Chu Yun – Biography
Chu Yun, born in April 1948, is a native of Yixing, Jiangsu. When still a child, he had a penchant for painting and calligraphy. In 1966, he learned landscape painting under the instruction of Mr Jing Weichen, a local artist. In 1970, he went to northwest China and engaged himself in creative painting. In 1983, he went to study in the Department of Art of the Normal University of Nanjing. Appointed Vice Chairman of the Yixing Literary Association in 1985, he is now a member of the Association of Chinese Calligraphers and the Canglang Calligraphy Society, as well as a senior art instructor.
| 1985 | Participated in an international calligraphy exhibition held in Zhengzhou |
| 1987 | Participated in the third National Exhibition of Calligraphy |
| 1989 | Participated in the fourth National Exhibition of Calligraphy, and won a National Award |
| 1990 | Participated in the third International Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers, and won an Artistic Excellence Award |
| Participated in the first International Exhibition for the Interflow of Calligraphic Art held in Singapore | |
| 1992 | Participated in the fourth National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers |
| Participated in an Exhibition of the Works of Famous Chinese and Japanese Calligraphers held in Tokyo | |
| Participated in a Friendship Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy | |
| 1993 | Participated in an Exhibition of Selected Works by Contemporary Chinese Artists and Calligraphers |
| Participated in the second International Exhibition for the Interflow of Calligraphic Art | |
| 1994 | Participated in the National Exhibition of Prize-Winning Calligraphic Works |
| Won a silver medal in the first National Exhibition of Pillar-Scroll Calligraphy | |
| Participated in an Exhibition of the Selected Works of One Hundred Calligraphers of Contemporary China | |
| 1995 | Participated in the sixth Friendship Exhibition of Prose and Poetry Reading by Chinese and Japanese Artists |
| Participated in the 1995 International Calligraphic Art Exhibition held in Korea | |
| Participated in the sixth National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers | |
| Participated in the sixth National Exhibition of Calligraphy | |
| 1996 | Participated in an Invitation Exhibition of Twenty Calligraphers of Contemporary China |
Chinese Calligraphy, A Kaleidoscope of Calligraphy, Taiwan’s Heaven and Earth, A Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphers, and Profiles of Chinese Artists either carry special articles on Chu Yun, or have entries about him. His publications include A Collection of the Works of Chu Yun and Wo Xinghua, The Nineteen Ancient Poems Penned by Chu Yun in the Script Style, and A Dictionary of Six Calligraphic Styles.