Tang Kezheng

Tang Kezheng
Personal Profile
Tang Kezheng, pen name: Zheng Ran; clan name: Tang Changgui; monastic name: Wei Wu Zhi Zu; male, born in 1950, from Dagang District, Tianjin (hometown: Guilin, Guangxi). Graduated from Beijing Institute of Geology; graduated via correspondence from Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Fine Arts.
 
  Art Organizations  
 
★ Permanent Member, International Global Artists Photography Association;
★ Permanent Member, Chinese Portrait Photography Society;
★ Permanent Member, China Folk Photography Association;
★ Permanent Member, China Cultural Development Promotion Association;
★ Academician and Vice Chairman, China Celebrity Culture Research Institute;
★ Academician, China Jintong Calligraphy and Painting Academy;
★ Judge, Mingxing Cup National Poetry, Painting and Photography Grand Prize Competition Committee;
★ Standing Director, Guilin Elderly Calligraphy Association;
★ Lifetime Honorary President, Guiyang Calligraphy and Painting Academy;
★ Honorary Chairman, Chu Nan Folk Cultural Art Research Society;
★ National Digital TV Channel Program Advisor;
★ Invited Artist, National Digital TV Channel;
★ Council Member, China Calligraphy and Painting Artists (Cultural Talent Database);
★ Contracted Writer, Shici Louge Platform;
★ Gold-Invited Writer, Shici Louge Platform;
★ Contracted Artist, Confucius Art Museum;
★ Deputy Secretary-General, China Kong-Meng Culture Research Institute.
 
  Honors and Titles  
 
★ Chinese Photographer;
★ Outstanding Contemporary Cross-Century Artist;
★ Master of Contemporary Chinese Art;
★ Leading Figure in Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Art;
★ Meritorious Artist of China;
★ Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Inheritor of China;
★ Art Pioneer and Role Model of China — Tang Kezheng;
★ Most Collectible Artist — Tang Kezheng;
★ Cultural Ambassador for China-Hungary Diplomatic Relations;
★ Art Leader on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC — Tang Kezheng;
★ Art Icon on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC — Tang Kezheng;
★ Contemporary Artist with Highest Investment Value — Tang Kezheng;
★ Key Recommended Calligraphy and Painting Master — Tang Kezheng;
★ Cultural Strength, National Strength, National Card;
★ 2019: Featured in the Nasdaq Art Exhibition in the United States, awarded “Contemporary Artist Landing on the World’s First Screen”;
★ 2020: Calligraphy and painting works selected and broadcast by China’s National Digital TV Channel for Spring Festival;
★ Art Pioneer in the People’s “Epidemic Battle” — Tang Kezheng;
★ Selected and exhibited by China’s National Digital TV Channel in 2020;
★ 2020 National Online Evaluation: Virtuous and Artistic Calligrapher and Painter;
★ 2020: Special Awarded by Cangyi.com as “Virtuous and Artistic Artist”;
★ 2020: Leading Figure in Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting — Tang Kezheng, China Report Network Party Building Pioneer — Official Website of China Report Magazine;
★ Highlighted by major domestic media as one of the “Top 100 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Masters in 2020”;
★ 2020: China Artist Overseas Media Broadcast Project by International Net — Tang Kezheng “Famous Artist at Home and Abroad”;
★ 2020: Outstanding Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Artist;
★ 2020: Most Beautiful People’s Artist;
★ 2020: Contemporary Chinese Poet;
★ 2020: Hanmo Chunqiu Art World Outstanding Figure Award;
★ 2021: Tang Kezheng’s calligraphy work “Xian Ai Gu Yun” collected by the Royal Thai Embassy in China.
 
  Professional Titles  
 
★ Senior National Calligraphy and Painting Artist;
★ Professor of Calligraphy and Painting;
 
  Awards  
 
★ Won first prize three times in the National Calligraphy and Painting Grand Prize Competition from 1987–1992;
★ 1998: Second International “Sun Award,” received Excellence Award;
★ 1999: Silver Medal, Cross-Century Cup Cross-Strait Calligraphy, Painting and Photography Grand Prize Competition;
★ 2019: Bronze Medal, First Contemporary Art Award National Calligraphy and Painting Competition;
★ 2019: Received the Meritorious Artist of China Gold Medal;
★ 2019: ICH Inheritor Golden Cup of China;
★ 2019: Champion, First National Calligraphy and Painting Online Exhibition and Contest (Phase I);
★ 2019: Certificate of Honor “Contemporary Artist Landing on the World’s First Screen”;
★ 2020: National Digital TV Exhibition Broadcast — Awarded “Most Collectible Artist” Trophy;
★ 2020: Ranked No. 1 in National Online Voting — Awarded “Virtuous and Artistic Calligrapher and Painter” Trophy;
★ 2020: “Great Beauty of China, Great Beauty of Calligraphy and Painting” Joint Exhibition — Awarded by the National Online Calligraphy and Painting Masterpieces Exhibition Organizing Committee: “Outstanding Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Artist”;
★ 2020: Certificate of Honor “Top 100 Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Masters”;
★ 2020: Certificate of Honor “Virtuous and Artistic Artist”;
★ 2020: International Net China Artist Overseas Media Broadcast Project — Medal “Famous Artist at Home and Abroad”;
 
  Artworks Display  
 
★ Over ten thousand calligraphy, painting, photography, and seal carving works published in domestic and international newspapers and magazines.
★ Two solo exhibitions of masterpieces at the National Art Museum of China;
★ One solo exhibition at Guangxi’s First Library;
★ One personal special issue published;
★ 2018: Calligraphy and painting works exhibited and auctioned at China Hanhai;
★ 2019: Invited by the East European Art Alliance to tour and auction artworks in Europe;
★ 2019: Artworks of distinguished Chinese artist Tang Kezheng broadcast on the Nasdaq screen in the United States;
★ 2020: Three broadcasts on China’s National Digital TV Channel;
★ 2020: Works of Chinese artist Tang Kezheng featured in专题 reports by 300 overseas authoritative media outlets.
★ 2020: Artworks of Chinese artist Tang Kezheng exhibited and auctioned in a large-scale art exhibition in Taiwan;
★ 2021: National Digital TV Station, Jinan, Shandong Province, aired during Spring Festival: “People’s Artist Tang Kezheng”;
★ 2021: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China, awarded the honorary title “Top 100 Virtuous and Artistic Calligraphers and Painters”;
★ 2021: Tang Kezheng’s calligraphy work “Xian Ai Gu Yun” collected by the Royal Thai Embassy in China.
 
  Publications  
 
★ Achievements included in 19 publications such as “Who’s Who in the World,” internationally distributed;
★ Included in 23 domestic publications such as “China’s Contemporary Entrepreneurial Talents”;
★ Published three personal collections: “Culture China: Focus on Contemporary Art Masters,” “China Glory,” “Virtuous and Artistic Calligraphers and Painters.”
 
  Published Five Stamp Albums  
 
★ “Leading Figures in Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Art: Virtuous and Artistic — Tang Kezheng”
★ “Chinese Culture on World Stamps: Chinese Art Master — Tang Kezheng”
 
  International Distribution  
 
★ “Cultural Strength, National Strength” — Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC: Art Master — Tang Kezheng
★ “Glory and Achievements of the Seventy-Year Journey” — Art Pioneer and Role Model of China — Tang Kezheng
★ “Stay True to Our Original Aspiration, Forge Brilliance” — Art Pioneer and Era Role Model of China — Tang Kezheng
 
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