About Yujian Cui：
Yujian Cui (Born in Shandong, China) is a Chinese Artist who lives and studies in China and the US. He is a BFA3 Photo and Media student at the California Institute of the Arts. He is using photography as a medium to combine Eastern and Western cultures. He is also discovering the space between texts and visual language, philosophizing about time and space. His works are mainly about the conflict between social development and individual sentiment, Asian immigrant history in the US, and self-expression between different cultures. His works also explore and discuss the authenticity and essence of documentary photography. Trying to break the gaze and self-centered perspective in Photography and Film.
Yujian Cui’s CV
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
10/2021- CalArts Photo Lab Lab Assistant
02/2022- Chinese Artists in American Network Visiting Artist
04/2022 Kaucyila Brooke Studio Studio Assistant
HONORS AND AWARDS
12/2022 Allan Sekula Social Documentary Fund
11/2022 The Bartman Fund
12/2020 Chouinard Scholarship
02/2020 Lilian Disney Scholarship
01/2018 1st Prize, Qingdao News Union Competition
EXHIBITIONS
04/2023 CalArts 50 Years Anniversary Group Show, MOD Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
11/2022 “Blossom Still” (solo exhibition), Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
12/2021 “TEXEXT” class group exhibition, D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
05/2021 CalArts BFA Foundation Exhibition, 25124 Springfield Ct, Valencia, CA
12/2020 The Places that Make Us, BFA foundation online exhibition
12/2020 Qingdao 10 Artists Contemporary Photography Group Exhibition, Qingdao, Shandong, China
08/2018 The First Art Exhibition of Qingdao New Oriental, Qingdao, Shandong, China