The combined achievement of the touring retrospective exhibition '' I Want to Believe '' ( 2008 ) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and his appointment as the Director of Visual and Special Effects for the Beijing Olympic Games placed Cai in the spotlight of critical and popular attention . This key point in Cai ’s career established him as a global powerhouse for artistic production . That year he was also awarded the 7th Hiroshima Art Prize . Since then his many solo exhibitions and projects include '' Saraab '' ( 2011 , Doha ) , '' 1040M Underground '' ( 2011 , Ukraine ) , '' Da Vincis do Povo '' ( 2013 , Brasilia , São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro ) , '' Falling Back to Earth '' ( 2013 , Brisane ) , '' The Ninth Wave '' ( 2014 , Shanghai ) , '' There and Back Again '' ( 2015 , Yokohama ) , '' My Stories of Painting '' ( 2016 , Maastricht ) , '' The Spirit of Painting '' ( 2017 , Madrid ) , '' Flora Commedia '' ( 2018 , Florence ) and '' In the Volcano '' ( 2019 , Naples )
Beijing Olympic Games
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Cai Guo-Qiang