨，1999年生于上海，青年影像艺术创作者，新西兰怀特克利夫艺术设计学院本科，澳大利亚悉尼大学动态影像学硕士。他的作品常关注超现实景观与情景主义的新客观性表达。他以独特的视角审视多元生活环境和文化的差异，作品展现出鲜明的个人风格，并在悉尼Verge画廊，墨尔本城市图书馆，堪培拉M16艺术空间，北京时间博物馆，中华世纪坛当代馆和浙江美术馆等地展出，逐渐走入公众视野，部分作品被有关澳大利亚机构和爱好者收藏。
Artist-in-Residence
La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts, Noyers, France (Oct 2024)
Kunstraum LLC, New York City, USA (Oct 2023 - Dec 2023)
Awards
Excellent Design Award, 2025 Shanghai Gifts Design Competition, Shanghai (Dec 2025)
Finalist, Global Youth Image Art 100 and TOP10 Cultivation Program, Beijing (Oct 2024)
Finalist, The 7th Poly Stellardemia Award, Beijing Time Museum (Dec 2023)
Winner, Roma Short Film Festival, Best VR Film (Feb 2023)
Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize, Leo Kelly Arts Center (Jan 2023)
Finalist, 2022 USU Creative Awards, Verge Gallery (Oct 2022)
Winner, The 3rd Alex Mao Youth Photographer Award, Auckland Festival of Photography (Jun 2021)
Winner, 2020 Photo Media Prize, Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design (Apr 2021)
Solo Exhibitions
A Moment in Nowhere, The Shop Gallery, Sydney (Mar 2025)
Flux, Gallery at City Library, Melbourne (Dec 2024)
The Daylight Moon, M16 Artspace, Canberra (Apr 2024)
Bird in The Cage - Shadowlands, Verge Gallery x USU, Sydney (Apr 2022)
Sea: Another Unseen Universe, National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai (Jun 2019)
Selected Group Shows
Exhibited Artist, “From Ingredients to Pilates” 2026 Emerging Curators Project, Central Art Museum, Hangzhou (Nov 2026)
Exhibited Artist, “Light of All Things, Future of Intelligent Imagery” The 18th Shanghai International Photographic Art Exhibition, Shanghai (Oct 2026)
Exhibited Artist, “Intelligence Gathering Artistic Realm“ 2026 Shanghai Science and Technology Art Exhibition, Shanghai (Aug 2026)
Exhibited Artist, “Digital Archipelagos” The 10th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, PSEG Digital Hall, ShenZheng (Dec 2025)
Exhibited Artist, “Camphor Tree Chronicles” 2025 SWAB Barcelona Art Fair, Fira de Barcelona (Oct 2025)
Exhibited Artist, The 5th Cross-Strait Photography Cultural Week, ZheJiang Art Museum, HangZhou (Nov 2024)
Exhibited Artist, “Eternal Scenery” Beijing Photo Week, China Millennium Monument (Oct 2024)
Exhibited Artist, “Social Geographies” Kunstraum’s Annual Member Exhibition, Kunstraum Gallery, NYC (Sep 2024)
Exhibited Artist, The 7th Poly Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Time Museum (Dec 2023)
Exhibited Artist, The 4th Cross-Strait Photography Cultural Week, ZheJiang Art Museum, HangZhou (Oct 2023)
Exhibited Artist, “Emergence” Quantum Art Exhibition, The ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, M2 Gallery, Sydney (Jun 2023)
MMI Grad Show, Sinking into The Afterglow (VR), Old Geology Lecture Theatre, The University of Sydney (Jun 2022)
BFA Grad Show, Sunnyrain - Seven Years like One Day, Form Gallery, Auckland (Nov 2020)
Exhibited Artist, Tiger Murdoch: The Insider, Uxbridge Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland (Jun 2018)
Public Projects
A House of Nobility, Mawangdui Grand Exhibition, China Art Museum, Shanghai (Sep 2026)
Colour The City, Vivid Sydney 2025, ASN Clocktower Lighting Design, Sydney (Jun 2025)
“Portrait of Life” NGO Show, Century Link Mall, Shanghai (May 2023)
Auckland Art Week, Victoria Park Market, Auckland (Oct 2020)
Urbanization Public Project, Karangahape Rd, Auckland (Aug 2019)