Echo Cai (b.1965, Beijing) is a Chinese Australian multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne. Graduated from the prestigious Peking University (1988) before migrating to Australia in 1989, Cai’s work encompasses a wide range of creative activities and forms of expression including painting, writing, video and curation.
As a visual artist and published columnist, her practice enquires about the intersection between art and language. Echo’s work devotes to connecting and bringing Australian and Chinese cultures and arts together, exploring different ways to push the boundaries of art forms. Echo Cai was a finalist in the 42nd Alice Prize (2022), Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (2022), Wyndham Art Prize (2018), a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2022), etc. Cai’s work has been widely shown in Australia and is held in private and public collections across Australia and China.
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| 1965 | Born in Beijing, China |
| 1988 |
Graduated from Peking University, China
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| 1989 |
Migrated to Australia
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| Present |
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
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| 2019 |
Solo exhibition, Art Amoy, Xiamen, China
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| 2018 | Solo exhibition, Jenny Pihan Fine Art Gallery, Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| 2017 | Solo exhibition, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia |
| 2016 |
Solo exhibition, New Art Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
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| 2015 |
Solo exhibition, New Art Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
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| 2014 |
Solo exhibition, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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| 2011 |
Solo exhibition, Light Factory Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
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| 2010 |
Solo exhibition, Art Atrium Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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| 2007 | Solo exhibition, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2006 | ‘Human and Environment’, Eltham Community Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2005 | ‘Art Around Us’, Long Gallery of Montsalvat Art Centre, Victoria, Australia |
| 2022 |
Group exhibition, Missing Persons Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
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| 2021 | 2 Group exhibitions, Art Echo Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2020 | Group exhibition, Art Echo Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2019 | 3 Group exhibitions, Art Echo Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2018 |
Group exhibition, Pacific Art Center, West Melbourne, Australia
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| 2017 |
Mapping Melbourne International Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
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| 2016 |
Group exhibition, New Art Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
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‘Multi Art Fashion Show’, North Melbourne, Australia
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| 2014 | Group exhibition, Box Hill Town Hall Gallery, Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2012 | ‘International Festival of Literatures, Ideas & Translation’, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2011 |
Group exhibition, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
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| 2004 | ‘An Eclectic Mix’, Ecliptic Gallery, Armadale, Victoria, Australia |
| 2022 |
The finalist of the Alice Prize
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The finalist of the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize
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The semi-finalist of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
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| 2020 | Published art book “Street” |
| 2018 |
The finalist of the Nillumbik Art Prize, Victoria, Australia
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The finalist of the Wyndham Art Prize, Victoria, Australia
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The finalist of the Cambridge Studio & Gallery Portrait Prize, Victoria, Australia
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| 2010 |
The finalist of the Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Victoria, Australia
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| 2005 |
The winner of the Outstanding Artwork, Strathdon Art Show, Victoria, Australia
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| 2004 |
The winner of the Best Painting, Strathdon Art Show, Victoria, Australia
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| XJS Chinese Library, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Binly Life and Art Museum, Xiamen, China |
