DAI YING

Dai Ying (born in 1983 in Sichuan, China), currently based in Beijing and New York， is a cross-media artist living and working between Chinese and Western cultures. From the age of five, she received systematic training in traditional Chinese calligraphy and ink painting, gradually developing a unique artistic language that integrates Eastern spirituality with contemporary expression.

Dai Ying’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in reflections on female power and geopolitical identity. Through layering of media, hybridization of materials, and symbolic structures, she explores the hidden connections between contemporary social frameworks and the cosmic logic of life. She has proposed the conceptual system of the “Geo-Maternal Matrix,” advocating that women’s art should go beyond the pursuit of basic rights toward a constructive spiritual genesis that achieves a higher dimension and broader scope of feminist power. In her work, geo-maternalism is not merely a symbol but also a methodology—characterized by inclusiveness, nurturing, and cyclical patterns—which she transforms into a new visual order.

Through spiral structures, multi-layered dyeing and painting, imagery of bloodlines, and botanical matrices, Dai Ying constructs a visual logic centered on the flow of energy, the cycles of life, and the evolution of culture.

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Whitestone Gallery announces exclusive representation of artist Dai Ying in Asia

2025.10.16

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023: "No Dust to be Wiped", Huguo Guanyin Temple, Beijing, China
"Suddenly Moon White", Guo Yunlou Cultural and Art Center, Suzhou, China
2021: "PAINTING", VIS ART CENTER, Beijing, China
2020: "In Memory of Forgotten", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2015: "Magic Cube", Asian Fusion Gallery, New York, United States

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025: "Art Central", Special invited performance art and installation presentation,Yiwei Gallery(LA), HongKong
2024: "Untitled Art Miami Beach", Special invited performance art and installation presentation ,Yiwei Gallery (Los Angeles), Miami, United States
"Chinese Morphological Expressionism - The Fourth Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art Masters", Cui Zhenkuan Art Museum, Xi’an, China
2023: "To Muse–Group Exhibition of Female Artists", Ruotong Gallery, Shenzhen, China
"Dome Light", YOUNG Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"Psyche Graphics–Rejuvenating Contemporary Ink Art", Chaokuang Art Museum, Xiamen, China
2021-2022: "New Youth: The 4th Academic Experimental Art Documenta", Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China
2019: "Future Games", Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2017: "Progress Every Day", Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
Today-Future, TANG Contemporary Art, Guiyang 798 Art Center, Guiyang, China
Theory of Evolution–Arts on Paper, Space Station Gallery, Beijing, China
2016: "China Art Exposition Tour", Pasadena Convention Center, Los Angeles, United States
"New York Art Expo", New York, United States
2015: "New York Art Fair", Klein Sun Gallery, New York, United States
"US Share of Vision", World Trade Center, Baltimore, United States

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

2025: Interview with Artnet in English
Interview with Artnews in Chinese
2024: Special invited performance art and installation presentation, Untitled Art, Miami, United States
Chinese Morphological Expressionism, Xi'an Publishing House, Xi’an, China
Interview with artist Dai Ying, Medium Authority Magazine, USA
Fused Magazine, "THE INSPIRING ARTISTIC JOURNEY OF DAI YING"
2020: Chinese Female Art, Beijing Arts and Crafts Publishing House, Beijing, China
2017: Progress Everyday, Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
Today-Future, Guiyang 798 art center, Guiyang, China
2016: Asian Art, Asian Art Literature Publishing House, publishing
2015: DAILY NEWS, New York, USA

"Temple 2", 330.0 × 250.0 x 230.0 cm 2025, Chinese xuan paper, Silk, Stainless steel, Cotton, Chinese pigments, Cinnabar, Ceramic pot, Lamp, Water

"Geo-Maternal 1", 150.0 × 150.0cm, 2025, Oil on canvas

"Goddess 3", 48.0 × 48.0 cm, 2025, Chinese pigments, Japanese pigments, acrylic paint, Chinese xuan paper

"Geo-Maternal 3", 120.0 × 120.0 cm, 2025, Oil on canvas

"Goddess 11", 47.0 × 39.0 cm, 2025, Chinese pigments, Japanese pigments, Acrylic paint, Chinese Xuan paper

"M-Theory 22"，One Glance, Forever, 200.0 × 200.0 cm, 2017, Chinese pigments, Japanese pigments, Acrylic paint, Chinese Xuan paper

"NO Dust to be Wiped", 2024, Performance Art

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