Liu Shugang

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Liu Shugang

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Liu Shugang, styled as Cangzhou Hermit, Zhichen, Zijuren, Dharma name: Jiguang. Native of Hebei Cangzhou, ranked among the Top 100 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphers and Painters, and among the Top 30 Contracted Calligraphers and Painters. Member of the Chinese Overseas Calligraphers and Painters Association and the local Cangzhou Calligraphy Association in Hebei Province. Bronze Award winner of the 15th Lushan Cup National Calligraphy and Painting Competition. Born in 197 6 into a scholarly family, he developed a deep passion for calligraphy and painting since childhood. Influenced by his father, he began practicing calligraphy and painting at the age of seven. His启蒙 teacher was Yang Guozhang, a scholar from the late Qing Dynasty, educator during the Republic of China era, and a folk artist. He subsequently studied under several folk artists, practicing diligently year-round without interruption, laying a solid foundation for his artistic path. After over thirty years of dedicated brushwork, he has explored ancient traditions while innovating anew, mastering regular script, cursive script, clerical script, and seal script. Drawing widely from diverse influences and developing unique innovations, his self-created composite-character research is particularly exceptional. His works integrate characters into paintings, paintings into meaning, and meaning into artistic realms, vividly reflecting the origins of Chinese pictographic characters. He frequently exchanges and learns with renowned local calligraphers and painters, receiving meticulous guidance from masters such as Pan Qingxi and Liu Xiaosheng. Later, he formally studied under Du Chuanwei, a master of Mao-style calligraphy, planner of Mao-style calligraphy competitions, and one of the founders of the Mao Calligraphy Association, benefiting deeply from Master Du’s rigorous instruction. His works are widely collected by local political and business elites. In 2007, during the 20th anniversary celebration of the Calligraphy Association, his Mao-style calligraphy work was collected. In 2014, he received the Outstanding Work Award in the “National Treasure Cup” competition, ranking among the Top 500 Folk Masters. He was also named one of the Top 100 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphers and Painters and among the Top 30. That same year, he participated in the “Wild Duck Village Cup” Calligraphers and Painters Invitational Exhibition. In 2014, his works crossed oceans and national borders, collected by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Samoan Prime Minister Tuila'epa, Samoan Ambassador to China Tapusalaia To'omata, and China’s youngest former female Premier Wu Guixian. In early 2017, he founded the China Qiantong Juxian Pavilion Traditional Calligraphy and Painting Art Exchange Center. Through one year of effort, he promoted Qiantong calligraphy and painting culture to over twenty provinces nationwide, with some works collected by overseas Chinese friends. In 2017, over five thousand works were promoted globally. In 2018, Qiantong Juxian Pavilion officially launched, aiming to promote ten thousand artworks into community activities nationwide. Qiantong Juxian Pavilion currently has dozens of contracted teachers, advocating the principle of emphasizing contemporary creation, practical skill over empty reputation, bringing calligraphy and painting into thousands of households.

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