A few days ago, Changzhou West Taihu Art Museum published "Xia Jun Calligraphy Seal Carving Collection", Director Zhang Anna sent a message to Xia Jun and other four young talents of the museum, and the famous calligrapher Ye Pengfei wrote an article to comment on Xia Jun's works.
Xia Jun, born in May 1986, is a native of Changshu, Jiangsu, and a young villager Mr. Zhang Xigeng. In 2013, he graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Nanjing University of the Arts, majoring in calligraphy (seal carving), under the tutelage of Mr. Huang Dian and obtained a master's degree in fine arts. In the same year, I asked Mr. Zhuzhu in Yangzhou. In 2020, he studied at the City University of Macau, under the supervision of Mr. Chen Lusheng, to study for a doctorate in fine arts.
He is currently working at Liu Haisu Xia Yiqiao Art Museum in Wujin District, Changzhou City, as the director of the academic department. He is now a member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, a member of the Jiangsu Calligraphers Association, a director of the Jiangsu Seal Carving Research Association, a member of the Academic Committee of the Jiangsu Seal Carving Research Association, a member of the Academic Committee (Review Committee) of the Changzhou Calligraphers Association, the deputy director of the Changzhou Seal Carving Art Museum, the deputy secretary-general of the Changzhou Seal Society, the executive director of the Changzhou Zhongshan Painting and Calligraphy Institute of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese People's Revolution, and the deputy secretary-general of the Changzhou Young Calligraphers Association.
His works were exhibited in the "8th Jiangsu Province Newcomer Calligraphy and Seal Carving Exhibition", "The First 'Wanyinlou Award' International Seal Carving Competition", "Jiangsu Seal Carving Art Exhibition", "The 2nd Jiangsu Seal Carving Art Exhibition", "'Centennial Xiling Le Shi Jijin' Large-scale International Seal Carving Selection Activity", "The First 'Zhou Lianggong Seal Carving Award' National Seal Carving Competition", "The First 'Lingnan Baisha Award' National Calligraphy and Seal Carving Competition", "The 10th Anniversary of the Establishment of the China Seal Carving Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts and the 'Great Beauty Seal Carving' - Seal Carving Art Exhibition in Life". "'Centennial Xiling, Lake and Mountain Rhyme' Xiling Seal Society Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting and Printing Exhibition", "The Sixth and Seventh Youth Seal Carving Exhibition of Jiangsu Province", "'Jiangzuo Merry Award' The Ninth Youth Calligraphy and Seal Carving Exhibition of Jiangsu Province", "The First Jiangsu Province 'Crane Ming Calligraphy and Seal Carving Exhibition'", "The Fourth Road of Calligraphy - The Special Exhibition of Seal Carving of China's Higher Calligraphy Education Achievement Series". He won the first prize of the "Second National College Student Art Exhibition" and the gold medal of the "First Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Exhibition in Changzhou".
Editor-in-chief of "Zhuzhu, Gu Gong, Zhu Tianshu, Xia Jun Teachers and Students Calligraphy and Seal Carving Collection" and "Zhuzhai Plum Blossom Seal Spectrum". "Gan Xiang <集古印正>Research" was selected for the 4th "Lonely Mountain Seal" Xiling Seal Society International Printing Summit, and "Mr. Liu Haisu's Works with Seal Tubes" was included in the compilation of "Sang Ziqing's Deep Memories of the Canghai - Commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of Liu Haisu's Birth".