Born in 1967 in Taian city of East Chinas Shandong province, Wang Guifang known as Wang Yang for his pen name, now is the Deputy Dean of Shandong University of Arts, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, artistic consultant of the Northern Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Shandong cultural art researcher, national first-level artist and national outstanding teacher.
Mr. Wang graduated from the department of art, Qufu Normal University and later studied at the advanced seminar for landscape painting held by the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He learned from several masters such as Huang Runhua, Zhang Ping, Dong Shouping, Qin Lingyun, Hu Wensui, etc.
Wangs works have been displayed successively at the national calligraphy and painting exhibition for 30 times, once received the Gold Award of the “Golden Horse” Chinese calligraphy and painting competition in 1996. His works have been collected by several authoritative museums and he has published the Collections of Wang Yangs Calligraphy and Painting, and the Chinese Calligraphy.
王桂方,筆名汪洋, 1967年生,山東泰安人。山東藝術院副院長,中國美術家協會會員,國家一級美術師,北方書畫院藝術顧問,山東文化藝術研究員。全國優秀教師。
出身書香世家,受家庭熏陶兒時對藝術表現出了出奇的愛好和過人的天分。學齡起便在老師的指導下,對書畫藝術進行正規系統的學習,書畫雙工,日逐未輟,癡情筆墨十二載,靠勤善思長才藝。1987年考入曲阜師范大學藝術系,畢業后入中央美術學院國畫系山水畫高研班深造.,曾受業于黃潤華和張憑先生。后得名家董壽平、秦嶺云、胡問遂指授,曾拜郭傳璋先生為師,得其真傳。
多年來,遵循一手伸向傳統、一手伸向生活的原則,斷絕世俗往來,博覽歷代名作,精研傳世經典,尤其對歐陽詢楷書和李唐、唐寅山水技法研習較深。對藝術的虔誠和癡迷使其悟及藝理,境界發生質的飛躍,2005年以來創作成果頗豐,作品先后30次入選全國書畫展。1996年獲“金馬杯”中國書畫大賽金獎 。曾先后受邀書寫萬國公墓碑文和泰西抗日武裝起義紀念碑文。作品被中國美術館、山東省博物館等多家權威機構收藏。2008年,北京奧運會組委會選其多幅作品作為禮品贈送國際友人。
出版有《汪洋書畫集》和《中國書法》。其傳略和作品被《中國藝術家大辭典》和《中國書法家》等多部辭書收錄。 他在其自述中寫道:“我崇尚高尚的精神生活,追求正義和光明,憤世嫉俗,癡迷藝術,全身心投入幾近瘋狂。我有過失敗的痛苦,也有過成功的喜悅;……