Wang Wei
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1981 he was admitted to the Jiading Bamboo Carving Society of the newly established Jiading County Arts and Crafts Company, where he studied under the bamboo carver Fan Xunyuan and others.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in September 1956 in Shanghai. He later studied in the Crafts Department of the China Academy of Art, where he systematically learned sculpture and painting techniques. In 1988 he was transferred to the Jiading Museum and established its bamboo carving department. In 2005 he served as vice president of the Jiading Bamboo Carving Association. He carries forward the traditional techniques of Jiading bamboo carving; his works have a rich humanistic atmosphere and a pronounced scholarly quality. Representative works include Arm Rest with Landscape and Figures in Low Relief, Arm Rest with the Cloth-bag Monk in Thin-Ground Relief, and Brush Pot with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove in Openwork; Table Screen with Dongfang Shuo Carved in Sunken Ground and Brush Pot with Elegant Pursuits in the Bamboo Grove in Low Relief are held by the Jiading Museum.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Bamboo Carving (Jiading Bamboo Carving), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
- Bamboo Carving Ⅶ-46
Profile
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