Biography
A Multidisciplinary Visual Artist that specialises in Ceramic, Sculpture, Installation Art and Illustration. Hold a Master's Degree in Contemporary Art Practice from Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh (2012), and graduated with a Diploma (Distinction) from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)(2006) under Georgette Chen's Scholarship of Art, with major study on Ceramics & minor on Sculpture.
Participated in various international exhibitions, art events & artist residencies in the UK, Scotland, Japan, Malaysia, Hungary. Locally, she has curated and organised a number of solo & group exhibitions including Contemporary Ceramics, 4 Elements, Clay.Sound, Sky Island & Materiality.
In addition to studio practice, Cai Jun is also committed to arts education. She is under the Ministry of Education (MOE) Instructor Registration, Art & Music Instructor Scheme (AMIS) and National Arts Council-Arts Education Programme (NAC-AEP) Art Educator, with over 19 years of experience. Specialising in art education for children with special needs and children's art education. She has taught at NAFA Junior Art Department (2008-2010), nurturing young talents.
Between 2019 to 2021, she worked as an Art Coordinator in the Programme Development department at a Senior Healthcare organization. Working with their in-house Art Therapist, they curated and facilitated art programmes designed to enhance the psychosocial and emotional well-being of seniors.
Artist Statement
As a Multidisciplinary Visual Artist trained in Ceramics and Sculpture, my work explores the limitless possibilities inherent in materials — their raw aesthetic, mutability and intermixing ability.
My practice delves into post-medium and the medium’s multisensory and multidimensional qualities through diverse processes, and driven by a fascination with cultural anthropology, particularly traditional customs and narratives intertwined with the natural world. These influences shape a body of artworks that seek to blur the boundaries between the mediums, the familiar and fantasy, letting the imaginary state becomes the moment of consciousness.