CAI Dongdong

♂ *1978 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

Mount of Time

Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing (CN)
29 Aug 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
Cai Dongdong

OstLicht, Wien (AT)
20 Mar 2026 – 25 Apr 2026
Cai Dongdong

Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern (CH)
7 Dec 2023 – 27 Apr 2024
Cai Dongdong

Urs Meile Z, Zürich (CH)
8 Dec 2023 – 20 Jan 2024
Obstacles

Villa Heike, Berlin (DE)
3 Mar 2023 – 2 Apr 2023
Photography Autocracy

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
30 Nov 2017 – 18 Jan 2018
FOUNTAIN 泉

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
18 Feb 2016 – 19 Mar 2016
Rebirth

Three Shadows +3, Beijing (CN)
5 Sep 2015 – 11 Oct 2015

Group

Vue De Dos

Stieglitz19, Brussels (BE)
26 Apr 2025 – 21 Jun 2025

with Roger Ballen, Dirk Braeckman, Elliott Erwitt, Lara Gasparotto, Ralph Gibson, REN Hang, Eikoh Hosoe, Pixy Liao , Chad Moore, Daido Moriyama, Kevin Osepa, RongRong & inri …
Surrender to the Dreamers

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
8 Mar 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Timotheus Büttner, Michael Borowski, Anais Boudot, Ioanna Sakellaraki, Ria Wank
From The Back – Vue de Dos

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
7 Apr 2024 – 11 May 2024

with Lara Gasparotto, REN Hang, Daido Moriyama, Francesca Woodman, Daisuke Yokota, Lin Zhipeng - 223
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

10 YEARS OF THREE SHADOWS +3 GALLERY

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
16 Jul 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Michael Cherney, Chu Chu, REN Hang, Hisaji Hara, Eikoh Hosoe, Zhang Jin, Zhang Jin, LI Jun, Zhang Kechun, Ken Kitano, Bohnchang Koo …
Chinese Spring #5

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
20 Mar 2022 – 7 May 2022

with CHEN Wei, HUANG Xiaoliang, Liang Xiu, SUN Yanchu, JIANG Zhi
Unnamed River

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
19 Mar 2022 – 30 Apr 2022

with Tang Chao, Hu Jiayi, Kang Kaiwen, CHEN Wei, SHAO Wenhuan, Chen Xiaoyi
Renew

A Recent Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography

Eli Klein Gallery, New York (US)
23 Feb 2022 – 23 Apr 2022

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), LIU Bolin, Yang Bowei, Ye Funa, Zeng Han, Chen Xiaoyi, Guanyu Xu
About us

Junge Fotografie aus China

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München (DE)
4 Jun 2020 – 29 Jan 2021

with Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), YANG Fudong, REN Hang, Gao Mingxi, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, RONG Rong, Chen Ronghui, RongRong & inri, CHEN Wei, Liang Xiu
PAL(ATE)/ETTE/

Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (CN)
20 Sep 2019 – 31 Oct 2019

with SONG Dong, ZHENG Guogu, Liu Jianhua, GAO Lei, JIANG Pengyi, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, SHEN Shaomin, CHEN Wei, YANG Yongliang
Chines Spring #4

5 days, 12 artists, the best in Chinese Contemporary Photography

Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE)
17 May 2019 – 26 May 2019

with Zhang Hai'er, REN Hang, Feng Li, Pixy Liao , Sick Girl (Bing NV), CHEN Wei, HUANG Xiaoliang, Liang Xiu, SUN Yanchu, Luo Yang, Lin Zhipeng - 223
Ten Directions

The 10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Three Shadows Photography Award

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
9 Jun 2018 – 5 Aug 2018

with Chu Chu, LUO Dan, REN Hang, Feng Li, JIANG Pengyi, Sick Girl (Bing NV), Taca Sui, Wang Tuo, Chen Xiaoyi, Cheng Xinhao, Liang Xiu, Liu Zhangbolong …
New Historical Drama

Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
12 May 2018 – 30 Jun 2018

with ZHANG Dali, WANG Du, Feng Mengbo, Wang Qingsong, LIU Zheng
Working on History / Arbeiten in Geschichte

