About the Artist
Artist Biography
Anna Cai is an Australian-based contemporary painter working primarily with oil on canvas. Her practice exists at the intersection of abstraction and impressionism, with a sustained focus on nature, light, and emotional perception. Through expressive brushwork and layered color relationships, her paintings evoke movement, atmosphere, and a quiet sense of vitality.
Rather than representing specific forms or landscapes, Anna Cai translates sensory experience into painterly language. Color, texture, and rhythm are central to her compositions, allowing each work to unfold organically on the canvas. Her paintings invite viewers into a contemplative space where natural energy and inner emotion intersect.
Artist Statement
My painting practice is rooted in observation and introspection. Nature is not a subject to be depicted, but a source of sensation—light shifting, air moving, time passing. These fleeting experiences form the emotional foundation of my work.
I work intuitively, allowing layers of color and gestural marks to accumulate over time. The process is slow and reflective, shaped by repetition, erasure, and response. Abstraction offers the freedom to express what cannot be clearly defined—mood, memory, and the subtle relationship between inner states and the external world.
Through my paintings, I aim to create spaces of stillness and openness. The works do not impose a fixed narrative, but invite personal interpretation. I hope they offer viewers a moment of pause, where emotion, perception, and nature quietly resonate.
Prizes
Winner
pubish book 《the central coast 》Rubens compettion 2020
Finalist
《boat》New artists online exhibition 2020
Finalist
top 70 Artists 2020
Exhibitions
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2024 Sydney the oter art fair
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2022 Shanghai International Art fair
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2020Malaysia international Art competition 2020,
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2020《the ocean of kiama》
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2019the camberwell Art competition
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2019《the central soast 2》
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the 9th International Art Salon Compettition 2019-12-2 ,
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2018《the central coast1》
Anna's studio is in SYDNEY.
