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郭關 (GUO—GUAN)
 Guo Guan was born in China. He could lie prone on the ground and draw whatever he saw at age 3; he learned how to play chess at age 6 from his father who was a high school teacher; he learned calligraphy at 7 and learned to play a zither at 8. Born as a vegetarian, he started to learn martial arts at 9 to build his body, and was good at Nun-chaku and Tai Chi Quan. He has been probing religious books in search of truth since he was a little child. Now, he is known for his penetrating views and spiritual cultivation.
He lived in an untouched village deep in Guidong County, Hunan Province in childhood. He then studied in the Department of Art, Beijing Normal University (the leading art education institution in China) graduating with honors. After that, he studied for, and received, a master’s degree in the graduate school of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Thereafter, he went to London for advanced studies and is now a doctoral student in the University of the Arts, London.
Creative characteristics: Guo Guan’s work often comprises a poem accompanied by a corresponding painting, like the British poet and artist William Blake. He specializes in painting idyllic landscapes such as the beautiful scenes from paradise, a peaceful fairyland and the lazurite-like world. He is a poet as well as a zither player, and is now the vice chairman of the Chinese Landscape Painting Artist Association, the director of the Chinese Poetry Association and the vice chairman of Chinese Guqin Association (Guqin: Chinese ancient zither).
Guo Guan was awarded the title of national first class professional artist in fine arts for his achievements in painting. He is now a specially appointed painter at the Yong Bai Zhai Handicraft & Fine Art Center and a professional painter at the China Painting & Calligraphy Academy. In 2008, he painted a huge and imposing Chinese painting, “Soul of Grand China,” for the Ziguang Pavilion.
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