Contemporary Chinese Photography and the Cultural Revolution / Zeitgenössische chinesische Fotografie und die Kulturrevolution

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
17 Aug 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

with HAI Bo, He Chongyue, ZHANG Dali, ZHUANG Hui, CAO Kai, Zhang Kechun, Maleonn (Ma Liang), Feng Mengbo, Weng Naiqiang, WANG Ningde, Wang Qingsong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen …
40 Years of Chinese Contemporary Photography (1976-2017)

Three Shadows 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
28 Jun 2017 – 15 Oct 2017

with Adou, ZHAO Bandi, Wei Bi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), GAO Bo, HAI Bo, LIU Bolin, GUAN Ce, YAN Changjiang, He Chongyue, Chu Chu, ZHANG Dali …
PHOTOSYNTHESIS

M97 Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
3 Jun 2017 – 10 Sep 2017

with Adou, Chu Chu, LUO Dan, HAN Lei, DONG Wensheng, Michael Wolf, JIANG Zhi, Lin Zhipeng - 223
Evidences du réel

La photographie face à ses lacunes

The Pully Art Museum, Pully (CH)
16 Feb 2017 – 30 Apr 2017

with Martina Bacigalupo, Eric Baudelaire, Aliki Braine, f&d Cartier, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Mishka Henner, Simon Rimaz, Simon Roberts, Miguel Rothschild, Joachim Schmid, Corinne Vionnet
Chinese Photography: Twentieth Century and Beyond

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
17 Oct 2015 – 25 Oct 2015

with GAO Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, CHEN Fuli, AN Ge, WU Jialin, HAN Lei, HONG Lei, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, Wang Qingsong, WANG Wenlan …
CHINA 8 Works in Progress

Fotografie aus China

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
15 May 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Adou, Shan Feiming, ZHUANG Hui, Alfred Ko, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, Wang Qingsong, CHEN Shaoxiong, HO Siu Nam South, CHEN Wei, LIANG Weizhou, SHAO Wenhuan …

Events

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2026

OstLicht, Wien (AT)
23 May 2026 – 27 May 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Ansel Adams, Bryan Adams, Paul Almasy, Anonymous, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Roger Ballen, Ernst Baumann, Peter Beard, Lukas Beck, Ian Berry …
Art Düsseldorf 2026

Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
17 Apr 2026 – 19 Apr 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Hoor Al Qasimi, Nevin Aladag, Nobuyoshi Araki, Clara Bahlsen, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Mike Bourscheid, Julian Charriere, Grey Crawford, Edith Dekyndt, Lars Eidinger …
Art Antwerp 2025

Art Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
11 Dec 2025 – 14 Dec 2025

with Laurence Aegerter, Lara Almarcegui, Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, Yto Barrada, Julie Cockburn, Caroline Corbasson, Katrien De Blauwer, Saidou Dicko, Mark Dion, Casper Faassen, Lars Fredrikson, Lara Gasparotto …
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2025

Die Nominierten

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Frankfurt (DE)
17 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Regina Anzenberger, Walter Ballhause, Daniel Chatard, Johanna Diehl, Lukas Felzmann, Joan Fontcuberta, Frank Gaudlitz, Ruediger Glatz, Andrea Gruetzner, Hans Hansen, Jann Höfer, Roger Humbert …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025 - Booth C9

Robert Klein Gallery, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Julie Blackmon, Margaret Bourke-White, Mark Cohen, Edward S. Curtis, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Walker Evans, William A. Garnett, Mario Giacomelli, Ormond Gigli, Horst P. Horst, Bill Jacobson, Gyoergy Kepes …
Polycopies 2024

50 specialized international photography book publishers

Polycopies, Paris (FR)
6 Nov 2024 – 11 Nov 2024

with Emin Özmen, Carlos Alba, Morten Andersen, Regina Anzenberger, Olivia Arthur, Jessica Backhaus, Fabio Barile, Mate Bartha, Kincső Bede, Kincső Bede, Elin Berge, Nora Bibel …
Paris Photo 2024 - Aperture

