Cui Fei
Artist Statement

Cui Fei, born in Jinan, China. Cui attended the Affiliate High School of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Fine Arts) where later she received her BFA degree in painting. Immediately following her graduation, she taught for three years as an assistant professor at the Shandong Academy of Fine Arts.

She moved to the United States in 1996 to pursue higher education, earning her MFA degree in painting at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2001. During her academic training, Cui developed a solid foundation in a wide variety of media, including drawing, painting, sculpture and calligraphy. After graduating she moved to New York City to pursue her artistic career. She has headlined three solo shows, and has participated in over fifty gallery and museum exhibitions worldwide.

Cui has been cited in various publications, including Art in America, The New York Times, and The New Yorker Magazine. She has received grants and awards, including the NYFA Fellowship from New York Foundation for the Arts, the BRIO Award from the Bronx Council on the Arts and was selected into the Artists-in-the-Marketplace program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Artist Web Site
http://www.cuifei.net
Works & History
2016Cui Fei: Tracing the Origin II , Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, China
2015Cui Fei: The Journey of Transformation, Time Equities Art-in-Buildings Project, New York
2013Cui Fei: Tracing the Origin, Chambers Fine Art, New York
2016 ---Workspace Artist-in-Residence Grant, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2015 --- Artist's Fellowship (The Lily Auchincloss Foundation Fellow), New York Foundation
----------for the Arts, New York, NY

2015 --- SIP Fellowship, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Program, New York, NY

2013 --- Peer Leadership Circles, Queens Council on the Arts, Astoria, NY

2012 --- Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

2011 --- Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY

2011 --- Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY

2009 --- The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant , New York, NY

2007 --- Artist's Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2005 --- Emerge program, Aljira & Creative Capital, Newark NJ

2004 --- Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center, New York, NY

2004 --- Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

2002 --- Irving Sandler Artists File, Artists Space, New York, NY

2001 --- Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

2001 --- Excellence in Arts Award, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY

2000 --- Travel Grant, Indiana University of Pennsylvania