2024 is a year of great success for Jia Wei KK, the first Chinese designer and artist to win five gold medals in the world's international design awards. This year, he held many exhibitions in many places around the world with the theme of "Like Flowers in the Wild", from Beijing to Singapore, from Taipei to Foshan,Each exhibition is not only a concentrated display of works, but also a presentation of the artist's in-depth exploration and expression of himself, the world and the essence of art.These exhibitions not only enriched Jia Wei KK's artistic experience, but also attracted widespread attention in the art world. His works attracted the attention of many art critics, such as the famous Japanese art critic Nanjo Fumio, collectors and art lovers in various exhibitions, winning him more recognition and praise. At the beginning of 2025, let us look back on Jia Wei KK's artistic journey in 2024 and feel his unique artistic charm and profound thinking.

Nanhai Land Art Festival: Opening a new chapter of public art, "Flower Silkworm Treasure" and "The Most Beautiful Boiler Room" shine in Foshan

On November 16, 2024, the Guangdong Foshan Nanhai Land Art Festival opened grandly. Jia Wei KK's "Flower-like Silkworm Treasure" public art exhibition made a stunning appearance and instantly became the focus of the art festival, attracting countless eyes.

Jia Wei KK has created an immersive art space by ingeniously combining digital collections, modern design, music art, experiential art, mirror decoration, sculpture art, neon lights, and floor displays. Visitors can appreciate the beauty of art and feel the charm of Nanhai's profound and long-standing sericulture culture, as if traveling through time and space and having a dialogue with history.

The Flowery Silkworm series exhibited this time is a new masterpiece in 2024, inspired by the sericulture culture of Nanhai. Sericulture culture has a long history in Nanhai and was once an important economic pillar for the local people. In the art reconstruction space "Flowery Silkworm" of Nanhai Silk Factory, Jia Wei vividly shows the beauty of silkworms in nature, shaping them into an artistic symbol full of vitality and imagination. The work perfectly combines traditional cultural elements with modern art techniques, cleverly connecting the past and the present, allowing the audience to deeply feel the flow of time and the inheritance of culture while appreciating art.

In the "Poetry of Time" themed exhibition of Nanhai Silk Factory, Jia Wei (KK) showed his talent and creatively transformed the abandoned boiler room into a space full of artistic atmosphere. It was hailed as the "most beautiful boiler room" and became another highlight of the Nanhai Art Festival.

The interior of the boiler room has been redesigned, and the original equipment and chimneys have been cleverly retained as part of the art display. With superb design skills, Jia Wei perfectly integrates the boiler room space with artistic creation, exhibiting a number of artworks, including sculptures, installation art, NFT works, etc., so that this space retains a sense of history while being filled with the atmosphere of contemporary art.

These works complement the space of the boiler room, creating a unique art experience. This is not only an art exhibition area, but also an interactive experience area. Visitors can lie on the Ruhua lazy sofa in the art space to relax and enjoy music and art, and experience the perfect combination of art, technology and industry, participate in the creation process of the works, scan the QR code on site, enter the text content of the user's exhibition experience, and instantly experience art + AI to create their own Ruhua digital collection. This interactivity greatly enhances the audience's experience and understanding of art.

Jia Wei (KK)'s works not only show his unique artistic style, but also reflect his deep understanding and practice of the concept of the Land Art Festival. He believes that the Land Art Festival is a form that closely combines art with nature and society, emphasizing the locality, participation and sustainability of artistic creation. He hopes that through art works, people will not only think about nature, society and culture, but also let art go beyond the traditional exhibition space and have a more direct connection with the lives of the public.

In his creation, Jia Wei (KK) pays attention to locality and emphasizes the integration of art works with local culture and natural environment. At the Nanhai Art Festival, he combined the traditional cultural elements of Nanhai with modern artistic techniques through his work "Flower Silkworm Treasure", showing his perception of the environment and nature. This local creative concept not only makes the work more regional, but also enhances the audience's sense of identity and belonging to the local culture.

Jia Wei (KK) believes that art is not only the artist's personal expression, but also a form of social interaction. He makes art a shared experience through the interaction between his works and the audience. At the Nanhai Art Festival, the audience can participate in the creation process of online works. This interactivity enhances the audience's experience and understanding of art.

Jia Wei (KK) also emphasized the sustainability of art, believing that art should have not only aesthetic value but also social value. He hopes to arouse people's attention and thinking about social issues through his works of art, and promote social progress and development. At the Nanhai Art Festival, his works not only showed the charm of art, but also conveyed his profound thoughts on nature, society and culture.

