At 2 p.m. on June 8, 2021, the opening ceremony of the 2021 Undergraduate Exhibition and the launch ceremony of the Online Graduation Exhibition of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University (AADTHU) were held in the hall of Tsinghua University Art Museum. Attending the event were over 300 people including Lu Xiaobo, dean of Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design; Ma Sai, Party secretary of the Academy; Wu Qiong, deputy Party secretary of the Academy; Yang Dongjiang and Fang Xiaofeng, vice presidents of the Academy; He Li, deputy Party secretary of the Academy; Su Dan, deputy director of Tsinghua University Art Museum; Fang Yongxin, partner of Alibaba Group and head of Alibaba Cloud Education; and Li Bei, director of Academic Cooperation of Alibaba Group. The ceremonies were presided over by Yang Dongjiang.

The theme of this year's graduation exhibition is "Ask: Our Diverse World." This was the first time that the Academy of Arts & Design started offline and online exhibitions simultaneously.

At the opening ceremony, Kang Yunshu, an undergraduate in the Department of Ceramic Art and Design, and Chen Hui, a professor in the Department of Painting, spoke on behalf of participating students and instructors respectively.

Kang noted that the Academy of Arts & Design provides an excellent platform for sharing and inspiring ideas. The disciplined vision at the international frontier and comprehensive discipline quality have laid a solid foundation for students' artistic exploration. The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, while altering people's living conditions, has also given rise a change of display media. Online and offline exhibitions not only provide new perspectives and ways to examine works, but also indicate that art and technology will be more closely and diversely combined. As art designers in the new era, we will not forget our original aspiration, bear in mind the spirit of the Academy, achieve excellence through self-improvement and shape the future through innovation.

Professor Chen delivered a warm speech on behalf of instructors, saying that with a good university education students should be trained into patriots, responsible leaders, stargazers, dream catchers, explorers, knowledge seekers, and elegant people with a healthy style. He encouraged students to be self-reliant, self-improving and self-confident, and to ultimately out shine their teachers. He also hoped that they would have a spirit for teamwork, forge ahead, and be undaunted by challenges. Chen concluded his speech by saying that "the light of art will always shine for you," urging the graduates to "live their life without regret, and diligently work for the present while gazing at stars."

Professor Lu Xiaobo, dean of the Academy of Arts & Design, said in his speech that this was the first time that the Academy presented offline and online exhibitions in a combined form, as a never-ending report on graduation design achievements transcending time and space.

Lu said the works of the exhibitions explore new forms of artistic expression and innovative design and application methods with new concepts and technologies, presenting students' observation and exploration of life, the future and the world with distinctive personality and characteristics. Meanwhile, the exhibitions showcase every student's outstanding and comprehensive qualifications, critical thinking skills and solid artistic foundation, as well as their courage to explore, persevere in their ideals, be pragmatic and boldly innovative. Lu hoped that the students will live to the fullest and be worthy of the great times.

The 2021 Undergraduate Graduation Exhibition was jointly exhibited at Exhibition Halls 4, 7, 8 and 14 of Tsinghua University Art Museum and Exhibition Halls A and B of the Academy of Arts & Design. A total of 284 undergraduate graduates are presenting more than 1,000 works in this exhibition. The exhibition will last until June 24. 

A total of 484 undergraduates and master graduates in 11 training units are presenting more than 2,000 excellent graduation works in the Online Graduation Exhibition.

With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world order is being rewritten. The graduates of Academy of Arts & Design expressed their thoughts on the themes of time and space, nature and life in their works, maintaining their concerns with social reality while indicating their expectations for future life. Young people are not only sensitive to problems, but also have the courage and ability to solve them. They are a new generation of people who uphold the lofty ideal of "art serving the society."

This graduation exhibition is presented online and offline simultaneously. People can visit the site to see the exhibition, or log onto the cloud to browse the works, fully experience the flexible exhibitions in both physical and virtual spaces, compare the subtle changes of the same work in different spaces, and enjoy a double visual feast combining virtual reality and reality. 

2021 Undergraduate Exhibition of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Exhibition time

June 8, 2021 - June 24, 2021

Exhibition locations

Multi-function Hall at Area A of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University and the Gallery of the Academy at Area B.

Exhibition Hall 4 on the 2nd floor and Exhibition Halls 7, 8 and 14 on the 4th floor of Tsinghua University Art Museum

Opening hours

Multi-function Hall at Area A of the Academy of Arts & Design,Tsinghua University and Art Museum at Area B.

9: 00 - 18: 00 (Admission is closed at 17: 30)

Tsinghua University Art Museum

9: 00 - 17: 00 (Closed at 16: 30, closed on Mondays, except legal holidays)

Sponsored by

Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Supported by

Tsinghua University Art Museum

The 2021 Online Graduation Exhibition of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

https://exhibition.ad.tsinghua.edu.cn/2021/

For a better exhibition experience, it is recommended to use a computer browser (Chrome/Edge) to see the exhibition, or use iPhone6s/Android 8.0 and above for mobile phone scanning and horizontal display.