Cai Lei was born in 1983 in Jilin Province, China, and from a school affiliated to the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, went on to graduate from the Central Academy of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in 2009. His artworks have been exhibited in the Paul and Lulu Hillard University Art Museum in the US, Moon River Museum in Beijing, the Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Liu Hai Su Museum in Shanghai, the Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, and the Shanghai Art Fair. Often using soft leather to show the mature physical form, his work has won multiple awards and is also collected by the Central Academy of Fine Arts, among others.  Read More

2012 
5th 54 International Young Art Festivals 2012, Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing,China
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, USA
Art Museum of South Texas, South Texas 
Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, USA

2011 
Hardworking- Group Exhibitions of New Realistic Sculptors, 0 Field Art Centre, Beijing, China
University Art Museum, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

2010 
One and One - Group Exhibition of Contemporary Young Artist, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China 
East/West: Visually Speaking, Paul and Lulu Hilliand University Art Museum, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
MoCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville

2009 
The Start of a Long Journey - The Collection of Excellent Graduation Works,Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Not in Reality, 0 Field Art Centre, Beijing, China

2008 
Troublemaker, Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China 
Art Fairs Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China
Liu Hai Su Museum, Shanghai, China
Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan, China