Danqi Cai [dan-CHI Tsai] is an interdisciplinary artist and Assistant Professor of Foundations at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. Danqi immigrated from China to the United States as a young adult. Her acculturation inspired her to combine multi-laminated handmade papers with projection-mapped animations. The resulting multi-dimensional pieces conceal and reveal information depending on the viewer’s physical point of view, thus embodying her multicultural perspective. Danqi earned her MFA in Studio Art (Printmaking) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has shown nationally at venues including the Alper Initiative for Washington Art (DC), International Print Center New York (NYC), Stove Works (TN), and Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia (PA). Artist residencies, including the Chautauqua School of Art, the Hambidge Center, and the Morgan Conservatory, have supported her work. She was a recipient of the 2024 Practicing Artist Grant, administered by Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Artists 360 program.