Jiang Jie

Jiang Jie (; born in 1965), a Chinese artist and lecturer of sculpture studio in Central Academy of Fine Arts. She graduated from Beijing Industrial Art Institute in July 1984, majoring in Non-Traditional Machining; and she started working in the sculpture creation studio in Central Academy of Fine Arts after graduation from CAFA in July 1991, with a Sculpture major.

Artistic practice The themes of Jiang Jie's sculpture works reveal the instinct of humanistic care. She uses flowing sculpture lines to bring viewers imaginary space, highlighting a female perspective investigating the world. At the same time, her works point to weakness and fragility as well as the contradiction and tension of life. Her work is usually microscopic and psychological, even in large sculptural and installation works, which are derived from her observation towards the vulnerability and decay of life existence.

Jiang Jie's works have been characterized as introducing sculpture language into the field of installation. Another artistic indication that has been developed throughout her art-making is the theme of hope upon first impression, would usually turn out to be tragic atmosphere. It refers to the "fragility" of an infant or a person. At that time, Chinese feminist art criticism had not yet been fully realized, but Jiang Jie's works were classified as representing a kind of contemporary sculpture rather than Chinese feminist sculpture. After post-modernism spread in Chinese art circles, Jiang Jie's series of works had a stable relationship with feminism. 1995: The collaboration work with artists from Hangzhou-Shanghai-Beijing in April, 1995, and the name of the activity was “45 Degrees as a Reason”. In the June, she attended the “Culture communication - the 2nd Conceptual Art Show” in Germany. In the August, she attended the Chinese Female Artist Invitational Exhibition held by National Art Museum Of China in Beijing. Also, in the same year she was invited to the Aarhus Art Festival in Denmark; and held exhibition in Aarhus Female Museum. In October, she attended the 6th Small Sculpture Exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany; also, she held a joint exhibition in CAFA with other two artists in Beijing. And she was nominated in the Chinese Art Critics Nomination of the year. 1996: “Chinese contemporary art documentary exhibition, sculpture” held in Chengdu, Sichuan. 1997: The first Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art in Hong Kong in February, 1997; in May, she was invited to the “In and Out - Chinese Contemporary Mainland & Overseas Artist Exhibition” held by LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore (which toured in Australia and Hong Kong henceforth). In August, she attended the “Between Self and Society: the 90s Chinese Female Artist Exhibition” in Artemisia Gallery in Chicago, United States; and she attended the International Landscape Sculpture Competition in Guilin, Guangxi. In October, she attended the “First Sex · Female” artwork exhibition in Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In November, she held a jointed Exhibition called “Prolong” with other four artists in CAFA. 1998: “Century · Female Art Exhibition” in National Art Museum Of China in Beijing in March, 1998. In June, she attended the Chinese Female Artist Exhibition in Bonn Female museum in Germany. In July, she held her individual exhibition in BASE Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. In August, she went to the Mainland-Taiwan Sculpture creation studio in Taiwan. In October, she attended the Twenty years apocalypse - Chinese Important Artist work Exhibition; and the “Sculpture · 50 Years” exhibition held by sculpture creation studio in CAFA. in November, she held a four artists jointed exhibition in Crowne Plaza Museum in Beijing; and she attended the first Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition in He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen. 2001: The 1st Chengdu Biannual Exhibition, Chengdu, Sichuan.