Lai Jing

Introduction to Lai Jing

Lai Jing (b. 1981, Chengdu, China) currently lives and works in Chongqing. During her studies, she quickly distinguished herself, receiving prestigious accolades such as the inaugural “Zhang Xiaogang Graduate Contemporary Art Creation Scholarship” and later earning a master’s degree from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.

 

Her works blend the classical aesthetics of Chinese literati painting with contemporary visual expression, seamlessly integrating traditional motifs with her personal artistic language. While she adopts silk—one of the most historically significant mediums in Chinese painting—her approach to brushwork, atmosphere, and subject matter transcends convention, expanding the expressive possibilities of ink art. Through the recurring use of mirrors, window frames, and layered compositions, she explores the tension between the “visible and invisible” and “memory and reality.” With a restrained palette and delicate, intricate brushstrokes, she creates subtle, meditative spaces where stillness and movement intertwine, forming a distinctive visual language.

 

In her solo exhibition,  Seeker of the Hidden: Time and Memory in Swaying Moonlight, Lai Jing reconstructs light, space, and memory to guide viewers through an ever-shifting realm between reality and illusion. Her works oscillate between tranquility and paradox, allowing traditional ink painting to refract new light within a contemporary context.

1981 Born in Chengdu, China

 

Education

2011 Master’s Degree in Chinese Painting, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

2001 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Sichuan Institute of Education

 

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Seen and Unseen – Lai Jing Solo Exhibition, Autumn Fish Art Center, Taipei

2019 Mirror Words & Gaze – Lai Jing Ink Painting Solo Exhibition, Autumn Fish Art Center, Taipei

 

Group Exhibitions

2024 Flourishing Beauty, Invitational Exhibition of Graduate Works (2000-2020), Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing

2022 Existence – A Poetic Exploration, Autumn Fish Art Center 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Yun Fei Fan Art Museum, Tainan

2021 Garden Vision & Inheritance – The 4th Chongqing Chinese Painting Exhibition, Chongqing Artists Association, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing

2021 Me and Space – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jiu Jiu Art Museum, Ningbo

2020 Ingenuity & Structure – The First Chongqing Gongbi Painting Biennale, Chongqing Gongbi Painting Society Art Museum, Chongqing

2020 Youthful Impressions – Guan Shanyue Art Museum Young Gongbi Painting Exhibition, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen

2010-2019 Art Beijing – Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing

2016 ART16 London Art Fair, UK

2014 New Youth, New Ink – Emerging Ink Artists Exhibition (2nd Edition), Today Art Museum, Beijing / Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai

2014 Revitalizing Tradition – Contemporary Gongbi Painting Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing

2014 Light & Heavy – New Gongbi Invitational Exhibition, Chengdu Suiyue Art Museum, Chengdu

Moonlight Through the Gaps
Color on silk
35 x 33 cm, 2025
NT$ 60,000

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Wings
Color on silk
28 x 40 cm, 2025
NT$ 68,000

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Fragrance from the Dark Night
Color on silk
44 x 41 cm, 2023
NT$ 70,000

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Blooms
Color on silk
44 x 41 cm, 2023
NT$ 70,000

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Azure
Color on silk
65 x 45 cm, 2021
NT$ 96,000

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Silent Bloom
Color on silk
65 x 45 cm, 2021
NT$ 96,000

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