Liu Baolei Profile

Liu Baolei, male, Quyang, Hebei Province, sculpture artist, under the national intangible cultural heritage representative master Zhen Yancang. 2000 with excellent results in 2000 graduated from the Hebei Province Quyang carving school in 2009 to participate in the formation of Quyang sculpture institute.

Chinese Name: Liu Baolei

Alias: Beicrafter

Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Han

Birthplace: Quyang County, Hebei Province

Occupation: Sculpture Artist

Representative Works: "Confucian Saints-Confucius" "Generous Songs of Sadness-Gao Jianli"

Profile

Liu Baolei, sculpture artist, China's hometown of carving in Quyang County, Hebei Province, under the national intangible cultural heritage representative ZhenYanCang masters. 2000 graduated with honors from the Hebei Province Quyang carving school, 2009 to participate in the formation of Quyang sculpture institute. For many years, he has been insisting on the inheritance and innovation of sculpture, focusing on the creation of works with the theme of Zen, and pursuing the enlightenment of Zen through the collision of mind and sculpture. Borrowing traditional sculpture techniques, he integrates traditional culture with modern aesthetics, and adopts sculptural techniques such as writing, exaggeration and deformation to create boldly. His works have won many awards in national and provincial arts and crafts competitions, and have been collected by provincial and municipal art galleries or private collections. The materials of his works are mostly made of stone and ceramic clay, which fully reflect the spiritual echoes of the materials in the theme of sculpture.

Positions held

Director of Hebei Provincial Sculpture Art Steering Committee

Member of China Arts and Crafts Association's Middle-aged and Young Talents Committee

Member of China Arts and Crafts Society

Director of Quyang Sculpture Research Institute of Hebei Province

Honorary awards

In 2013, "Confucian Sage - Confucius" was awarded the Silver Prize at the Second Cultural Products Fair of Hebei Province. The Second Cultural Products Expo and Trade Fair Silver Award

In 2013, "Generous and Sad Song - Gao Jianli" won the Bronze Award in the "Artist Tribe Cup" the first Hebei Province Clay Sculpture Creation Competition