This year's college student Nomination Exhibition takes "Declaration of independence" as the general theme, with three sub themes: "locked drawer", "I have a dream" and "suitcase". Young artists take this opportunity to declare their independence. The works of the 247 finalists are displayed in three exhibition halls

a total of 247 shortlisted works (groups) were nominated for this college students' Nomination Exhibition, covering Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking, sculpture, comprehensive materials, devices, design, photography, images, behavior, folk crafts, color lead, sketch, cross media art works, etc. These works were exhibited on July 16. The judges visited the pavilion one after another on July 16 and 17 and gave scores. At this time, the pavilions involved in the Nomination Exhibition were not closed, which truly achieved the fairness and transparency of the evaluation. The judges of the 6th college students Nomination Exhibition include artists Hong Lei, Jiang Jie, Li Jin, Qiu Zhijie, Su Xinping, Sui Jianguo, Xu Lei, Ye Yongqing, Yu Hong and Zhang Xiaotao, representatives of art institutions, Chen Qing, curator of giant Art Museum, director of China Art Research and promotion center, Zhang zikang, curator of Today Art Museum, and Leng Lin, President of pace Beijing gallery Zheng Lin, general manager of contemporary Tang Art Center. Adhering to the purpose of supporting young artists and connecting colleges and society, they selected young artists with full potential