Yuan Yingke

Author works

“Ascending to the Failai Peak”<br>By Wang Anshi (Sung dynasty)

“Ascending to the Failai Peak”
By Wang Anshi (Sung dynasty)

Ink on paper, Caoshu style, 2018
“One’s character defines their fate” An aphorism taken from the classic The Book of Changes (I Ching)

“One’s character defines their fate” An aphorism taken from the classic The Book of Changes (I Ching)

Biography

Yuan Yingke

An ethnic Han, Dean and Professor of the Human Sciences department in North China Electric Power University. Deputy Chairman of the Chinese Association of Literature and Art in the electricity field, a member of the Chinese Association of Calligraphers in the energy field.

Art career

1) Featured at the first 3-year calligraphy exhibition in Nanjing, the Linsan Award (2004);

2) The second all-China energy exhibition of fine arts and calligraphy, the China Energy Cup (2008);

3) Unity and Democracy, an exhibition of contemporary Chinese calligraphers and artists to celebrate the 60th anniversary of establishing the People’s Political Consultative Conference of China (special guest) (2009);

4) The National Unity, the second all-China exhibition of outstanding contemporary artists and calligraphers (2010);

5) Unity and Democracy, an exhibition of contemporary Chinese calligraphers and artists (special guest) (2011);

6) Jin Guang Xiang Rui, an exhibition of 100 works by contemporary Chinese artists and calligraphers (special guest) (2012);

7) The third all-China exhibition of calligraphy (2012);

8) The Land Full of Beauty, an exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists and calligraphers (2013);

9) The Magnificent China – the Green Energy, the fourth all-China energy exhibition of calligraphy (2014);

10) The Chinese Dream – the Love for Energy, the all-China energy exhibition of outstanding contemporary calligraphers to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (2014);

11) The Chinese Dream – the Beauty of Labour, the all-China industrial exhibition of calligraphy (2014);

12) Love is the Chinese Dream, the all-China exhibition of calligraphy masterpieces by the All-China Association of Literature and Art, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (2014);

13) To Preserve the History is to Safeguard the World, the all-China energy exhibition of calligraphy to celebrate the 70th anniversary of winning the Counter-Japanese War and the global antifascism war (2015);

14) A Pen Stroke – the Beautiful Peaks of Taihang Shan, an exhibition of renowned contemporary calligraphers to celebrate the 60th anniversary of building the memorial complex of Sibaipo (2015);

15) The Inks – the university exhibition of fine arts and calligraphy (special guest) (2015);

16) The Celestial Empire Belongs to the People – The Soul of Revolution Pioneers, an exhibition of renowned works by contemporary calligraphers (2016);

17) The Tranquillity of a Phoenix – the Magnificent Mountains of Tangshan, an exhibition of calligraphy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake (special guest) (2016).

Awards:

The first prize of the first 3-year calligraphy exhibition in Nanjing, the Linsan Award (2004); the Silver Cup of the second all-China energy exhibition of fine arts and calligraphy, the China Energy Cup (2008); the first prize of the all-China exhibition of calligraphy masterpieces by the All-China Association of Literature and Art, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (2014), Love is the Chinese Dream; the first prize of the fourth all-China energy exhibition of calligraphy, The Magnificent China – the Green Energy (2014).