Zhou Zuocheng——International Network Exhibition of Works by Artists from Major Power

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Zhou Zuocheng (cheng), pen name, Zuosheng, male, Zhuang nationality, from Nanning, Guangxi, undergraduate degree. He was awarded the National First-Class Calligrapher (Certificate No. A0325) in 2017.

As a keen calligrapher since childhood, Mr. Zhou Zuocheng continued to study all styles of calligraphy, including regular, running, cursive, clerical and seal script, even he is already over sixty years old.He is able to obtain knowledge by investigation of things and work with perseverance. He has been able to learn from the best, and has been able to develop his skills through practice. He acquires superb calligraphy skills and smooth strokes. He emphasizes the importance of teacher inheritance and insists on innovation, so that the writing of all styles of characters better inherits the traditional calligraphy art style.He is especially good at the characters of Long, Fu, Shou, Xiang, Jing, Chan, Buddha, De, and Xiao. And his calligraphy of cursive, seal script, clerical, running and regular script all complement each other, focusing on practicality and highlighting ornamental qualities at the same time.

His works have participated in many national painting and calligraphy exhibitions and have won many awards, mainly are:"Prosperity of Culture, Development of Economy" (cursive, work and certificate attached behind) has won the second prize in the 2002 calligraphy and painting exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Chairman Mao's "Speech at the Yan'an Symposium on Literature and Art"."Dragon Around the World, Soul of China" (in seal script, the work won an award for excellence in calligraphy and painting in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. He has won the second prize in the 7th "Xizhi Cup" National Invitation Competition for Poets, Calligraphers and Painters in 2016.

Silver Medal in the 16th National Lushan Cup Painting and Calligraphy Competition in 2016.;

First Prize of the 4th National Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Competition "Ode to the Great Man - Chinese Dream" in 2017;

First Prize at the 2018 National Poets, Calligraphers and Painters Creative Annual Conference;

Gold Medal of the 7th China Dream Cup Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Competition in 2019;

First Prize of Chinese Contemporary Writers, Calligraphers and Painters Representative Works Library in 2020;

Gold Award of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party National Literary Artists (certificates and trophies are available in the certificate collection) in 2021.

Evaluated by experts from the China Calligraphy and Painting Title Runge Evaluation Center and issued a certificate of work of Runge (certificate number: A0756) in 2017.

He is currently employed as a member of the Chinese Hard Brush Calligraphy Association (membership card number: 2016031329), an academician of the Beijing Huaxia Lanting Painting and Calligraphy Institute (academician card number: A0615), a contracted poet and calligrapher of the Xizhi Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper and the Poet, Calligrapher and Painter Art Newspaper, and the president of the Beijing Huaxia Daoist Huigu Calligraphy and Painting Institute.