Directory of Artists and Calligraphers around the world specialising in Oriental arts.
Annuaire des artistes et calligraphes du monde spécialisé dans les arts orientaux.
Directorio de artistas y calígrafos de todo el mundo especializados en artes orientales.
Verzeichnis von Künstlern und Kalligraphen auf der ganzen Welt, spezialisiert auf orientalische Künste.
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Location:
Edinburgh
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Artist, Calligrapher, Teacher
Chinese calligraphy & brush painting artist based in Edinburgh, UK. Chi has been shortlisted of ‘Sky Art Landscape Artist of the year 2015’. His Chinese calligraphy has been projected onto Edinburgh Castle during the 2015...
Location:
Portland, Oregon
US United States
US United States
Category: Artist
Origin Story: I am a self taught Chinese Brush Painter. I fell in love with the medium a few years ago. From the first moment I painted I was captivated by the way Chinese brush painting...
Location:
Bruges, Belgium
BE Belgium
BE Belgium
Category: Calligrapher, School, Teacher
It was during springtime in the year 2015 I first had an encounter with Chinese calligraphy. I was a student at that time going for my bachelor’s degree in IT. Every Wednesday evening there was...
Location:
Berlin
DE Germany
DE Germany
Category: Artist
I was born in Berlin, Germany. I Studied Montage and editing at the University for film in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Graduated in 2001 with a diploma as Master in Filmediting. Since 1992 I am working as a...
Location:
Beaussais-Vitré (79370)
FR France
FR France
Category: Artist, Calligrapher, School, Teacher
Eric Marié pratique depuis plus de trente ans la peinture et la calligraphie chinoises. Il a été formé entièrement en Chine populaire et à Taiwan, auprès de plusieurs maîtres qui lui ont permis d’acquérir une...
Location:
Bend, Oregon
US United States
US United States
Category: Artist
Hi! I’m Bekah and I’m an artist and designer living in the US. I discovered Inkston while doing research on ancient Chinese silk painting (Gongbi). The methods and timeless techniques intrigued me and I am...
Location:
Sofia
BG Bulgaria
BG Bulgaria
Category: Artist
I have always loved the world of ink flow, as well as the world of short poetry. They go together as a brother and sister, or as lovers. I started to learn few year ago,...
Location:
Bruges
BE Belgium
BE Belgium
Category: Artist, Calligrapher
I am passionated by oriental art since my childhood. I have been an artist all my life: draughtsman, painter, sculptor and a calligrapher in Chinese and Japanese scripts. I graduated with highest honours in numerous disciplines...
Location:
Brest Bretagne
FR France
FR France
Category: Artist
Je suis un pur autodidacte ,j’ai découvert la peinture chinoise de style xieyi il y a 15 ans et depuis je n’ai jamais cesser de pratiquer.J’expose mon travail et je vend mes oeuvres ( enfin...
Location:
12 Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QJ, UK
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Artist
About the museum: Just minutes from Bath’s Royal Crescent and The Circus, in a restored Georgian townhouse, is the only UK museum dedicated to the arts and cultures of East and South East Asia: The...
Location:
Headquarter in Alba (Italy - Piemonte) but I have students all over Europe and some secondary workshop places like in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
IT Italy
IT Italy
I am Italian and I have been teaching traditional Chinese painting for 25 years. I was involved into art because 30 years ago I started to practice Zen meditation (zazen) and in the dojo where...
Location:
Shanghai
CN China
CN China
Category: Design Studio
inkston.com is a leading supplier of chinese fine art information and artisanal art materials including art galleries, guides and stories, Xuan papers & brushes, Sheyan inkstones, Old Hu Kai Wen inks, JingdeZhen art ceramics. As well as materials inkston...
Location:
EG Egypt
Category: Artist
My love for Chinese Brush painting started in the States. I briefly studied Asian art in college and that is where I first saw a Chinese painting. I loved it and felt at peace as...
Location:
Alicante
ES Spain
ES Spain
Category: Artist
Me llamo José Ángel Valera, aunque todos me conocen como “Pepe Valera”. Mis obras tienen un marcado carácter autobiográfico, pues nacen de la interpretación de vivencias propias, el mundo onírico, los sueños y fantasías. La...
Location:
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
US United States
US United States
Category: Artist, Calligrapher, Teacher
Name: Meredith McPherson Artistic/studio name (given to me by master calligrapher Liang Zongheng) is Mo Feisheng 墨蜚聲 While I was working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., I asked Professor I-Hsiung Ju, (who lived...
Location:
London
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Design Studio
Model: Alisha Safo (@liiissha) Photographer: Jun Yang (@mimiola0308) Filming: Elliott Chyi (@elliotino) Design: Shilo Ren (@shilo_ren) Set: Shilo Ren
Location:
Montréal
CA Canada
CA Canada
Category: Artist
During my artistic development, I experimented various mediums such as the pastel, the charcoal, the India ink and the acrylic. Since I began to practice the art of Japanese calligraphy in 2010, I was largely...
Location:
Ottawa
CA Canada
CA Canada
Category: Artist, Calligrapher, Teacher
I developed an interest and fascination with oriental arts and philosophies in my teens. Eventually I began studying calligraphy with a Japanese master calligrapher/painter, Sensei Tomoko Kodama. Mrs. Kodama mentored me to begin teaching and...
