Wei Dao Zhi

      Born in 1963, currently serves as an executive member of the Anhui Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Research Association, a member of the Anhui Artists Association, and a member of the Anhui Calligraphers Association. He is also an academician of the Vancouver Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Academy and the director of the Tongyuan Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Institute in Malaysia.
            Raised in a family with cultural background, he has been passionate about painting and calligraphy since childhood. He learned painting and calligraphy from two teachers, Zhou Xiaoyun and Huang Qingsheng. While studying the traditional Chinese painting major at the Tsinghua University School of Art, he received personal instruction from Yang Deyu, laying a solid foundation. His paintings and calligraphy have also been guided by famous artists such as Tao Tianyue, Guo Gongda, Fang Maohong, and Wang Yazhou. Recently, he has been deeply studying landscape painting under the guidance of the renowned landscape painter Feng Jucheng, striving for a higher level of artistic skill and artistic conception.
          Due to his outstanding achievements in painting, his works have participated in national and provincial exhibitions, as well as many other exhibitions including the China-France Art Exchange Excellence Exhibition, China-US Painting and Calligraphy Collection Excellence Exhibition, China-South Korea International Art Exchange Excellence Exhibition, and the Special Issue of China's Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Masters. His works have also participated in large-scale auctions in Hong Kong.