Academic Title

Senior Professor of Liberal Arts, Tsinghua University

Professional Affiliations

·Committee Member, Third Mural Art Committee, China Artists Association

·Director, Public Art Committee, Beijing Artists Association

Research Focus

·Art Language Studies

·Ink Painting Creation and Research

Academic Philosophy

1.Concept and Language as Fundamental Components of Art:
Without concept, art lacks purpose; without language, art becomes mere action. Language research spans ancient and modern dimensions, exploring the causes of its evolution, the inheritance and transformation of language during this process, the addition and subtraction of essential language elements, and the types and styles of language—including epochal, ethnic, and personal styles. It also involves individual studies of distinguished artists’ linguistic styles, the regularity and characteristics of language, its forms and relationships with related disciplines, and the distinctive features of Chinese artistic language compared to Western artistic language.

2.Ink Painting Creation and Research Focus on Contemporary Studies:
This includes the relationship between contemporary and traditional art, as well as the various possibilities of contemporaneity. Contemporaneity is an inevitable historical choice, a perspective rooted in the relationship between art and real life. Art is the spiritual extension of real life—without life, there is no art. The time and space of life are both concrete.

Academic Achievements
Published Collections

·Art Talks (Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House)
Contains over 40 essays, totaling 275,000 words, covering critiques and analyses of mural painting, Chinese painting, oil painting, and comic art, as well as summaries of personal creative experiences.

·Chats by the Inkstone (Zhejiang People’s Fine Arts Publishing House)
Contains 48 essays, totaling 250,000 words, focusing on research and critiques of Chinese painting creation.

Art Collections

·Du Dakai’s Ink Paintings (Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House)
Features over 140 ink paintings.

·Du Dakai’s Ink Paintings 2006–2007 (Zhejiang People’s Fine Arts Publishing House)
Features over 60 ink paintings.

·Du Dakai’s Ink Paintings 2008–2009 (Jiuzhou Publishing House)
Features over 150 ink paintings.

Exhibitions

·Participated in the Group Exhibition of China Artists Association Members in Los Angeles, USA

·Participated in the One World, One Dream Thematic Exhibition in Mexico

·“World Shared Dreams: Chinese Art Celebrates the Olympics” Joint Exhibition by Du Dakai, Wang Jiaxin, and Zhou Changxin at the Beijing Military Museum

·Invitational Exhibition of Du Dakai’s Ink Paintings at the 4th Asian International Art and Antique Fair, Hong Kong

·Du Dakai’s Art Invitational Exhibition at the Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Center

·Shadows Cast by the Waning Echo exhibited at Open Horizon: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition co-hosted by the National Art Museum of China and the National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic

·Du Dakai’s Art Exhibition at Hubei Institute of Fine Arts

·Karakoram Ice and Snow Source exhibited at Inspiration Plateau: Chinese Art Exhibition hosted by the China Artists Association

·Curated and participated in the 2009 Ink in Four Seasons: Contemporary Outstanding Artists Chinese Painting Nomination Exhibition

·Participated in the Ink in the Year of the Tiger: Originality and Foresight Invitational Exhibition hosted by Chinese Art at the National Art Museum of China

·Participated in the Looking Back, Reflecting, and Rereading Classics (8th Session: Figure and Scene Paintings 1936–2009) series of art archive exhibitions at Gallery Nine, 798 Art District, Beijing

Teaching

·Doctoral supervision

·Master’s supervision

·Supervision of Master of Fine Arts students

·Undergraduate courses: Ink Sketching and Creation, etc.