Location:
Granada
ES Spain
ES Spain
Category: Artist
Como artista estoy entregada al arte de la POESÍA PINTADA que recala en el TRAZO como camino por el que transitar para dejar que las palabras se expresen atentas a la sensibilidad que generan atrapadas...
Location:
Malaga
ES Spain
ES Spain
Category: Artist
Me involucre en el arte chino viajando a Beijing dos veces, gracias al taichí (arte que practico a diario) conocí esta gran ciudad. Allí conocí a mi primer maestro de taiji Cao Man Liang (caomanliang0128@hotmail.com),...
Location:
Madrid
ES Spain
ES Spain
Category: Artist
Learning sumi-e art. I´m self taught. I start with oriental art when I discovered Chuang tzu “All men know the use of the useful but nobody knows the use of the useless”
Location:
Edinburgh
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Artist, Calligrapher, Design Studio, Teacher
RAGGEDYBIRD.com With a strict focus on Traditional Lingnan (Chao Shao-an) style I feel my own path is worthy of being shared to those who wish also to follow such “correct” behavior in Chinese Art. Western...
Location:
Aberdeen, Scotland
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Artist
This amazing summer at Opera Holland Park I followed acclaimed conductor Matthew Waldren alongside City of London Sinfonia during rehearsals for a Puccini production. The fluidity of the environment inspired me to draw with ink using a...
Location:
London
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Artist
My uncle is an artist and I remember seeing one work in particular that was on rice paper. It was the colour of the surface that I was initially drawn to, so I began to...
Location:
Barcelona
ES Spain
ES Spain
Category: Artist
August Vilella es un artista que actualmente reside en Barcelona donde trabaja en sus pinturas al óleo mediante un método surreal-intuitivo gracias el cual, sin ningún tipo de esbozos ni ideas previas, trata de plasmar...
Location:
Beijing
CN China
CN China
Category: Artist
朱晓 Zhu Xiao, also known as 朱晓容 Zhu Xialong, artistic name 清荷 Qing He (pure lotus) from Beijing Six Lotus studio (北京六荷堂艺术工作室) is from仙桃 Xiantao in 湖北 Hebei province. She studied at Renmin University of China Academy...
Location:
Beijing
CN China
CN China
Category: Artist
以水之名 – 文|刘利平 In the name of water by Liu Liping (original chinese text – 以水之名—-刘利平自序) The different moods of “water” can lead people’s vision and thoughts to a distant place or far, or far...
Location:
Riga
LV Latvia
LV Latvia
Category: Artist, Design Studio, Teacher
History: I am artist, illustrator, teacher of arts for children and adults. I felt in love with Chinese painting ~10-12 years ago when I tried to found the best art-therapy technique for pregnant women group...
Location:
Beijing
CN China
CN China
Biography 1981年生于湖南 2001年毕业于中央美术学院附中； 2005年毕业于中央美术学院中国画系水墨人物专业本科，获文学学士学位； 2010年毕业于中央美术学院中国画学院人物造型专业研究生，获文学硕士学位；同年留校任教于中央美术学院中国画学院至今，中国美术家协会会员。 中国画作品参展“第五、六届中国北京国际美术双年展”、“第四、五届全国青年美展”、“第十二届全国美展”、“第四届全国中国画大展”，“首届中国美术馆收藏青年美术家作品展”、“纪念中国人民抗战暨世界反法西斯战争胜利70周年全国美展”、“纪念中国工农红军长征胜利80周年美展”、“中华民族大团结全国美展”、“亚洲国际艺术节”等；多幅作品被中国美术馆、中央美院美术馆、加拿大、日本、韩国等海内外艺术机构所收藏。 Born in Hunan in 1981 In 2001 graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts middle school; In 2005 graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts on...
Location:
New York
US United States
US United States
Category: Design Studio
We are a non-profit educational organization founded in 1963 by Motoi Oi with our mission: * to foster and encourage an appreciation of East Asian brush painting techniques through publications, workshops, lectures and exhibitions. *...
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
US United States
US United States
Category: Artist, Calligrapher, Teacher
“As in life, if you make a mistake, you must go on, you cannot cover it up. The sumi-e tradition of Asian ink painting from teacher to student moves in a continuum, with no end...
Location:
Karlovac
HR Croatia
HR Croatia
Category: Artist
It started with my first mentor and grandfather Alfred Krupa Sr.MFA (1915-1989), and later I was (in 1998/99) the postgraduate research student (The Monbukagakusho Scholarship (文部科学省奨学金 Monbukagakushō Shōgakukin) at the Tokyo Gakugei University (東京学芸大学) or...
Location:
Providence
US United States
US United States
Category: Calligrapher, Teacher
Gohitsu Shodo Studio lives at the intersection of Japanese Calligraphy, Martial Arts and Zen, also known as KEN ZEN SHO training. ESTEBAN MARTINEZ Esteban Martinez has been training in Aikido for 22 years and holds...
Location:
Anhui, SheXian
CN China
CN China
Category: Artist
SunYan (Ding Fa), also uses artistic name “Shi Chi” which means someone who is passionate with stones. He graduated from Anhui Normal University and is a member of Artist Association of Anhui province, Artist Association...
Location:
Edinburgh
GB United Kingdom
GB United Kingdom
Category: Teacher
RAGGEDYBIRD.com Being an Animation Engineer (www.iClonia.com) time is not on your side. Recently I created an animation called “The Chinese Garden” and it was created from an old 2200 year old Qin dynasty ink drawing....