Mr. Su Dabao, the pioneer of Chinese sand painting, the most influential contemporary Chinese sand painting artist.
Mr. Su Dabao studied art of painting and calligraphy since young age and was deeply influenced by Chinese traditional culture and art. In 2004, he introduced sand paintings to China, and ever since then has been committed to inheriting, developing and innovating excellent Chinese traditional culture and art, bringing in new forms of art. He is known as the first person in Chinese sand painting.
Mr. Su Dabao has been invited to create works for more than 200 world's top companies. He also contributed great efforts in the promotion of sand painting art and the sand painting education. He is the first and only one who has built a complete theoretical system of sand painting.
In 2015, Mr. Su Dabao's work “Silk Road” was on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which was the first time that the art of sand painting was performed on the most influential stage in China.
In September 2016, Su Dabao became a member of the Central Party School One Belt One Road 100 Forum Cultural Committee; Su Dabao Sand Painting Art International Exchange Center was listed in the Beijing Jidian Art Gallery, and Mr. Su Dabao himself was appointed as the curator and artistic director of the Jidian Art Gallery.
In January 2017, Su Dabao Art Museum was officially completed in Huizhou.
In recent years, Mr. Su Dabao has devoted himself to the sand painting art education of young people in China, and in this perspective cooperated with Chaoyang High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China to set up a sand painting education base and provide special sand painting courses for young people.
As the cultural ambassador of the Silk Road Cities Alliance, Mr. Su Dabao strongly supports the Silk Road and Young Dreams. He will make his professional judgement on art works of the participants. We look forward to Mr. Su Dabao bringing more exciting activities to this event.
