Education

• 1990/9-1994/1 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and Master of Art History (MS) at the Pratt Institute in New York, USA
• 1986/9-1990/7 National Academy of Arts (now National Taipei University of the Arts) Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

Experience

• 2008/8-present Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
• 2008/8-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts
• 2004/8-2008/7 Full-time Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Changhua Normal University
• 1995/8-2004/7 Full-time lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, National Changhua Normal University

Awards

• 2008/8-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts
• 2007/1 Received the Freeman Foundation, U.S.A. “2006/2007 Asian Artist Award” (2006/2007)
  Asian Artists Fellowship) went to Vermont Studio Center (Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A.) for village exchanges
• 2006/1 Selected by the Taipei City Bureau of Culture as an artist-in-residence at Gozo Contemporary, Malta
• 2005/12 Invited artist for “Wild Flow – 2005 International Driftwood Art Festival”
• 2005/7 Selected as the artist in residence of the International Art Village of the Grass Mountain Resort in 2005
• July 2004, she was awarded the 2004 visual arts talent visit to the United States by the Cultural Development Committee of the Executive Yuan, and she was an artist-in-residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, U.S.A.
• 2004/1 Selected into the “Contemporary Art Series – Sculpture” compiled by the Cultural Construction Committee of the Executive Yuan, and published by Artist Press
• 2003/10 Invited by the National Taipei University of the Arts to participate in the Kuandu Flower Art Festival “Hometown of the Rainbow”
• 2002/10 Invited by the “Korea Wangsan Art Foundation” to participate in the “7th International Wangsan Art Festival”
• 2000/9 Won the “Wood Carving Gold Award” in the 9th Yulong Art Festival

Solo Exhibitions

• 2009/9 “Drifting on the Coast – 2009 Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition”, Beitou Community Hall, Taipei
• 2009/2 “Interlaced” Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition, New Paradise Art Space, Taipei
• 2007/3 “Landscape” Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition, Vermont Studio Center Gallery, Vermont, USA
• 2005/12 “Rangling – 2005 Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition”, Taipei County Cultural Center Art Gallery, Taipei
• 2005/9 “Scenery of Transcendence – Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition”, New Paradise Art Space, Taipei
• 2004/10 “Return” – 2004 Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition”, Wood Sculpture Museum, Miaoli
• 2004/1 “Original Sound – The Context Corresponding between Man and Nature” Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition, Grass Mountain Hotel, Taipei
• 2003/1 “Remedial Room Project – Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition”, Huashan Arts and Cultural District Fruit Wine Warehouse, Taipei
• 2002/3 “Silent Thunder in the Sky – Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition”, Xinyuan Art Space, Taipei
• 2002/1 “Prophecy of Stripes” Cai Zhifen Solo Exhibition, National Taiwan Normal University Art Center, Taipei

Joint Exhibition

• 2009/7 “Taiwan-Spain International Wood Sculpture Art Exchange Exhibition”, Wood Sculpture Museum, Miaoli
• 2009/5 “Boundary – Asian Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition”, Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea
• 2009/5 “National Taiwan Normal University – Sungkyunkwan University” Professor and Graduate Exchange Exhibition, Sungkyunkwan University Gallery, Korea
• 2009/5 “The 12th Anniversary of Tainan Teachers’ Aesthetics Association and the Joint Exhibition of Professors of Fine Arts Department of National Taiwan Normal University”, Tainan Cultural Center, Tainan
• 2009/4 “Art Around the River” Landscape Installation Exhibition, Chengmei Riverside Park, Taipei
• 2009/4 “National Taiwan Normal University-Chosun University” Professor and Postgraduate Exchange Exhibition, Chosun University Art Museum, South Korea
• 008/12 “Across Europe and Asia-Taiwan-Russia Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Zhongshan National Gallery, Taipei
• 2008/12 “2009 Taipei Running of the Bulls Festival”, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei
• 2008/10 “Five Sacred Mountains”, Yixian Art Gallery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
• 2008/9 “Taichung Port Art Exhibition – The Seventh National Oil Painting Exhibition”, Taichung County Port Art Center, Taichung
• 2008/3 “Art Relativity”, Yuan Ze University Art Center, Zhongli
• 2007/12 “Clash of Swords and Wood”, Art Center of Chung Yuan University, Zhongli
• 2007/8 “Fenle Town II─Taipei East District Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei
• 2007/1 “Looking at Changhua – Joint Exhibition of the Department of Fine Arts, National Changhua Normal University”, Changhua Art Museum, Changhua
• 2006/12 “Jiujiufeng Art Ecological Park Opening Exhibition”, Jiujiufeng Art Ecological Park, Nantou
• 2006/11 “Resonance – Fubon Art Food Truck”, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei
• 2006/11 “Mute – Cai Zhifen, Chen Yifan 2006 Art Exhibition”, Xinyuan Art Space, Taipei
• 2006/8 “Decoding – Central Office Founding Anniversary Joint Exhibition”, National Tainan University of the Arts Arts Center, Tainan
• 2006/7 “Ade’s Secret Diary: Summer Entertainment”, Taipei International Art Village, Taipei
• 2006/5 “City Mambo-Taipei New Paradise Art Space‧Sydney Stone Villa Exchange Exhibition” Xin Paradise Art Space, Sydney-Taipei
• 2006/3 “Art and Nature”, Changhua Art Museum, Changhua
• 2005/11 “Example – About Experimentation, Mixing and Recreation” 2004 Joint Exhibition of Artists in Residence Abroad, Huashan Art Space – Maintenance Factory, Taipei
• 2005/9 “”Ax‧Chisel‧Shape‧Meaning” Outdoor Sculpture Art Exhibition”, National Jinan International University, Nantou
• 2005/4 2005 Taipei International Art Fair, World Trade Center, Taipe
• 2005/3 “2005 Kuandu Heroes – Taiwan Modern Art Exhibition”, Kuandu Art Museum, Taipei
• 2005/2 Catch Shadow‧Sketch Theme Exhibition, Warehouse No. 20, Taichung
• 2004/10 “2004 Mountain Legend – Driftwood Installation Art Exhibition of Shimen Reservoir”, Shimen Reservoir, Taoyuan
• 2004/9 “Pose in the Wind – Jingyi University Campus Landscape Sculpture Exhibition”, Jingyi University, Taichung
• 2004/7 National Science Council 2004 “Form” special exhibition, Chung Cheng Art Gallery, Taipei
• 2004/4 New Paradise Art Space Phase 6 Opening Exhibition, New Paradise Art Space, Taipei
• 2003/10 Kuandu Flower Art Festival Outdoor Sculpture Joint Exhibition, National Taipei University of the Arts, Taipei
• 2002/10 “The 7th International Wangsan Art Festival”, “Wangsan Opening Festival” Environmental Installation Exhibition, Gangneung, South Korea New Words” Modern Art Exhibition of Wooden Media, Dongshi Forest Management Department Daxueshan Forestry Company’s old timber factory area, Dongshi
• 2002/4 “Invincible Seaview Food Stall – The Fifth Phase Opening Exhibition of New Paradise Art Space”, New Paradise Art Space, Taipei
• 2002/3 “Very Good – Women’s Creative Energy”, Warehouse No. 20, Taichung
• 2000/12 “Skillful Hands Promoting the Century” Wood Sculpture Exhibition, International Gallery Fair, Taipei
• 2000/9 “Wood Sculpture Gold Award Selected Works Exhibition”, Wood Sculpture Museum, Miaoli
• 2000/4 “Goodbye Paradise Back Garden” Sculpture Exhibition, Chung Hwa University, Hsinchu