美国油画家协会主席
 

    他举办过20多次个展和50多次联展,其作品除在中国的北京、广州、台湾、香港展出外，还在日本、韩国、泰国、马来西亚、新加坡、法国、英国、加拿大、以及美国从东岸到西岸展出。

    他曾获美国DRAKE大学第十八届美术金奖、美国IOWA美术沙龙金奖、全美国油画家协会大展银奖、全美国油画家协会举办的中西部大展金奖、全美国油画家协会主席特别奖……随着一个个奖项的获得，涂志伟渐渐在西方人统治的美国油画界打开了知名度，也渐渐有画廊找上门来收购作品，涂志伟的作品价格从最初的一千美元一幅，一路攀升，到了今天的十几万、甚至几十万美元一幅。
 

    1951 生于广东省翁源县
    1975 毕业于广州美术学院油画系，并获得文学硕士学位
    1980 获广东青年美术展览一等奖，并加入广东美术家协会
    1985 加入中国美术家协会
    1986 广东美协举星河展首届涂志伟近作展
    1987 获阿尔及利亚文化荟萃集体金奖，同时赴美国留学
    1990 获美国杜瑞克大学艺术硕士
    1993 获全美油画家协会大赛银奖
    1997 获全美油画家协会荣誉会员
    1998 获第七届全美油画家协会年度大赛金牌
    2000 被美油画家协会选为理事，任常务理事和艺术评委主任
    2002 获全美油画家协会第11届年展的大师给会员头奖，被选为该协会副主席
    2004 被选为全美油画家协会主席
 

    Mr. Tu was born in 1951 to peasant parents in a remote rural village in Liu-Li Township, Weng-Yuan County [also spelled Wengyuan] County in northern Guang-Dong Province, China. Like other boys of the village, as a child Tu helped to work the land, barefoot most of the time, and performed the menial tasks expected of every peasant child. He spent his days herding sheep and gathering food. Thus, his early life was much the same as that of his ancestors.
 

    Mr. Tu qualified and entered the Institute for further studies. Two years later he was awarded a Master's Degree in fine arts while perfecting his technique and, incidentally, meeting his future wife, Danny Hu. Ms. Hu was a violinist with the Guangzhou Institute Orchestra and is the daughter of Hu Yichuan, then director of the Institute and one of the foremost Chinese painters of the Twentieth Century.
 

    Zhiwei Tu's paintings have been added to the permanent collections of many notable Chinese museums, including the National Museum in Beijing. His works have been shown throughout China and featured in Fine Art magazine of China, Painter of Fine Art of Hong Kong, Artist Magazine of Taiwan, and various art books and magazines in the U.S. Articles about Tu and his paintings appear regularly in many major art magazines including Art Gallery of Guangdong, and Art Gallery of Tiangjing, Jiangsu Art Magazine, Guangdong Pictorial Magazine, and Zhejiang Pictorial Magazine, as well as on China's television news and in many newspapers.
 

 【编辑：霍春常】