Zhou Hongzhang

Zhou Hongzhang
Personal Profile

Zhou Hongzhang, styled Yunzhi, known as the Master of Songfeng Pavilion, is a native of Binzhou City, Shandong Province.A renowned calligrapher and painter, member of the Communist Party of China, currently employed at Wudi No. 1 Middle School in Shandong Province.
Currently holds the following positions:
Member of Zhongxuan Shengshi International Calligraphy and Painting Academy
Member of Chinese Hard Pen Calligraphy Association
Member of Binzhou Calligraphers Association
Calligrapher and Painter at Lizhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy
Member of Wudi Calligraphers Association
Director of Wudi Youth Calligraphers Association
Director of Wudi Hard Pen Calligraphers Association


Has been passionately devoted to calligraphy since childhood. Proficient in regular script, cursive script, running script, clerical script, seal script, and traditional Chinese painting, with particular expertise in regular script, running script, and clerical script. Initially studied under Mr. Gao Jinglin of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, beginning with Ouyang Xun’s style while also studying Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, later delving into the works of Mi Fu, Wang Duo, Wen Zhengming, Jiang Kui, and other masters. Has maintained diligent practice for many years.
 
  Exhibition and Award Records  

October 1990   Won the Outstanding Award at Shandong Province’s “Inter-Teachers’ College Calligraphy Exhibition”
June 1991    Won First Prize and Brush Calligraphy Excellence Award at “The First Youth Calligraphy, Seal Carving, and Hard Pen Calligraphy Exhibition of Binzhou Teachers College”
July 1996    Won Outstanding Award at County-wide “Anyi Cup Calligraphy Competition”
June 1997    Won Third Prize in Small Regular Script at City-wide “Celebrating the Return of Hong Kong” Calligraphy Competition
July 1997    Won First Prize in Hard Pen Calligraphy at City-wide “Celebrating Hong Kong’s Return” Competition
June 1998    Won Second Prize in Calligraphy at Shandong Province’s “Teachers’ Calligraphy and Painting Grand Prix”
December 2001   Won Second Prize in Calligraphy at the 3rd National “Yellow Crane Cup” Campus Literature and Art Grand Prix
October 2011   Won Outstanding Award in Adult Category at the 11th National “Chinese Steel Pen Calligraphy Competition”
June 2015    Won Outstanding Award at County-wide “Ecological Wudi” Calligraphy Exhibition
June 2016    Won Third Prize in Calligraphy at County-wide “Xinyue Cup” Calligraphy and Painting Competition, and published in the exhibition catalogue
October 2016   Won Outstanding Award at County-wide “Celebrating National Day, Ink Sentiments” Calligraphy Competition
May 2017    Won First Prize at County-wide “Staff Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition”, and published in the exhibition catalogue
July 2017    Won Second Prize at City-wide “Chinese Classic Recitation, Writing, and Speaking Competition for Primary and Secondary School Teachers”
September 2017    Selected for “Rouhe Shuanggou Cup” Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition, and published in the exhibition catalogue
October 2017   Won First Prize at County-wide “Celebrating the 19th Party Congress, Teachers and Students Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition”, and published in the exhibition catalogue
May 2018    Selected for County Cultural Center Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition
November 2018   Won First Prize in Calligraphy at County-wide “Virtue and Art Together, Building Dreams for the Future”
January 2019    Won Third Prize in Calligraphy at County-wide “Staff Celebrating Spring Festival”
July 2019    Selected for “Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China — Inaugural Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Masters’ Stamp Collections” and “The Ninth Nomination Exhibition of Huaxia Stars”; calligraphy exhibited at the Beijing Nationalities Cultural Palace, interviewed by CCTV and reported by multiple media outlets.
October 2019 Won award at county-level “Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China” and “Farmers’ Harvest Festival”; artwork permanently collected by the County Archives.
February 2020   Selected three times for “United as One — National Calligraphy and Painting Masters’ Anti-Epidemic Thematic Creation Special Exhibition”
March 2020   Selected twice for People’s Art Promotion Network’s “2020 Outstanding Literary and Art Works Exhibition Against COVID-19”
March 2020   Selected four times for Hebei Provincial Calligraphy and Painting Academy’s “Fighting the Epidemic with Me — Calligraphers and Painters Use Brushes to Cheer for Wuhan” Exhibition
March 2020   Selected for People’s Art Network’s “Fighting the Epidemic Together — Contemporary Ink Practitioners in Action” Thematic Exhibition
June 2020   Won First Prize at the 11th “Xizhi Cup” National Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting Masters Invitational Competition
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