PhotoBook Awards

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Hady Barry, Taysir Batniji, Lia Darjes, Barbara Debeuckelaere, Simone Engelen, Janick Entremont, Ismail Ferdous , Rosalind Fox Solomon, Toma Gerzha, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Abdulhamid Kircher …
Paris Photo 2024 - Conversations

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Gretchen Andrew, Viktoria Binschtok, Lisetta Carmi, Joana Choumali, Jack Davison, David De Beyter, Alina Frieske, Andrea Gruetzner, Estelle Hanania, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Lebohang Kganye, Aglaia Konrad …
Paris Photo 2024 - Voices Sector

M97 Gallery, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024
Paris Photo 2024 - Voices sectors – New

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Yolanda Andrade, Claudia Andujar, Miguel Angel Rios, Alexander Apostol, Inaki Bonillas, Violeta Bubelyte, Joana Choumali, Miguel G. Counahan, Paz Errazuriz, Maya Goded, Libuse Jarcovjakova …
Art Basel 2024

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2024 – 16 Jun 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Francis Alys, Claudia Andujar, Diane Arbus, Eric Baudelaire, Valerie Belin, Ilse Bing, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Cabello & Carceller, Harry Callahan …
Artissima 2023

ARTissima, Torino (IT)
3 Nov 2023 – 5 Nov 2023

with Oystein Aasan, Gabriel Abrantes, Helena Almeida, Adam Avikainen, Rosa Barba, Yael Bartana, Vanessa Beecroft, Jacopo Benassi, Renate Bertlmann, Walead Beshty, Diego Bianchi, Barbara Bloom …
EMOP BERLIN — EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2023

EMOP Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2 Mar 2023 – 31 Mar 2023

with Eve Arnold, Ilit Azoulay, Julia Baier, Olaf Otto Becker, Sibylle Bergemann, Eva Bertram, Thomas Billhardt, Yvon Chabrowski, Salomé Chatriot, Antoine d'Agata, Moyra Davey, Thomas Demand …
Paris Photo 2018

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Jun Abe, Adou, Nobuyoshi Araki, Mustapha Azeroual, Ilit Azoulay, Jared Bark, Mary Ellen Bartley, Peter Beard, Renate Bertlmann, Viktoria Binschtok, LIU Bolin, Anais Boudot …
Paris Photo 2018

M97 Gallery, Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with WANG Ningde, DONG Wensheng, SUN Yanchu
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
21 Sep 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Seung Woo Back, Nicolas Baghir, Julie Blackmon, HAI Bo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Clark & Pougnaud, ZHANG Dali, Christine de Grancy, Liu Di, Valie Export, YANG Fudong …
Guangzhou Image Triennial 2017

Simultaneous Eido

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
15 Dec 2017 – 8 Mar 2018

with anothermountainman, Antoine d'Agata, Noemie Goudal, Tao Hui, Go Itami, Kensuke Koike, WANG Ningde, ZHANG Peili, JIANG Pengyi, Caio Reisewitz, Penelope Umbrico, CHEN Wei …
PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco 2018

PHOTOFAIRS , San Francisco (US)
23 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Karl Blossfeldt, Luo Bonian, Harry Callahan, Tammy Rae Carland, John Chiara, LUO Dan, Erica Deeman, Monique Eller, Mitch Epstein, Elger Esser …
Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival 2017

THREE SHADOWS BEIJING, Xiamen (CN)
25 Nov 2017 – 3 Jan 2018

with Ali and Ramyar, Wimo Ambala Bajang, Carlos Ayesta, Ricardo Cases, Federico Clavarino, Gohar Dashti, Wu Ding, Yoshikatsu Fujii, Lara Gasparotto, Shadi Ghadirian, Sarah Mei Herman, Bahman Jalali …
Paris Photo 2017

M97 Gallery, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Adou, Fan Ho, HAN Lei, WANG Ningde, DONG Wensheng, HUANG Xiaoliang, SUN Yanchu, Lin Zhipeng - 223
Obstacles

Villa Heike, Berlin (DE)
Cai Dongdong

Bildband Berlin, Berlin (DE)