This series of works not only demonstrates the artist's profound understanding and innovative expression of traditional culture, but also injects new vitality into the field of public art with its unique artistic form and rich cultural connotations. From an academic perspective, this exhibition provides new ideas and methods for the creation of public art, showing how to combine traditional culture with modern art to create public art works with regional characteristics and the spirit of the times, which has important reference value for promoting the development of public art.

We are looking forward to it and hope that Jia Wei (KK) will continue to bring more surprises and touches to the audience with his unique artistic perspective and innovative works at the future Earth Art Festival. The colorful silk threads are like the longitude and latitude of time and space, connecting the past, present and future of the Nanhai Silk Factory as a key link in the "Mulberry Pond" ecology. The 300,000 "silkworm treasures" are like the guardians of the silk factory and the spiritual reflections of the visitors. The vigorous vitality and energy overflow in between, continuing to write the immortal chapter of the interweaving of water and art.

West Bund Art & Design Fair: "Like Flowers in the Wild - West Bund Wild Charm", exploring the realm of freedom of artistic creation and philosophy of life, debuting at Shanghai Art Week

From November 8 to 10, 2024, the Shanghai West Bund Art & Design Fair opened grandly. Artist Jia Wei made a stunning appearance with his latest "Flowers on Horses" series and became one of the focuses. This series of works was not only exhibited at the Shanghai West Bund Art Fair, but also presented at the forum of the Shanghai International Import Expo, attracting the attention of many art critics, collectors and art lovers. With its unique artistic style and profound thematic connotation, the work shows Jia Wei's in-depth exploration and innovation of artistic expression methods, and reflects the evolution of his personal artistic style.

The "Flowers on Horses" series explores the essence of vitality and its manifestations at different stages of life through the dynamic combination and interaction of horses and flowers. This theme is not only a reflection on the philosophy of life, but also reflects the artist's personal emotional experience and psychological changes at a new moment in life. In the work, Jia Wei skillfully integrates the vitality of life with the sensibility of art, using abstract and blurred techniques to process the face and expression of Ruhua, transcending traditional concrete expression, introducing the new theme of "horse", and showing the emotional resonance between Ruhua and horse.

In the "Flower on Horse" series, Jia Wei brought many impressive works. Such as "Flower on Horse·Hovering", "Flower on Horse·Running", "Flower on Horse·Listening to the Wind", "Flower on Horse·Returning Home", etc. These works are created with acrylic on canvas, in different sizes, showing different artistic effects. In the works, horses symbolize loyalty, strength and freedom in many cultures, and flowers are closely connected with horses, forming a new subject of expression. Jia Wei conveys emotions through the eyes, ear position and other body language of horses, providing the audience with a new perspective for art appreciation.

In addition, the background of the work has become richer, with yellow as the background, painted with large red flowers and green leaves, creating a visual tension and expressing the passion and vitality in the work. The inspiration for these flowers came from the natural scenery and cultural atmosphere of Yunnan, which provided Jia Wei with rich inspiration during his stay in Lijiang for the creation of "Flower-like Home".

Fumio Nanjo, a famous Japanese art critic and a globally important curator in the field of contemporary art, talked about Jia Wei's creation at the West Bund Art Fair. He compared Jia Wei's process of reconciliation with himself through art to the process of Japanese postwar artists "reconstructing" their outlook on life, values and worldview, showing great power. He believes that Jia Wei experienced a personal war, which was also a redemption, so those powerful eyes can be shown in his works.

Nanjo Fumio also proposed the artistic concept of "Tabula Rasa (blank paper reduction)" in response to Jia Wei's creation. This concept believes that individuals are born without an inherent or innate mind, that is, a blank slate, and all knowledge gradually comes from their senses and experience. This precisely reflects Jia Wei's original intention of creating flowers, slicing the storms and pains in life and transforming them into the soul colors in art, so that more people can feel the beauty.

Jia Wei's "Horses Like Flowers" series, with its unique artistic charm and profound connotation, demonstrates the artist's unique understanding and expression of art and life, injects new vitality and inspiration into the development of contemporary art, and also leads us to think deeply about how art and life are intertwined, allowing us to feel the shocking power of art and the infinite warmth of life.

ART TAIPEI Taipei International Art Fair: Connecting the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in artistic exchange, "like a flower" blooming in Taiwan, debuting at Asia's major art fair

On October 25, 2024, the 31st ART TAIPEI 2024 Taipei International Art Fair opened grandly, and Jia Wei KK's "Like Flowers in the Wild" art exhibition was presented brilliantly at the fair.

