Zheng Jinchun - ＂Oriental Aesthetics · Echoes Across the World: A Role Model for Cultural Export＂

Zheng Jinchun, born in Zhangzhou, Fujian in 1957, is the founder of China's auspicious giant shrimp painting. His works have won the Guinness World Records and he is a renowned contemporary master of national etiquette art. The current Vice President of the China National Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, Visiting Professor at Capital Normal University, Vice President of the Hong Kong Artists Association, and Artistic General Advisor for the China Pavilion Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition at the 2020 Dubai World Expo.

His brushwork is vivid and lively, with a fresh and lively aura. He has received authoritative evaluations from the Palace Museum by Shan Guoqiang and Lv Changsheng, and has also been highly praised by many calligraphy and painting masters such as Shao Dazhen, Han Tianheng, and Tao Rurang. I have been invited to participate in two national level thematic creations: one is the national gift wine creation activity of "People's Leader Mao Zedong", jointly participated with thirteen domestic art masters including Fan Zeng, He Jiaying, Su Shishu, Fan Di'an, Sun Xiaoyun, Feng Yuan, Long Rui, Yu Jigao, Luo Zhongli, Lin You, Wang Mingming, Pan Gongkai, and Zheng Jinchun. The work was also included in authoritative art classics such as "Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of Mao Zedong's Birth".

His artistic achievements are renowned both at home and abroad. He has successively appeared in the Cambridge University Chinese List Cultural Exhibition and won a gold medal. The mayor of Cambridge personally awarded a medal. He was selected to the San Francisco Television Art Exhibition and won a gold medal. He also participated in the Louvre, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Europe and other international top art festivals. My personal achievements have been featured in mainstream media such as CCTV, CCTV, People's Representative Daily, Two Sessions Weekly, and World Weekly. My works have been included in "History of World Art Education" and "Model Education for Famous Teachers in Chinese Higher Art Institutions".

The collection level of the works is top-notch, and they have been permanently collected by the Great Hall of the People, the Palace Museum, and the Louvre Museum in France. They have been presented as national gifts to presidents and prime ministers of many countries multiple times, and have been widely collected by consulates of 37 countries in China and senior collectors around the world. They are known as renowned art masters both at home and abroad, and the most beautiful spokesperson for Chinese historical and cultural heritage.

He devoted his whole life to painting auspicious giant shrimps, taking shrimp with a pure and untainted character, symbolizing the gentleman's indifferent attitude towards fame and fortune; Observing the leisurely swimming of shrimp in the water, with the ability to move back and forth freely, embodies the wisdom of being able to move forward and backward, and have a moderate degree of flexibility and extension in life. Using the posture of a shrimp to depict the character of a literati, adhering to the pure essence between brush and ink, embodying a noble, transparent, humble, and honest spiritual realm. Paintings are also treasures of peaceful homes

吉祥巨虾游四海

Lucky giant shrimp swimming across the four seas 136cm×68cm

一灯能破万年暗，一笔能飞万家乐

One lamp can break through ten thousand years of darkness, one stroke can fly ten thousand households of joy

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唤护江海生灵

Summon and protect the creatures of the river and sea 136cm×68cm

群虾破浪 砺志凌云

A group of shrimp braving the waves and honing their determination to soar through the clouds 136cm×68cm

碧浪齐驰致远

Blue waves galloping together to reach distant horizons 136cm×68cm

玄虾环绕太极，文运光耀五洲

Black shrimp surrounds Tai Chi culture, bringing light to the five continents 136cm×68cm

潜修萃聚，顺乾凌云

Underneath and extract Shunqian Lingyun 136cm×68cm

群虾游太极，一气贯天机

Shrimp swimming in Tai Chi, one breath runs through the heavens 136cm×68cm

墨虾汇萃，砥砺登高

Ink shrimp gathers and refines to climb high 136cm×68cm

清波浮雅趣，水墨写闲游

Clear waves and elegant charm, ink painting for leisurely travel

幽潭群聚乐，逸态自天成

Gathering in the secluded pool, the relaxed state is naturally formed

丹柿悬高树，灵虾戏碧澜

Dan persimmon hangs high on the tree, and Ling shrimp plays with the blue waves 136cm×68cm

灵虾奋跃，直上云宵

Spirit shrimp leaping vigorously, soaring up to the clouds for the night 136cm×68cm

碧绿游四海 欢乐迎天下

Green travels around the world, joyful welcomes the world

郑金春，1957年生于福建漳州，中国吉祥巨虾画创始人，作品荣获大世界基尼斯纪录，当代知名国礼艺术大师。现任中国国典书画院副院长、首都师范大学客座教授、香港美术家协会副会长、2020迪拜世博会中国馆书画展艺术总顾问。

其笔墨生动传神、气韵鲜活，获故宫博物院单国强、吕长生权威评鉴，亦深得邵大箴、韩天衡、陶如让等一众书画大家高度赞誉。曾受邀参与两大国家级主题专题创作：一是《人民领袖毛泽东》国礼酒专题创作活动，与范曾、何家英、苏士澍、范迪安、孙晓云、冯远、龙瑞、喻继高、罗中立、林蚰、王明明、潘公凯、郑金春十三位国内艺术名家联袂参与。作品同时入编《纪念毛泽东诞辰130周年》等权威艺术典籍。

艺术成就享誉中外，先后亮相英国剑桥大学华人榜文化大展并获金奖、剑桥市长亲授奖牌，入选美国旧金山电视台艺术展斩获金奖，亦参展法国卢浮宫、土耳其、哈萨克斯坦、新加坡、香港、东南亚、欧洲等国际顶级艺术盛会。个人事迹被中央电视台、央视频、《人民代表报》、两会周刊、《世界周刊》等主流媒体专题报道，作品入录《世界艺术教育史》《中国高等艺术院校名师教育范本》。

作品馆藏层级顶尖，被人民大会堂、故宫博物院、法国卢浮宫永久珍藏，多次作为国礼赠予多国总统、总理，同时被三十七个国家驻华领事馆及全球资深收藏家广泛典藏，被誉为享誉中外的艺术大师、中华历史文化遗产最美代言人。

他一生痴爱绘吉祥巨虾，取虾清白丝毫不染尘俗的品性，喻君子淡泊名利的胸襟；观虾水中悠游，进退屈伸自如之态，寄托能进能退、屈伸有度的处世智慧。以虾之身姿写文人风骨，于笔墨之间坚守纯粹本心，寄寓高洁通透、谦诚坦荡的精神境界，画作亦是安祥镇宅之宝。