Dai Ying

Dai Ying, born in 1983 in Emei Mountain, Sichuan, China, currently lives in New York, Los Angeles, and Beijing. Dai embarked on her artistic journey at the age of five, studying Chinese calligraphy and painting. In 2011, she committed to a full-time art practice since her move to New York, continuing to create to this day. Her academic pursuits took her to the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, where she engaged in Associate Fellow programs.

Dai Ying's artistic endeavors span a wide range of mediums, including mixed-material canvas paintings, large installations, performance art, video, and the initiation and organization of art projects. Growing up amidst this natural, massive energy field, Dai internalized the nurturing forces of the mountain’s water and soil, which have become integral to her artistic practice. Her works explore the political and emotional interplay between the self and the world, examining how personal identity is influenced by the sociopolitical events of her environment.