Echo Cai

Biography

Echo is a Chinese Australian multidisciplinary artist currently based in Melbourne. She graduated from the prestigious Peking University in 1988 before migrating to Australia in 1989. Her work spans a wide range of creative activities and forms of expression, including painting, writing, video, and curation.

As a visual artist and published columnist, Echo's practice delves into the intersection between art and language. Her work is dedicated to connecting and bringing together Australian and Chinese cultures and arts, exploring different ways to push the boundaries of art forms.

Her work has been widely exhibited in Australia and is held in private and public collections across both Australia and China.

Exhibitions

2023:    Solo Exhibition "My Sweet Home", Vermilion Fine Art, Sydney

2019:    Solo exhibition, Art Amoy, Xiamen, China

2018:    Solo exhibition, Jenny Pihan Fine Art Gallery, Malvern, Victoria, Australia

2017:    Solo exhibition, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

2016:    Solo exhibition, New Art Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

2015:    Solo exhibition, New Art Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

2014:    Solo exhibition, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2011:    Solo exhibition, Light Factory Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

2010:    Solo exhibition, Art Atrium Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007:    Solo exhibition, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2006:    ‘Human and Environment’, Eltham Community Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2005:    ‘Art Around Us’, Long Gallery of Montsalvat Art Centre, Victoria, Australia

Achievements, Collections & Commissions

Echo was a finalist in the 42nd Alice Prize (2022), Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (2022), Wyndham Art Prize (2018), and a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2022).