Jia Aili is a Chinese artist born in 1979 in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. He studied at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in 2001. Aili is known for his large-scale paintings that explore the intersection of contemporary life in China and the remnants of its past, often depicted through surreal landscapes and fragmented narratives. He has exhibited widely, including at the 2005 Venice Biennale.