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Jia Cai

MA work

MA work

  • Self Portrait No.1 A Roll of Dream

    Self Portrait No.1 A Roll of Dream, 2014
    C-type Print
    200cm × 68cm | Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait No.2 Rock

    Self Portrait No.2 Rock, 2014
    C-type Print
    136cm × 68cm | Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Dartmoor No.1

    Self Portrait at Dartmoor No.1, 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Dartmoor No.2

    Self Portrait at Dartmoor No.2, 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Dale Head

    Self Portrait at Dale Head, 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Applecross

    Self Portrait at Applecross, 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Girvan

    Self Portrait at Girvan, 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Black Mountain

    Self Portrait at Black Mountain , 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Self Portrait at Castlerigg Stone Circle

    Self Portrait at Castlerigg Stone Circle, 2015
    C-type Print
    Photographer: Jia Cai

  • Untitled

    Untitled, 2015
    Video
    Photographer: Jia Cai

Self Portriat of J. C

I was born in the orient, and educated in England. Having adopted both cultures has made me constantly search for myself: who am I? Where do I belong?

I designed a shiny, reflective copper cube and started to bring it on journeys with me while travelling through Britain. Placing it into different landscapes, I was looking at the cube as a representation of myself, coping, adopting and reflecting the familiar but also foreign environment.

Programme
Photography

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Humanities

    Programme

    MA Photography, 2015

  • I am forever on the journey of searching for myself. I once made work base on my memories and dreams; I am moving forward to directly making self portraits. Most people would ask, at least once in their lifetime, the question 'who am I?' We are the actors in our own lives, so it is difficult to step back and review ourselves. In my recent practice, I use a sculpture, which I designed to represent myself in the landscape. Wherever I travel in Britain I bring it with me. By doing so, it has allowed me to explore the relationship between the environment and myself.

  • Degrees

  • BA Photography, Camberwell College of Arts, 2012

  • Exhibitions

  • RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, 2015; RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, 2014; Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, 2014; Joint Exhibition: EDGE, Permanence Gallery, Beijing, 2012; BA Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, 2012; Peek Show, Biscuit Factory, London 2011

  • Publications

  • Oliver Richon, Paul Haworth, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Exit Strategies, Black Dog Publishing, 2015

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