Cai Ruei-Heng was born in 1989 in Taipei, Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts, and a B.B.A. in Industrial Management from National Formosa University. Cai's paintings investigate the fragmentation of our world and the accompanying sense of powerlessness. His practice reorganizes and reconstructs the ruins of this disintegration to create a new visual language that mirrors the confusion and chaos of modern existence. Employing an eclectic and subversive painterly approach that combines abstraction and figuration, he challenges traditional concepts of stability and order, attempting to reassemble and respond to the disintegration of reality in a distinctive painterly tone that presents chaos and a sense of absurdity reflecting contemporary bewilderment toward life.
Cai has received international recognition as a semifinalist for the BAM Art Prize, Australia (2021), and as a finalist for the Nanying Award, Taiwan (2020), ART OLYMPIA, Japan (2015), and the Yilan Award, Taiwan (2015). His work has also been featured twice in the UK-based art publication ArtMaze Mag (Issue 28, 2022; Issue 21, 2021).
His notable solo exhibitions include "Swaying Icon" at BACK_Y, Taipei (2026); "Slippery Game" at YIRI ARTS, Taipei (2023); "When Jelly Grows Toes" at Fish Art Centre, Taipei (2022); "Burnt Smell" at IRL Brooklyn, New York (2021); "Wandering Ghost" at Fish Art Centre, Taipei (2020); and "Bad Dog" at Telling Arts, Taipei (2017). Notable group exhibitions include "Homeⁿ" at Galerie Pierre, Taichung (2022); "UGLY" at YIRI ARTS, Taipei (2022); "Spring Awakening" at London Paint Club, London (2021); and "Mirage in the Door" at Kuan Art Space, Taichung (2020).