蔡东东1978年出生于甘肃天水，2002年就学于北京电影学院，他以摄影、装置、视频作为主要创作媒介，瞄准摄影背后复杂的文化问题。目前生活、工作于北京/柏林。他曾获得意大利特尔纳当代艺术奖一等奖，2018年《纽约时报》报道展露摄影创作新方向的8位艺术家之一。2015中国当代摄影新TOP20。2021年出版摄影书《生活史》，2022年出版摄影书《左右》。他曾参加不同美术馆以及艺术机构的展览，其中包括：德国哥斯拉尔美术馆（2021，哥斯拉尔）；德国国家摄影博物馆（2017，柏林）；瑞士pully美术馆（2017，瑞士）；泰康空间（2016，北京）；德国波茨坦艺术空间（2016，柏林）；民生美术馆（2016，上海）；三影堂摄影艺术中心（2015，北京）；中央美术学院美术馆（2015，北京）；越后妻有三年展（2015，日本新泻）；德国弗柯望博物馆（2015，德国埃森）；佩斯北京空间（2014，北京）；何香凝美术馆（2014，深圳）；欧洲时报文化中心（2014，维也纳）；俄亥俄州立大学艺术中心（2014，美国）；中国美术馆（2011，北京）；UNIDEE基金会（2011，意大利都灵）；广东美术馆（2005，广州）等。 Cai Dongdong was born in 1978 in Gansu province, China. He studied at Beijing Film Academy in 2002. Using photography, installation, and video as the main creative media, Cai aimed at the complex cultural issues behind photography, and brought “photography” into the field of image history or cartographic history from the perspective of visual culture, discussing the issues including the presentation of presentation, and the power of viewing. Currently, he lives and works in Beijing, China, and Berlin, Germany. In the 2018 Paris Photo, New York Times reported that Cai Dongdong was one of the eight brilliant artists in the field of directing the creative ways of photography in the future. He was awarded “The First Prize of Third Terna Contemporary Art Award” in Italy, and “TOP 20 Young Photographers” in 2015 China Contemporary Photography. His photography book “History of Life” was published in 2021 and “Left Right” in 2022. Cai Dongdong has been presented in various museums and institutions, including Goslarer Museum (2021, Goslarer, Germany); Museum für Fotografie (2017, Berlin, Germany); Eli Klein Gallery (2017, New York, USA); Pully Museum of Art (2017, Switzerland); Taikang Space (2016, Beijing, China); Kunstraum Potsdam (2016, Berlin, Germany); Minsheng Art Museum (2016, Shanghai, China); Hive Center for Contemporary Art (2015, Beijing, China); Three Shadows Photography Art Center (2015, Beijing, China); CAFA Art Museum (2015, Beijing, China); Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (2015, Niigata, Japan); Museum Folkwang (2015, Essen, Germany); Pace Beijing (2014, Beijing, China); He Xiangning Art Museum (2014, Shenzhen, China); Les Amis de Nouvelles D’Europe (2014, Vienna, Austria); Urban Arts Space, the Ohio State University (2014, Ohio, USA); National Art Museum of China (2011, Beijing, China); UNIDEE Foundation (2011, Turin, Italy); Dong Gang Museum of Photography (2006, Korea); Guangdong Museum of Art (2005, Guangzhou, China), etc.