A brief introduction to Cheng.

Cheng is one of the representative painters in today's painting world. Together with Liu, they are called pioneers and iconic figures in the field of modern ink painting. He is a meaningful painter in the painting world, and he is a figure who does not follow the footsteps of others to find another way and expand the visual art experience. His exploration and reconstruction of China's classical cultural spirit, his artistic perspective with oriental cosmic color, and his integration of Chinese and western artistic languages in the practice of modern ink painting have given him the courage and ability to bridge the gap between tradition and modernity, and between east and west. These practices enabled him to successfully complete the epoch-making transformation of China's modern ink painting, and at the same time let him reveal the unique modern experience and path of China art with the language of modern ink painting.

Cheng, 1964, from the seashore of Jiaodong Peninsula. It is the stormy sea scene that gives him a broad mind and profound thoughts, which makes him gain new development in the formal language, style and ideology of modern ink painting creation and become an innovative ink master.

He is far away from ancient times, inherits the traditional culture of past dynasties, integrates Chinese and western cultures with the eyes and thinking of modern people, stands at the commanding heights of the times, swallows eight wastes, embraces all rivers and brings forth the new. He is a brave soldier, shouldering the historical responsibility.

Cheng is currently the president of China Modern Ink Painting Institute, a member of China Artists Association, a researcher at the Painting and Calligraphy Institute of the Central Museum of Literature and History, and a national first-class artist.