CV

Francis Cai

USYD Master of Moving Image 2022

Short Bio

Francis Cai is a 25-year-old fine art photographer and an XR film director based in Sydney, Australia. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design and a Master of Moving Image degree from the University of Sydney. Upon graduation, he co-founded Studio 13 Sydney, attending residency programs in New York City and France to extend his practice.He is also invited as a guest juror of the MFSA Annual Awards.

His recent images often focus on surreal landscapes and rising self-awareness in the post-pandemic era. As a young visual artist with a unique perspective in psychogeography, he sensitively examines the differences in diverse living environments and cultures in the uncertain time he experienced from the heart.

His works show a distinctive personal style and have been exhibited locally and internationally at Verge Gallery Sydney, M16 Artspace Canberra, Beijing Time Museum, China Millennium Monument and ZheJiang Art Museum, gradually catching public attention. His artworks are in private and public collections.

蔡正琨，25岁，青年影像艺术创作者，新西兰怀特克利夫艺术设计学院本科，澳大利亚悉尼大学动态影像学硕士。他的作品常关注超现实景观与情景主义的新客观性表达。他以独特的视角审视多元生活环境和文化的差异，作品展现出鲜明的个人风格，并在悉尼Verge画廊，墨尔本城市图书馆，堪培拉M16艺术空间，北京时间博物馆，中华世纪坛当代馆和浙江美术馆等地展出，逐渐走入公众视野，部分作品被有关澳大利亚机构和爱好者收藏。

Artist-in-Residence

La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts, Noyers, France (Oct 2024)

Kunstraum LLC, New York City, USA (Oct 2023 - Dec 2023)

Solo Exhibitions

A Moment in Nowhere, The Shop Gallery, Sydney (Mar 2025)

Flux, Gallery at City Library, Melbourne (Dec 2024)

The Daylight Moon, M16 Artspace, Canberra (April 2024)

Bird in The Cage - Shadowlands, Verge Gallery x USU, Sydney (Apr 2022)

Sea: Another Unseen Universe, National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai (June 2019)

Selected Group Shows

Exhibited Artist, The Fifth Cross-Strait Photography Cultural Week, ZheJiang Art Museum, HangZhou (Nov 2024)

Exhibited Artist, “Eternal Scenery” Beijing Photo Week, China Millennium Monument (Oct 2024)

Exhibited Artist, “Social Geographies” Kunstraum’s Annual Member Exhibition, Kunstraum Gallery, NYC (Sep 2024)

Exhibited Artist, The 7th Poly Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Time Museum (Dec 2023)

Exhibited Artist, The Fourth Cross-Strait Photography Cultural Week, ZheJiang Art Museum, HangZhou (Oct 2023)

Exhibited Artist, Quantum Art Exhibition, The ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, M2 Gallery, Sydney (June 2023)

Exhibited Artist, “Portrait of Life” NGO Show, Century Link Mall, Shanghai (May 2023)

MMI Grad Show, Sinking into The Afterglow (VR), Old Geology Lecture Theatre, The University of Sydney (June 2022)

BFA Grad Show, Sunnyrain - Seven Years like One Day, Form Gallery, Auckland (Nov 2020)

Exhibited Artist, Auckland Art Week, Victoria Park Market, Auckland (Oct 2020)

Exhibited Artist, Urbanization Public Project, Karangahape Rd, Auckland (August 2019)

Exhibited Artist, Tiger Murdoch: The Insider, Uxbridge Malcolm Smith Gallery, Auckland (June 2018)

Awards

Finalist, Global Youth Image Art 100 and TOP10 Cultivation Program, Beijing (Oct 2024)

Finalist, The 7th Poly Stellardemia Award, Beijing Time Museum (Dec 2023)

Winner, Roma Short Film Festival, Best VR Film (Feb 2023)

Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize, Leo Kelly Arts Center (Jan 2023)

Finalist, 2022 USU Creative Awards, Verge Gallery (Oct 2022)

Winner, The 3rd Alex Mao Youth Photographer Award, Auckland Festival of Photography (June 2021)

Winner, 2020 Photo Media Prize, Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design (Apr 2021)