The exhibition exhibited works such as the giant LEGO® sculpture "Rainbow in the Abyss" and Ruhua Hippo Matrix. Among them, the two works "Ruhua Five Poisonous Snake" and "Ruhua Five Poisonous Centipede" triggered people's multiple thoughts on life and the world. In the real world, snakes and centipedes are often regarded as poisonous and frightening creatures. However, thinking under Ruhua's concept of "eternal life", there is no absolute standard of good and evil in the world, this is just their way of existence. These two works triggered our multiple thoughts on life and the world.

In addition, "Baby Ruhua Matrix Hippo" consists of 7 hippo sculptures, showing the shape of hippo from multiple angles, with strong visual impact and pioneering consciousness. "Baby Ruhua Balloon Elephant" combines childhood memories with artistic creation, cleverly integrating the images of balloons and elephants to create an artistic image that is both warm and imaginative.

ART TAIPEI, as one of the most influential art fairs in Asia, is an important bridge to promote cross-strait art exchanges. Jia Wei KK's art series has attracted widespread attention at the fair for its unique artistic style and profound theme connotations, conveying the artist's perception of nature, life and time, allowing the audience to feel the power of life while appreciating the beauty of art. The exhibition provides a new opportunity for cross-strait art exchanges, showcases the artists' creative achievements in the field of contemporary art, and plays a positive role in promoting the common development of cross-strait art.

Solo exhibition in Singapore: "Like Flowers in the Wild" International expansion of cross-oceanic art dialogue

On July 19, 2024, Jia Wei KK's "Like Flowers in the Wild" solo art exhibition opened at Paragon Mall, 290 Orchard Road, Singapore, co-presented by Linda Art Center, Singapore.

The exhibition exhibited a series of works such as the giant LEGO® brick sculpture "Rainbow in the Abyss", Ruhua's Rainbow Fart Lollipop, and Ruhua in the Wild - Five Poisons. Among them, the LEGO® brick series co-created with Jiang Shenghui, the first LEGO® professional certified master in mainland China, became a highlight of the exhibition. These works combined the LEGO® bricks, an element full of childlike fun and creativity, with Ruhua's artistic image to create a unique artistic effect, attracting the attention of many local Singaporean audiences and international art lovers, adding a unique Chinese color to Singapore's art stage.

CEIBS Shenzhen Campus Tour: “Flower Swing” Series, Opening an Art Journey in Shenzhen

On May 19, 2024, the Ruhua Wild Art Tour opened at CEIBS (Shenzhen Campus). The exhibition displayed many original paintings such as the Ruhua Swing Series and the Ruhua Five Poison Series, bringing a visual feast to art lovers in Shenzhen.

During the exhibition, visitors can not only appreciate Jia Wei KK's exquisite paintings, but also gain an in-depth understanding of the creative concepts and stories behind the works through the artist's guided tour. This exhibition has injected new vitality into the campus culture of CEIBS and added a unique charm to the artistic atmosphere of Shenzhen.

Beijing Contemporary Art Fair: “Like Flowers in the Wild” debuts at a renowned art fair

On May 23, 2024, the Beijing Contemporary Art Fair "Like Flowers in the Wild" Jia Wei KK solo art exhibition was launched at booth E14. The exhibition presented more than 20 of Jia Wei's latest paintings, sculptures and LEGO® brick installations. This was his first appearance at a contemporary art fair after many exhibitions in art galleries and institutions.

At booth E14, a giant sculpture made of green LEGO® particles against a red background brought a strong visual impact, attracting many visitors to stop, check in, and take photos with artist Jia Wei. Several LEGO® flat creations full of grain aroused the curiosity of young people, who looked closely at the creation details of the works.

In this exhibition, Jia Wei KK showcased his latest exploration of art materials - the LEGO® Brick series. This series of creations, from multiple levels such as pop culture, visual experience, and spatial reconstruction, shows Jia Wei KK's keen insight into pop culture, as well as his inward exploration of his own art system, and also reflects his criticism of consumerism and cultural homogenization in modern society.

In addition, Jia Wei KK's "Like Flowers" series of classic paintings were also unveiled. These works, with their dynamic figures, delicate colors and flowing lines, and quiet and poetic natural scenes, present a lyrical artistic expression and demonstrate Jia Wei's superb attainments in traditional oil painting techniques. Each work is a still moment, but it also captures the passage of time and fragments of memory, leading the viewer into an emotional world that is both real and surreal.

Looking back at 2024, Jia Wei KK's artistic journey is like a gorgeous bloom. From Beijing to Singapore, from Taipei to Foshan, his works show unique charm and profound connotations in different cultural backgrounds and artistic contexts. These exhibitions are not only important milestones in his artistic career, but also witness his continuous exploration, innovation and breakthrough. Looking forward to the future, we expect Jia Wei KK to continue to use "Like Flowers in the Wild" as a source of inspiration to create more amazing works of art and bring more surprises and touches to the art world.