BRICS Artist - Cai Yundi

Cai Yundi, born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, with the stage name Shi Yun and the hall name "Shi Yi Zhai", was born in Mudu Town, Suzhou, the hometown of stone carving. She is the fourth generation descendant of the carving family. I have loved art since I was young, and under the influence of my grandfather and predecessors in carving art, I persistently pursued the art of stone carving, jade carving, and brick carving. On the basis of inheriting my grandfather's carving of the four famous inkstones in China, I established a new category of stone pot carving in the early 1980s, and worked hard for more than 40 years, forming my own unique artistic style.

Chinese Jade Carving Art Master

National Researcher level Senior Craft Artist

The Most Distinctive Craftsman Master in China

Jiangsu Province Master of Arts and Crafts

Outstanding inheritor of intangible cultural heritage

The first person to list Chinese stone carvings in Hong Kong

Member of the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association

Senior Member of China Arts and Crafts Association

Awarded the title of "Honorary Brick Carving Great Craftsman"

2017 Figures in Suzhou Cultural and Creative Industry

Received the "Outstanding Contribution Award for the Inheritance of Chinese Brick Carving Intangible Cultural Heritage"

Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Artist Master of "Virtue and Art Double Happiness"

UNESCO Folk Crafts Artists

Chinese Cultural Relics, Ancient Architecture, Douluo Zhewen, Beginner's Disciple

Top 10 Creative Planners and Leading Talents in the Cultural Industry in Jiangnan, Suzhou

United Nations Technology Information Promotion System awarded "International Master of Arts and Crafts"

The World Cultural and Art Research Center awarded the title of "World Outstanding Figure"

Chairman of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Special Committee of Suzhou Tourism and Culture Industry Association

His works have won the National Highest Award "Mountain Flower Award, Tiangong Award, Hundred Flowers Award Award" for many times, and have been presented to the Secretary General of the United Nations, foreign heads of state and national leaders for many times as a national gift designated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In February 1994, the stone sculpture "Nine Dragons Playing with the Pearl" Chengni inkstone was presented to Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew as a national gift at the foundation laying ceremony of the Suzhou Industrial Park in China Singapore cooperation; The 2010 stone sculpture "Along the River during the Qingming Festival" was presented as a national gift by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom; In 2010, multiple stone carvings were honored and collected as exhibition works for the National Heritage Museum, Jiangsu Museum, and Suzhou Museum at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. They were highly praised by Chinese and foreign guests and won awards; In April 2011, the Chengde teapot "Early Birth of a Noble Son" was permanently collected at Buckingham Palace in the UK as a gift for Prince William's wedding. In July 2014, the CCTV National Rites Archives program team came to Suzhou to shoot a special feature film for Cai Yundi's stone carving. In October 2014, the CCTV-4 "Journey to China" program team filmed and promoted Cai Yundi's clay stone carving. On August 28, 2014, the equity asset package of the Chengni Stone Carving work "Chinese Unique Art" was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of China. In December 2014, the book "Chengni Stone Carving" was published by Phoenix Art Publishing House, with the book number ISBN 978-7-5344-8738-5. On November 24, 2015, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with leaders of 16 Central and Eastern European countries in Suzhou. On the recommendation of the provincial and municipal governments, they visited the Cai Yundi Master Stone Carving Studio located on Shantang Street in Suzhou. On June 1, 2016, the documentary "Chengni Stone Carving" was broadcasted on the CCTV-10 Science and Education Channel's "Exploration and Discovery" program. On the evening of June 21, the documentary "Craftsmanship" was broadcasted on CCTV-1. On October 3, 2016, it was awarded the "Master of Chinese Jade Carving Art" and received an award at the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People. On November 26, 2016, Jiangsu Qianbao Cai Yundi Cultural Technology Co., Ltd. hosted the first National Brick Carving Art and Design Competition. Multiple works have been permanently collected by the Buckingham Palace in the UK, the Royal Palace of Thailand, the Royal Palace of Belgium, the National Museum of Spain, the Jiangsu Museum of Art, the Chinese Charity Association, the Jiangsu Archives, the Suzhou Museum of Arts and Crafts, and the Wuxi Blind Ah Bing Memorial Hall, a national treasure level cultural heritage unit. He has been warmly received multiple times by party and state leaders such as Yu Zhengsheng, Li Yuanchao, Wu Bangguo, Li Ruihuan, Li Peng, Li Changchun, Zeng Qinghong, Li Lanqing, Hui Liangyu, as well as United Nations Deputy Secretary General Changsha Zukang. I have held multiple exhibitions of my personal works in countries and regions such as the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Vienna, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, as well as in the National Heritage Museum of the Shanghai World Expo. Reported by CCTV-1 "Crafts", CCTV-3 "Walking Behind the Scenes", CCTV-4 "Chinese Civilization", "Faraway Home", "National Rites Archives", CCTV-10 "Exploration and Discovery", People's Daily Overseas Edition, Voice of China, Wen Wei Po, World Daily and other domestic and foreign media outlets. It has a profound influence and is known as "Cai's Carving · Oriental Masterpiece".