杨玉冰

　杨玉冰，汉族，男，一九五三年生，祖籍四川省乐山市五通桥区，中国著名书法家、中国根书艺术大师、中国乡土艺术大师、现任《根石家》艺术机构创始人、艺术总监、《根石家》艺术馆馆长。

中文名：杨玉冰

国籍：中国

民族：汉族

出生地：四川省乐山市

出生日期：1953年

职业：书法家，中国乡土艺术大师

主要成就：获“中国乡土艺术大师”终身荣誉

人物简介

杨玉冰出身书香门第，自幼练习书法，从八十年代开始对我国传统根艺进行研究与创作并成功投入市场。九十年代在传统根艺的基础上将我国“农耕文化”、“传统吉祥物”及“民俗风情”等人们喜闻乐见的题材溶入根艺创作中，在根艺界形成了杨玉冰新流派。继2009年7月尼日利亚、利比里亚、牙买加三位根雕艺术大国的驻华全权特命大使亲临乐山市五通桥拜访杨玉冰先生并参加其五通桥根石家艺术展馆开馆揭幕以及之后的中外媒体大量宣传报道以来，已有越来越多的世界根雕、奇石艺术发达国家的驻华使节和艺术家们对杨玉冰的根书艺术产生了极大的兴趣，并纷纷邀请杨玉冰先生讲学访问。杨玉冰大师创作的根书“道”字（规格100x82cm）在北京万隆拍卖会上拍出二十万元人民币的高价。

所获荣誉

杨玉冰大师2009年被中国根艺美术学会授予“中国根艺美术大师”称号和全国根艺最高奖项“刘开渠根艺金奖”，同年被文化部中国乡土艺术协会授予“中国乡土艺术大师”终身荣誉称号；被联合国国际科学和平周组委会授予“和平使者”奖；

2010年初，被中国艺术家协会等联合单位授予全国艺术界的最高荣誉“中国德艺双馨艺术家”光荣称号。以介绍杨玉冰先生作品为主的根石家艺术机构网站每天被众多海内外华人浏览，杨玉冰先生也多次受到国内外党政要人的接见，中央及地方媒体争相报道，中央电视台、中国教育电视台、四川卫视、新华社、人民日报、光明日报曾多次专题报道；著名书画家欧阳中石、黄永玉、李铎、李中贵、黄正襄、孙菊生、杨年耀、张志坚等也给予其根书艺术高度评价并题词。

英文介绍版本

Brief Introduction to Mr. Yang Yubing’s Art

Yang Yubing, male, Han nationality, born in Wutongqiao, Leshan, Sichuan in 1953, is a well-known calligrapher, master of tree-root calligraphy and vernacular art in China. As the founder of the art institute Root Rock Gallery (Genshijia), he now is the art director and curator of Root Rock Gallery. Raised in a literary family, Yang Yubing learned and practiced calligraphy as a child. He began researching traditional Chinese root art from 1980s and created works at the same time, which had been put on the market successfully. Based on the traditional root art, he blended the Chinese subjects popular among the Chinese people like “farming culture”, “traditional mascot” and “folk custom” into his creation of root art, forming a new school in root art circle-Yang Yubing School. Since the three ambassadors extraordinary to China from the large root carving countries of Nigeria, Liberia and Jamaica paid a personal visit to Mr. Yang Yubing in Wutongqiao, Leshan City and attended the opening ceremony of his Wutongqiao Root Rock Art Gallery in July 2009, and the vigorous dissemination of reports by various media sources at home and abroad subsequently, more and more envoys of countries with developed root carving and strange stone arts to China have become closely interested in his tree-root calligraphy, inviting him to pay lecture visits. The Chinese character of “Dao” (100x82cm) Master Yang Yubing wrote in the style of tree-root calligraphy was sold for RMB 200,000 at Beijing Wanlong Auction. In 2009, Master Yang Yubing was honored with the title of “Chinese Master of Root Art” and the national highest award of “Gold Medal of Liu Kaiqu Root Art” by Chinese Association of Root Art, and conferred the lifelong title of honor of “Chinese Master of Vernacular Art” by Chinese Association of Vernacular Art under Ministry of Culture at the same year; he was awarded with “ Peace Messenger Award” by Organizing Committee of Peace Week of United Nations International Science; in early 2010, he was conferred with the honorable title of “Chinese Artist of Moral and Artistic Qualities”, the blue ribbon in the art circles by China Artist Association and other associated units. The website of the art institute of Root Rock Gallery mainly introducing works of Mr. Yang Yubing is explored by numerous Chinese at home and abroad. Mr. Yang Yubing was also received by many party and political celebrities at home and abroad. He received intense media coverage from the central to the local. CCTV, CETV, Sichuan Satellite TV, Xinhua Agency, People''s Daily and Guangming Daily, all had ever given special coverage for many times. Famous Calligraphers & Painters Ouyang Zhongshi, Huang Yongyu, Li Duo, Li Zhonggui, Huang Zhengxiang, Sun Jusheng, Yang Nianyao and Zhang Zhijian, has also highly appraised his tree-root calligraphy.