Liang Xiao Ping (Chinese: ???; born 1959), a pioneer in Australian Chinese calligrapher, also an artist, poet and scholar, is the first Chinese Australian artist to exhibit at Parliament House, Canberra. She was born in Guangzhou, China and migrated to Sydney in 1987.
Liang is the founding president of the Australian Oriental Calligraphy Society. The series of her artwork and poetry was presented to 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a national gift by the Australian Olympic Committee, it is currently housed in National Sports Museum of China. Her artwork 'Rainbow' was collected by the Parliament House of NSW. Her work 'Prajna-Paramita' (Xin Sutra) was collected by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Her solo exhibition was held by the China National Association of Calligraphers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. She was invited by universities such as Stanford University, University of New South Wales and Sydney Conservatorium of Music to have her solo exhibition, academic activities and onsite demonstration.
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Major art activities
Calligraphy Sydney Video
Other academic work
- Founded the accredited course of Chinese calligraphy for the Department of Chinese Studies, University of New South Wales
- Founded the course of Chinese brush art for the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts
- Chief Judge of the First, 3rd, 4th, 5th Annual Australian Oriental Calligraphy Competition in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
- 2000 Founder and Principal of Academy of Chinese Calligraphy, Sydney
- 1995 Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
- 1995 Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
- 1995 Produced and presented multicultural art program series on SBS radio station, Sydney
Signature artworks
- Soaring to the Sky
- The Thousand Characters Classic
- Endless Joy
- Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
- Poetic Fascination
- Eternity
- Theme and Variations
- Paean to the Beijing Olympiad palindromic poems and their expression in Chinese calligraphy
Bibliography
- 2014, Liang Xiao Ping's History of Chinese Writing Series - Chinese Calligraphy The Thousand Character Classic Vol. 1 Cursive Script of Liang Xiao Ping's Style
- 2014, Liang Xiao Ping's History of Chinese Writing Series - Chinese Calligraphy The Thousand Character Classic Vol. 2 Bamboo Script of Liang Xiao Ping's Style
- 2012, LIANG Xiao Ping o Poetry and Calligraphy o Art and Expression: Splashes of Ink - Tour de Hong Kong (in English and Chinese) ISBN 978-988-15827-1-3
- 2008, Paean to the Beijing Olympiad - A Gift to the 2008 Chinese Olympic Committee presented by the Australian Olympic Committee on behalf of the Australian People - Palindromic Poems and their expression in Chinese Calligraphy by LIANG Xiao Ping (in Chinese, English and French)
- 2008, Homage to the Olympic Spirit - The art of Calligraphy by Liang Xiao Ping & Her Student (in Chinese)
- 1999, Flowers of Wisdom - Liang Xiao Ping Heart Sutra in Five Scripts (in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
- 1999, Chinese Calligraphy - as developed by Liang Xiao Ping (English)
- 1997, Sayings From Beyond - Chinese Calligraphy in the Brush of Liang Xiao Ping (in English and Chinese)
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