Ding Jie is originally from Beijing, after completing her master at the Qinghua university art academy in 2003, she has continuously been working within the field of contemporary art. Her work involves participation and interaction. Some of her art jobs include her Lugu Lake Region Vegetation Ecology Plan. The main idea is to encourage villages to continue with the planting process. She has also organized and participated in several exhibitions, i.e. ‘Scarify- a Chinese Modern Independent Art exhibition’ and the second triennial of Chinese Art in Nanjing 2005. Furthermore she has gained the UNESCO Digital Art Award prize in 2005.
Ding Jie is always interested in abstract and concrete substance of an entity. Her former works is about artistic creation that is surrounded with certain basic crux that keeps her pondering, e.g. what is an art? What isn’t an art? What is a creation and what is not? Who is an author? Who is the audience? Everytime it comes out with the discovery of critical compound state that is more thought-provoking than the clear label. this time in Scotland, an ancient castle will be her creation object. She is going to establish a scene, thereof superimposes its past and present, dreams and reality, that will evoke a complete understanding of an entity.
