Famous contemporary calligrapher, Chinese painter, seal carver, director of the Beijing Palace Museum Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute; Chinese paleographer, vice president of the China Collectors Association, executive vice president of the Chinese Modern Flower and Bird Painters Research Institute, descendant of Wu Changshuo, a giant in the painting world, a visiting professor of the ** Academy of Fine Arts, was shortlisted for the "World Cultural Celebrity" in 2015, and was awarded the national gift intangible cultural heritage inheritor by the Ministry of Culture.
He is known as "the first person in contemporary seal calligraphy" and "the latest peak of literati painting", and is a banner figure in painting, calligraphy and seal carving.
Xiao Qingkuan, the character Yuanpu, the number Jingming, alias Baoyue Zhai, a native of Jinxiang, Shandong.
Currently: Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association;
Vice Chairman of China Government and Enterprise Art Purchasing Alliance;
Director of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (World Celebrity Art Research Association);
Vice President of the Institute of Chinese Culture;
Vice Chairman of China Culture and Art Development Federation;
Academician of the United Nations Academy of Peace Painting and Calligraphy;
Executive Vice President of Qufu Hongru Painting and Calligraphy Institute;
Director of China International Calligraphers and Painters Association;
Art Advisor, China International Modern Art Research Center;
Deputy Director of Western China Celebrity Culture and Art Exchange Center;
Chairman of the National Federation of Celebrity Calligraphy and Painting Art Circles;
Member of the World Federation of Overseas Chinese Artists;
Chinese National Rite Artist.
He has been awarded the honorary titles of "Chinese Calligrapher and Painter", "Chinese Contemporary Outstanding Calligrapher and Painter", "Chinese Patriotic Artist" and a medal of "Chinese Contemporary Patriotic Artist" and a medal and trophy of "Chinese Patriotic Artist Lifetime Achievement Award" by the China Qingfeng Calligraphy and Painting Association, the World Federation of Chinese Overseas Chinese Artists, and the Beijing Bimoyuan Culture and Art Exchange Center.
In May 2013, at the invitation of the Chinese Association for the Promotion of Calligraphy and Painting Art and the China Ziguangge National Rite Center, five of his works were included in the compilation of "Shengshi Hanmo Famous Classics" (National Gift Volume), and the Ministry of Culture was awarded the honorary title of "National Gift Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor".
In November of the same year, he won the gold medal of the "National Calligraphy and Painting Competition to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of ***", and presented the award at the National Convention Center. In December, he won the silver medal of the 5th China International Calligraphy and Painting Art Competition.
In April 2014, he was included in the compilation of the "Dictionary of Chinese Calligraphers and Painters" (new edition of the contemporary volume) and the book "International Artist", and won the "Best Creation Award" of the Chinese Dream - Xi Xi Qingfeng National Calligraphy and Painting Seal Carving Exhibition Summit Forum. In June, he was honorably inducted into the "Chinese Culture Hall of Fame".
In September, he was awarded the first prize of the "China Think Tank Famous Expert" certification and the first prize of the entries by the China Academy of Management Sciences, and the honorary title of "The Pinnacle of Chinese Art".
In October, he was awarded the honorary titles of "Gold Medal Artist" and "Outstanding Artist of the Chinese Nation" of Chinese National Art, and won the special prize of the "Chinese Dream" National Calligraphy and Painting Competition, and was awarded at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
In November, he won the gold medal of the Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Art Exhibition at the APEC Summit in Beijing, and was awarded the honorary title of "The Most Influential Art Master".
National publications "Xiao Qingkuan Calligraphy Collection", "Contemporary Seal Carving Famous Masters Volume", "Xiao Qingkuan Seal", "Chinese Painting - Detailed Explanation of Flower and Bird Techniques", "Xiao Qingkuan Chinese Painting Collection", "Xiao Qingkuan Lectures on Chinese Painting", "Modern and Modern Famous Painters Painting Collection", "Shanghai Art Inheritance Collection".
In 2012, he held a solo exhibition of calligraphy and painting at the Hong Kong Museum;
In 2013 and 2016, he was invited to participate in the Sino-French Art Exchange Conference twice;
In 2014, he was invited to Japan to participate in the art exchange exhibition with Fan Zeng and others;
From 2015 to 2017, he held two consecutive solo exhibitions at the Beijing Art Museum;
From 2015 to 2017, he held solo exhibitions of calligraphy and painting in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuhan, Jinan, Xi'an, Chengdu, Shenzhen and other places.
In 2016, Xiao Qingkuan's Art Exhibition was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center;
In 2016, he and Fan Zeng were invited to hold a personal exhibition of calligraphy and painting at the University of California.
In 2017, he was invited to participate in the Exhibition of Southeast Asian Ancient Characters and Calligraphy from the Collection of the Singapore Art Museum held in Singapore.
In 2018, the Chinese painting "** Vision" entered the national exhibition;
In 2018, he went to Canada to hold a solo exhibition with Sun Xiaoyun, Su Shishu, Fan Zeng and others;
In 2019, he held a "Personal Calligraphy and Painting Touring Exhibition" at the Los Angeles Museum.
Representative works: "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra", "Five Blessings - Harmony and Happiness", "Family and Everything", "Virtue and Things", "Watching the Sea", "Fortune at the Head", "Qinyuan Spring - Northern Kingdom", "Qinyuan Spring - Changsha", "Long March", "Book of Commandments", "Fixing the Storm", "Family Wealth Wanguan", "Linjiang Immortal", "Chibi Nostalgia", "Tengwang Pavilion Preface", "Orchid Pavilion Preface", "Hundred Blessings", "Diamond Sutra", "Tao Te Ching".
The average price of officially certified square feet in Chinese auctions is 86,000 yuan square feet.