Rhett Tsai (Yuxiao Cai) is a new media artist and experimental-game developer based in Hangzhou, China. He was born in 1995 in Ningde, China. Currently, he is a lecturer of Open Media Department at China Academy of Art.
Based on China’s unique Internet ecosystem and media society, Rhett’s interests include art and technology, cyberculture based on China, smart cities, and hypertext. His work spans multiple fields including experimental game, virtual reality, computer animation, and sound to express his critical reflection on the media society here and now. His current focus is on the use of video games as a method to tap into the diaspora, wandering, and nostalgia of individuals living under multiple historical narratives.
As an artist who uses games as a tool for his work, his work How Deep Is the Dark Water? won the HUA Award for the Lumen Prize 2023 and was the finalist for the IGF(Independent Games Festival) 2023 and was exhibited at the IGF Pavilion of the GDC(Game Developers Conference).
His works have been exhibited at various international art festivals and film festivals, such as The Wrong Digital Art Biennale (Online), Festival ECRÃ (Brazil), Internationales Digitalkunst Festival (Germany), Utopian Dystopia Festival (India), International Intermedia Art Festival (China), Kortrijk Design Week (Belgium), FutureLab (China), Machinima Festival (Milan), San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (USA) and so on. Rhett’s works have also been exhibited at international venues such as China National Museum of Art, Macao Museum of Art (Macao), West Bund Museum (Shanghai), Duolun Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai), Times Art Museum (Beijing), OCAT Institute (Beijing), etc. As one of the eight selected leading international contemporary artists, his works were invited by the inaugural Binance NFT Marketplace Premium Event for Contemporary Art Auction to participate in the auction. Rhett’s works are collected by Times Art Museum (Beijing), Duolun Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai), and CAA Art Museum (Hangzhou).
Rhett holds his MFA degree in the Centre for Chinese Visual Studies at China Academy of Art, and BA degree in Open Media Department at China Academy of Art.
蔡宇潇，新媒体艺术家、实验游戏开发者，1995年生于宁德，现居中国杭州。目前他任教于中国美术学院开放媒体系。
蔡氏着眼于中国独特的网络生态与媒体社会，关注艺术与科技、中国网络文化、智能城市、汉字超文本等议题。他以其广泛的作品形态（包括实验游戏、虚拟现实、电脑动画、声音）来表达他对当下媒体社会的批判性反思。他目前的关注点在于用电子游戏作为方法，挖掘活在多重历史叙事之下个体的离散、漂泊及乡愁。
作为一名以游戏为工具进行创作的艺术家，蔡氏的作品《乌水有多深？》获得2023年英国流明数字艺术奖的「華艺数奖」及 IGF 美国独立游戏节的最终提名并在 GDC 游戏开发者大会的 IGF 展区展出。
蔡氏的作品参与多个艺术展览馆、学术研究机构、国际媒体艺术节及电影节，包括比利时科特赖克设计周、The Wrong数字艺术双年展、德国IDKF国际数字艺术节、巴西ECRÃ艺术节、印度科契Utopian Dystopia艺术节、中国美院国际跨媒体艺术节、米兰引擎电影节、旧金山Frozen电影节、中国美术馆、澳门艺术博物馆、上海西岸美术馆、上海多伦现代美术馆、北京时代美术馆、北京OCAT研究中心等。作为入选的八位国际当代艺术家之一，他的作品被首届Binance NFT Marketplace Premium Event for Contemporary Art Auction邀请参加拍卖。蔡氏的作品被北京时代美术馆、上海多伦现代美术馆、中国美术学院美术馆收藏。
他本科毕业于中国美术学院开放媒体系，硕士毕业于中国美术学院视觉中国协同创新中心。