BIN BAI
OVERVIEW
Graduated with Masters Degree in Fine Art in 2004 and Contemporary Art in 2020, Bin Bai (also known as Gentsu Gyatso) lectured visual art at university for 9 years. Meanwhile, he experimented on transforming traditional Tibetan art into contemporary art through paintings, sculptures, architecture, video and animated films. His research is to discover the potential of indigenous arts and culture in the contemporary world. Being the first Tibetan who obtained the Master Degree in Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in China, Bin started his experiments on cultural self-expression and transformation on the foundation of his artistic practise. Among his works, the animated film “The Hunter And the Skeleton”was premiered in 2012 and regarded as the first Tibetan independent animated film.
EDUCATION
2020 Master of Design, Contemporary Art, University of South Australia
2001-2004 Master of Fine Art, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
2003 Exchange student in Art School of Kassel University, Germany
1997-2001 Bachelor of Fine Art, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-2014 Lecturer, Art School of Southwest University for Nationalities
Teaching in painting, art history and film courses.
Supervising graduate students’ essays and art exhibitions.
Designing curriculum
Being the member of Art Research Centre of Southwest University for Nationalities
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Guildhouse Collection project: The Disquiet, Flinders University Art Gallery
Visual Discourse - Gallery M, Adelaide
Four Seasons， Moving image Gallery ，Adelaide Festival Centre,
2021 Bridge, TMG Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
East Wind Exhibition, Nexus Arts Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
HELPMANN Academy Graduate Exhibition ， Adelaide, Australia
2020 Material to Idea, Teaching case studies on Feng Bin’s New Proposal of Chinese Painting, Xi’an, China
2018 Manuscripts of Experimental Animation Exhibition, Chengdu, China
2011 The Divinity of Bronze - Tibetan Religious Sculpture Exhibition, Southwest University for Nationalities, China
2008 Images of Tibet, “This Is Space” Gallery, Beijing, China
The Divinity of Bronze, Tibetan Buddhist Sculpture Exhibition, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2005 Digital Video Art Show, Home-HAUS, Chongqing, China
2004 Walking on the Road-Unpacked, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
2003 Deconstruction and Reconstruction, Chinese Traditional Painting Exhibition, Chongqing, China
Mein Land, Painting Show, University of Kassel, Germany
2002 Grandma’s Bridge - Chinese Traditional Painting Innovation scholarship Exhibition, Chongqing, China
FILM SCREENING
2023 Tibet Film Festival, Berlin
Confluences Tibétaines, Paris
2019 10th Tibet Film Festival" - Zurich/Dharamsala, Swiss/India
Film Show, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
2018 4th Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan
2015 Ottawa Tibet Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada
2014 Tibet Film Festival, Zurich/Dharamsala, Swiss/India
Reel China, 7th Biennial, University of New York, USA
Nottingham Chinese Independent Film Festival, Nottingham, UK
From Painting to Animation, Sichuan Fine art institute, Chongqing
2013 Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale, Shenzhen, China
Chinese Visual Festival, King’s College, London, UK
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherland
2012 Shadows French Chinese Film Festival, Paris, France
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
The 9th China Independent Film Festival, Nanjing, China
The 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival, Beijing, China
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2024 Gentsu Gyatso’s film and art practice, Machik weekend keynote speaker, Toronto
2012 Bin Bai’s Independent Film Seminar, Bush Definition & Blue Roof Education Centre, Chengdu, China
2011 The Potential of Contemporary Transformation of Traditional Art, China Architecture Society, Chengdu, China
The Innovation of Tibetan Art Seminar, Southwest University, Chengdu, China
2007 New Design for Tibetan Handcraft Practise, Khamaid Foundation, Darzedor, China
2006 Cultural and Artistic Elements of Tibetan Traditional Architecture, Regong, China
2004 People Observe People, Contemporary Art and Society of Germany, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
2003 Tibetan Religious Art, Art School of University of Kassel, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Illustrations, ジャンブ「秘密」, ジャンブ「化けもの探し」,キャプチェン·デトル「立ちはだかるものへ告ぐ」, SERNYA チベット文学と 映画制作の現在, vol.6, Tokyo University of Foreign Study, Tokyo.
2013 Interview, Animation as an Expression of Personal Philosophy, Cultural Monthly文化月刊,vol.340, no 20, pp.64-9, Beijing.
2013 Artist interview, Animation is a Piece of Skin, Case Studies of 11 Artists 动画是一层皮-11个艺术家的工作案例, pp.18-27, Guangzhou.
2012 Film ‘The Hunter and the Skeleton’ Interview, Lhasa Folk Film Forum 拉萨民间影像论坛，
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2011 The Contemporaneity of Chinese Traditional Painting, Journal of Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu.
2004 Story of Thangka Paintings 唐卡的故事, Tibet Tour magazine 西藏旅游, vol. 12, no. 4, Lhasa.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2020 Graduate Exhibition Acquisition Prize 2020 by UniSA Creative.
2015 People’s Choice Award, Ottawa Tibet Film Festival, Canada
2013 Committee’s Grand Award, Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale, China
2012 Top 10 short film of the year, The 9th Chinese Independent Film Festival, China
2012 The Jury’s Special Recommendation Award, The 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival,China
COLLECTIONS
Li XianTing’s Film Fund, Beijing
Art Archive, Hong Kong
University of Kassel, Germany
University of South Australia