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Zhou Lifang
Zhou Lifang
Personal Profile
Zhou Lifang, female, originally from Datong, Shanxi Province, holds a bachelor’s degree. As a seasoned media professional, Zhou Lifang has for many years written outstanding journalistic pieces through her keen observations and pen—exposing evil and promoting goodness, celebrating the admirable deeds of people around her, and driving social progress. She has received numerous awards at provincial, municipal, and even national levels, earning her respect as a distinguished journalist. Today, she remains true to her original aspirations and rekindles the dream of her youth—to become an outstanding painter and dedicate herself tirelessly to the promotion of traditional Chinese culture.
Since childhood, she has been deeply passionate about painting and diligently practices, specializing in freehand brushwork flower-and-bird paintings. Through careful observation of the wonders of the natural world, she has cultivated the habit of discovering and creating beauty from diverse perspectives and angles, learning and reflecting while walking and observing. Her works emphasize the influence of seasons on scenery, skillfully combining realism with exaggeration and using subtle suggestions to convey profound meaning. She pays close attention to color coordination to enhance the spirit and charm of her artworks, achieving harmony and liveliness in composition. Now, through continuous self-study and effort, she is determined to make the cultivation and enhancement of public artistic literacy the lifelong pursuit of her artistic career.
Zhou Lifang says that most of her artistic creations stem from her love for life and admiration for existence. For many years, she has devoted herself to studying the works of renowned masters such as Qi Baishi and Wu Changshuo, striving to infuse fresh vitality into her own art by integrating the beauty of everyday life with the steadily improving standards of living. Her style is elegant and refined, appealing to both connoisseurs and the general public. Her paintings have been collected by numerous art enthusiasts across the province and beyond; some works are held in the collections of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Publicity Department of the Provincial Party Committee, while others have been acquired by international friends in Poland, Australia, Africa, and elsewhere.
Her peony paintings have been praised by China’s contemporary famous calligrapher Liu Guoqing (descendant of the renowned Tang Dynasty calligrapher Liu Gongquan) as “rigorously composed, richly colored, and brilliantly vivid without being vulgar,” who personally inscribed them with the phrase “Guose Tianxiang” (National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance). Honors and titles received include: winning the Bronze Award in the 7th “Yanhuang Cup” Contemporary Poetry, Painting, Calligraphy, and Seal Carving Art Competition, jointly organized by the China Hard-Pen Calligraphy Association’s Foreign Exchange Committee, China Poetry, Painting, and Calligraphy Network, and 《Xizhi Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper·Poets and Artists》; successfully entering and winning the Outstanding Award in the 2017 China-Australia Dual-City Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition co-hosted by the Kaifeng Sotheby’s Cultural Arts Development Center and the Australian Calligraphers Association; her representative works have been included in the “Belt and Road Master Artists” premium collectible playing card series. She currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Artist Committee of China Poetry, Painting, and Calligraphy Network, Art Director of Sotheby’s Cultural Arts Development Center, Special Featured Artist of Sydney China Painting and Calligraphy Network, and Member of the Taiyuan Municipal Artists Association.
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