tree-root calligraphy

Yang Yubing, male, Han nationality, born in Wutongqiao, Leshan, Sichuan in 1953, is a well-known calligrapher, master of tree-root calligraphy and vernacular art in China. As the founder of the art institute Root Rock Gallery (Genshijia), he now is the art director and curator of Root Rock Gallery. Raised in a literary family, Yang Yubing learned and practiced calligraphy as a child. He began researching traditional Chinese root art from 1980s and created works at the same time, which had been put on the market successfully. Based on the traditional root art, he blended the Chinese subjects popular among the Chinese people like “farming culture”, “traditional mascot” and “folk custom” into his creation of root art, forming a new school in root art circle-Yang Yubing School. Since the three ambassadors extraordinary to China from the large root carving countries of Nigeria, Liberia and Jamaica paid a personal visit to Mr. Yang Yubing in Wutongqiao, Leshan City and attended the opening ceremony of his Wutongqiao Root Rock Art Gallery in July 2009, and the vigorous dissemination of reports by various media sources at home and abroad subsequently, more and more envoys of countries with developed root carving and strange stone arts to China have become closely interested in his tree-root calligraphy, inviting him to pay lecture visits. The Chinese character of “Dao” (100x82cm) Master Yang Yubing wrote in the style of tree-root calligraphy was sold for RMB 200,000 at Beijing Wanlong Auction. In 2009, Master Yang Yubing was honored with the title of “Chinese Master of Root Art” and the national highest award of “Gold Medal of Liu Kaiqu Root Art” by Chinese Association of Root Art, and conferred the lifelong title of honor of “Chinese Master of Vernacular Art” by Chinese Association of Vernacular Art under Ministry of Culture at the same year; he was awarded with “ Peace Messenger Award” by Organizing Committee of Peace Week of United Nations International Science; in early 2010, he was conferred with the honorable title of “Chinese Artist of Moral and Artistic Qualities”, the blue ribbon in the art circles by China Artist Association and other associated units. The website of the art institute of Root Rock Gallery mainly introducing works of Mr. Yang Yubing is explored by numerous Chinese at home and abroad. Mr. Yang Yubing was also received by many party and political celebrities at home and abroad. He received intense media coverage from the central to the local. CCTV, CETV, Sichuan Satellite TV, Xinhua Agency, People's Daily and Guangming Daily, all had ever given special coverage for many times. Famous Calligraphers & Painters Ouyang Zhongshi, Huang Yongyu, Li Duo, Li Zhonggui, Huang Zhengxiang, Sun Jusheng, Yang Nianyao and Zhang Zhijian, has also highly appraised his tree-root calligraphy.