Liang Xiao Ping (Chinese: 梁小萍; born 1959), a pioneer in Australian Chinese calligrapher, also an artist, poet and scholar, is the first Chinese Australian artist to exhibit at Parliament House, Canberra. She was born in Guangzhou, China and migrated to Sydney in 1987.[1]
Liang is the founding president of the Australian Oriental Calligraphy Society. The series of her artwork and poetry was presented to 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a national gift by the Australian Olympic Committee, it is currently housed in National Sports Museum of China. Her artwork 'Rainbow' was collected by the Parliament House of NSW. Her work 'Prajna-Paramita' (Xin Sutra) was collected by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Her solo exhibition was held by the China National Association of Calligraphers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. She was invited by universities such as Stanford University, University of New South Wales and Sydney Conservatorium of Music to have her solo exhibition, academic activities and onsite demonstration.[2][3]
Year | Art Activity | Venue |
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2014[4] | LIANG Xiao Ping · Poetry and Calligraphy, Art and Expression – Soaring to the Sky
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Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra |
2014[5][6] | LIANG Xiao Ping · Poetry and Calligraphy, Art and Expression – Theme and Variations
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The Concourse, Civic Pavilion, Chatswood, Sydney |
2012[7] | LIANG Xiao Ping · Poetry and Calligraphy, Art and Expression – Splashes of Ink – Tour de Hong Kong
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Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong |
2011[8][9] | Opening Ceremony – Collection of LIANG Xiao Ping's Art Piece: Clouds and Mountains, a Palindromic Poem
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Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney |
2010[2][10] | A. International symposium The Art of LIANG Xiao Ping and Her Philosophy and Thoughts B. Exhibition Melody of Lines – the Brush of LIANG Xiao Ping C. Onsite demonstration of Chinese calligraphy
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Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney |
2008[11] | Presentation of Paean to the Beijing Olympiad – Palindromic poems and their expression in Chinese calligraphy by LIANG Xiao Ping, a gift to the 2008 Chinese Olympic Committee presented by the Australian Olympic Committee
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Chinese Olympic Committee Headquarters, Beijing |
2008[12] | Exhibition Homage to the Olympic Spirit – the Original Scripts of Olympic Gift, Paean to the Beijing Olympiad – Palindromic Poems and their Expression in Chinese Calligraphy by LIANG Xiao Ping | The Parliament House of NSW, Sydney |
2007[13][14] | Unveiling of Parliament's New Art Acquisition of Chinese Calligraphy 'Rainbow' by LIANG Xiao Ping
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The Parliament House of NSW, Sydney |
2004[15][16] | Tribute to the brush – An Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy by LIANG Xiao Ping & Her Students
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The Parliament House of NSW, Sydney |
1999[17] | Spirit of the New Millennium – Chinese Calligraphy, the Brush of Liang Xiao Ping
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Quadrivium Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney |
1998[18] | A. Exhibition Enlightenment – Chinese Calligraphy: The Brush of LIANG Xiao ping B. Symposium the Art of Chinese Calligraphy of LIANG Xiao Ping
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National Art Museum of China, Beijing |
1996[19] | A. Exhibition Chasing Time and Light: The Brush of LIANG Xiao ping B. Lecture on Chinese Calligraphy, a Key to the Understanding of China C. Onsite demonstration of Chinese calligraphy
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Stanford University, USA |