东方涂钦，艺术家、诗人。1967年出生于山东临沂，1990年毕业于山东大学。任全国青联委员，中央国家机关青联常委，中国报纸副刊研究会副会长等职。在艺坛上东方涂钦是一个很独特的现象，他是一位诗意的游走者，在文化、艺术等几个界限不同的领域轻逸出入，均有着可圈可点的成就。但他自称其作品“无艺无术”，是一位“三事两业”的票友、一位现代涂鸦者，日常关于艺术的基本动作是“面向艺术，背向艺坛”。

    他虽自小习书，但从上世纪九十年代中期才开始进行现代水墨的创作，后逐渐转入油画和架上综合材料与技法的创作探索，艺术风格独树一帜，许多作品被国内外馆藏，并广泛为国内外名流政要等艺术爱好者收藏，同时有大量复制品进入平民家庭。他是公共空间展览的积极推动者，2002年7月曾举办北京首届电梯艺术展，在北京几百家中高档公寓、写字楼的3000多个电梯候梯间以及地铁等地方展览作品，历时三年多时间，引起社会广泛关注，由此引导了当下展览方式的革命，并使现代艺术最广泛地走向了普通人群。同时在法国、韩国、日本等国内外许多地方举办展览。代表作品有《我非我》系列、《我的中国红》系列、《我的中国蓝》系列、《中国涂鸦志》系列、《唐人书写》系列等。

    因其独特的创作风格和卓然有成的文化影响力，他曾荣获多类文化艺术奖项，2004年曾被中华英才、联合国教科文组织等十几家组织机构联合推举为年度“十大艺术英才”，2008年曾被国家新闻出版署评为中国新闻出版界领军人物，2009年成为享受国务院特殊津贴专家等；他的现代诗歌作品《祈求幸福》还被选入大学语文课本；文化、艺术、传媒等不同的领域对他均有着积极评价。

   近年来东方涂钦出版的主要诗书画艺术著作有《在垃圾中被春光唤醒的风信子》、《非常男女、非常水墨》、《唐人书写与小纸人的碎片》、《心象》等。

    Tuqin Dongfang Artist, Poet

    Tuqin was Born in 1967 in Linyi, Shandong China and graduated from Shandong University in 1990. Tuqin holds distinguished positions in China such as member of All-China Youth Federation, member of standing committee of Youth Federation of Central Government Units, Vice Chairman of Supplement Edition Research Association of China Newspaper.

    As such a unique phenomenon, Tuquin is a ‘poetic wanderer’, elegantly wandering in the fields of culture, art and a few other different spheres and generating remarkable achievements. Tuqin himself however named his work of “no art nature” and himself “taking nothing really seriously” but a modern graffiti doer with a basic daily act of “facing art but turning his back to the art circle.”

    Though he started painting and Chinese calligraphy when he was a child, not until mid-nineties of last century did he begin his work of modern ink painting. Later Tuqin gradually moved to canvas ,frame materials and techniques with a unique art style. Many of his works are collected by domestic and international art galleries and widely by domestic and international celebrities while a number of copies enter into the civilian households.

    Tuqin is an active promoter of public space exhibitions. He initiated the first Beijing Elevator Art Exhibition in July 2002 which lasted for 3 years with his works exhibited in more than 3000 elevators in a few hundred high grade apartments in Beijing. The exhibition aroused considerable attention and thus led a revolution in today’s exhibition mode introducing modern art to the widespread general public.

    Tuqin held solo exhibitions in a dozen countries including France, South Korea and Japan. His representative works are I am not Myself series, My Chinese Red seires, My Chinese Blue series, China Graffiti Stories series, Tangren Writing series etc.

    Because of his unique creative style and outstanding achievements, he has received a wide range of cultural and artistic awards such as in

    In 2004 Tuqin was awarded Ten Artists of Excellence by ChinaHR, UNESCO and a dozen organizations;
In 2008 Tuqin was named Leading Figure of China News and Publications by State Press and Publications Administration
 

    In 2009 Tuqin became entitled to special allowances of State Council, which was dedicated to accomplished experts in special fields.

    His modern poetry work Praying for Happiness was selected into China’s university textbook. Recognition was won amongst culture, art, media and other areas.

    In recent years, Tuqin published his following major works of poem, writing and painting as follows: Hyacinth Awakened in the Garbage; Very Men and Women Very Ink Painting; Tangren Writing and Fragments of Little Paper Person，Mind Like and so on.