Zhang Shangguo, male, pen name Songshi, also known as Jimingshan Ren, is the head of the Shangshu Hall. He was born in May 1959 in Suixian County, Suizhou, the hometown of Bianzhong Ancient Music and the hometown of Emperor Yan Shennong.
Social employment
Calligraphers and painters from the Chinese Academy of Calligraphy and Painting under the Ministry of Culture, member of the Hubei Calligraphers Association, member of the Chinese Couplet Society, calligraphers and painters from the National Academy of Ethnic Painting, doctoral supervisor from the Oxford School of Art, member of the New Art Group Working Committee of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, member of the Artists Working Committee of the China Enterprise Culture Promotion Association, national first-class artist, editor of the Ethnic Calligraphers and Painters Newspaper, and the Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary.
I have had a passion for calligraphy, painting, seal cutting, and photography since I was young. I am particularly skilled in calligraphy, painting, seal cutting, and calligraphy. I have been continuously learning and drawing on the strengths of others. I am proficient in all forms of art, and my works not only inherit tradition but also have innovation and personal characteristics. He believes that the key to learning books is to understand, and those who learn from me will perish, while those who betray me will live. Due to his solid artistic foundation and full confidence, he is proficient in various calligraphy styles, coupled with his mastery of the strictness of regular script, the fluency of cursive script, and the strength of clerical script, as well as the ancient clumsiness of seal script; Therefore, it is possible to use a variety of rich and varied brushstrokes to achieve dominance, simplicity and beauty, without seeking state or unpreparedness, and beauty without seeking beauty, forming a personal elegant, agile, both physical and mental, and full of ups and downs in artistic style. The work has been exhibited multiple times in domestic and international calligraphy and painting exhibitions, and has won the first three awards, boutique awards, excellent awards, and the Holy Grail of Books Gold Award.
In March 1997, the work was selected for the first Hubei Provincial People's Congress System Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition.
In November 1999, his works participated in the Hubei Province Calligraphy Series Exhibition, the second New Artists Calligraphy Exhibition, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the return of Macau to the motherland.
In October 2001, the work was selected for the "Celebration of the 52nd Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China - Invitation Exhibition of Chinese Soul Calligraphy and Painting Works" and won the selection award.
In March 2001, at the first National Exhibition of Scenic Couplets, the work was exhibited and included in the "National Collection of Scenic Couplets".
In October 2002, calligraphy works were included in the "Fine Collection of China Calligraphy TV Grand Prix" and won the "Fine Award" for calligraphy works.
In September 2019, the work was exhibited at the Hubei Province Retired Cadres Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition.
In September 2003, calligraphy works were donated to the Shiyan City Archives in Hubei Province.
In June 2006, he won the Excellent Award in the National "Dragon" Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Competition.
In March 2009, the work was published on the "Calligraphy and Painting Collection Channel" of People's Daily Online.
On the occasion of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in September 2009, his work was honored and included in the large-scale special edition of "The Great Renaissance".
In 2018, he was awarded the title of "People's Artist" recommended by the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In May 2019, the Chinese Literature and Art Research Association awarded the "National Cultural Inheritance and Innovation Contribution Award".
In April 2020, he was selected as the "most creative calligrapher and painter" by the New Literature and Art Group Calligrapher and Painter Working Committee of the Chinese Calligrapher and Painter Association.
In November 2020, the "Working Committee of Calligraphy and Painting of the China Cultural Management Association" and the Sichuan Tongxin Cultural and Art Academy jointly launched a charity donation for the "Wuhan Laoxiaojia Chunlin Comprehensive Hospital" with the theme of "Working Together, Refueling Wuhan, Uniting to Fight the Epidemic".
In November 2020, he was awarded the honorary title of "100 Heroes of Calligraphy and Painting in the Founding of the Communist Party of China" by the Central Propaganda Department.
Selected as the 2020 Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Person of the Year in December 2020.
In October 2021, he made outstanding contributions in literary and artistic creation and was awarded the Best Creativity Award at the 2022 Hundred Painting and Calligraphy · Welcoming the Winter Olympics.
In January 2022, the work was recommended for corporate collection by Yachang International Art Trading Online.
In January 2022, at the "Celebrating the Chinese New Year and Welcoming the Two Sessions" Excellent Art Works Selection Activity, the work "Shu Xiangsi" was successfully selected and awarded the "Most Collectible Value Award".
In March 2022, he/she was awarded the title of "Representative of the Two Sessions Art Inheritance".
In October 2022, China News Network awarded "Famous Calligrapher Zhang Shangguo".