钟世启，字思奇，江西寻乌人，早年曾在一所中学任教 十几年，后为开拓艺术事业而居深圳从事艺术创作，经常参 加中央电视台，人民日报，光明日报，中国文联，中国书协，中国美协等全国性的活动及世界艺术大展，大赛等活动。获 得各项重奖近百次，并获中华人民共和国文化艺术政府奖 “文华奖”及联合国国际文化艺术总署“最高艺术传承人物”，终身制百度书画收藏精英奖，十三届全国人大三次会议、全国政协一次会议，全国两会推荐2020当代艺术领军人物等 诸多荣誉称号。
作品在国家美术馆、中国展览馆及韩国、日本、美国、加拿大、泰国等国展出。中央电视台及联合国问国会电视台、中华民族电视台、中国党建网进行一对一专访。部分作品由中华国礼出版社编入国礼大典，赠送各国元首、友人及驻华
各国大使馆。作品《薛涛》由中国文化部收藏。中国文史出版社出版了跟中国书协孙晓云主席，中国美协范迪安主席的《红色印记·艺术名家》三人集，跟中国书协孙晓云主席出版了《中国艺坛两大家》二人集，与沈鹏主席、范真、何家
英主席，娄师白艺术大师等出版了合集。中国文联出版出版了靳尚谊，钟世启，李可良《艺术风范》精品集，中国科学献出版社出版了与沈鹏，何家英，王鹏明《中国书画范例》专集。中国美术文化出版社出版了钟世启，尤列维奇(俄)安
德瓦,格林(美)《中俄美艺术大师三人行》专辑。迪拜国际大展由国家广电总局、人民美术出版社出版了与法国的莫奈，西班牙的毕加索专题台历等多部专集。中国文化出版社出版了《大家名家》钟世启专辑，中国文联出版社出版了《国家
艺术人物钟世启专刊》，荣宝斋出版社出版了《钟世启作品精选集》、中国企业家协会出版了《庆祝七十周年大阅兵一钟世启特刊》、及中国作家出版社、中国古籍出版社、中国文献出版社、香港、英国诸多出版社入编出版了百余部辞书，
如《中国美术集》、《世界美术集》、《中国作家论谈》、《世界艺术通史》等。喜迎党的十九大期间，中央电视台到深圳对我进行了专访，并在中央电视台高清频道和其他网络进行了特别展播。中央电视台十八届中国世纪大彩风年度人
物总结表彰大会暨CCTV电视人物颁奖盛典，被评为“中国当代最具特色书画家”并出版了专题台历。7月应人民日报社在北京拍摄“袭古创今”著名书画家专题纪录片，在电视台及各大网络播放。中央电视台庆祝中华二十周年世纪大采
风评为中国书画风云人物。
现为:中国传统艺术鉴定评估委员会艺术家学部理事；文化部文化遗产保护研究院学术委员；中国国学学会终身常务副主席；中国美术学会终身常务副主席；
国礼艺术家；国家高级美术师； 中国作家创作协会终身副主席；中国美术家协会理事(国际)；中国书画家协会副主席；中国八一画院终身名誉院长；中国政协画院副院长；中国国宾礼艺术大师；中央电视台《星光大道》栏目艺术顾问；中国书画黄页网艺委会副委员长；中国诗书画联盟网名誉主席； 中国收藏学会副会长；中国工艺美术家协会会员；央媒文化组委会艺术会员；中国国学院大学专家委员会研究员；中国国际国学院名誉院长，终身高级院士；中国国学院名誉院长；俄罗斯艺术科学院院士；英格兰皇家艺术基金会永久学术顾问；韩中文化友好促进会名誉会长；中国国学学会终身常务副主席术顾问；世界教科文卫组织首席艺术家，艺委会执行委员； 联合国国际文化艺术总署理事；艺术家总会终身名誉主席；中华人民共和国全国人事资质资格考核办公室审定职称;国家一级美术师。
现在致力研究、继承危于失传，濒于消亡的中国传统月份牌国画，为挽救这一世界的、民族的传统画种，舍去平常研创的其它绘画门类，定位这一冷门，将研究项目转向这一艰难的工程，用毕生精力使其沉睡了半个多世纪的艺术流派得以新生。在传承中创新，融合西画之风，创新传统艺术。目下专创月份牌国画中国历代才女图——昭君……蔡琰……宋庆龄……意在弘扬巾帼、放歌史实。
Artist Profile of Zhong Shiqi
Zhong Shiqi, courtesy name Siqi, is a native of Xunwu, Jiangxi Province . He taught at a middle school for more than ten years in his early years, and later settled in Shenzhen to pursue his artistic career as a full-time artist. He has frequently participated in national events organized by CCTV, People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chinese Calligraphers Association, Chinese Artists Association, as well as various international art exhibitions and competitions . He has won nearly 100 major awards, including the Wenhua Award (the governmental cultural and artistic award of the People's Republic of China), the title of "Top Art Inheritance Figure" conferred by the United Nations International Department of Culture and Art, the Lifetime Baidu Elite Award for Calligraphy and Painting Collection, and the honor of "2020 Leading Figure in Contemporary Art" recommended by the two sessions (the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress and the First Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) .
His works have been exhibited at the National Art Museum of China, China Exhibition Center, and in South Korea, Japan, the United States, Canada, Thailand and other countries . He has received one-on-one exclusive interviews from CCTV, United Nations Parliament Television, Chinese Nation Television, and China Party Building Network . Some of his works have been compiled into the National Gift Ceremony by China National Gift Press, presented to heads of state, friends from all over the world, and embassies of various countries in China. His work Xue Tao is collected by the Ministry of Culture of China .
He has co-published numerous influential works: the three-volume collection Red Imprints · Famous Artists with Sun Xiaoyun, Chairperson of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, and Fan Di'an, Chairperson of the Chinese Artists Association; the two-volume collection Two Masters of Chinese Art with Sun Xiaoyun; joint works with Shen Peng, Fan Zhen, He Jiaying, Lou Shibai and other art masters; the fine collection Artistic Style with Jin Shangyi and Li Keliang published by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press; the special collection Models of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting with Shen Peng, He Jiaying and Wang Pengming published by China Science and Technology Press; the album Three Masters of Sino-Russian-American Art with Yuryevich (Russia), Andeva and Green (USA) published by China Fine Arts and Culture Press . During the Dubai International Art Exhibition, a special desk calendar featuring him alongside Claude Monet (France) and Pablo Picasso (Spain) was published by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and People's Fine Arts Publishing House, among many other special collections . China Culture Press has published his solo album Masters and Celebrities - Zhong Shiqi; China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press has released the Special Issue on National Art Figure Zhong Shiqi; Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House has published Selected Works of Zhong Shiqi; China Enterprise Confederation has issued the Special Issue of Zhong Shiqi Commemorating the 70th Anniversary Military Parade . His works have also been included in more than 100 reference books published by China Writers Publishing House, China Ancient Books Publishing House, China Documentation Press, as well as many publishing houses in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, such as Collected Works of Chinese Art, Collected Works of World Art, Discourses by Chinese Writers and General History of World Art .
During the celebration of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, CCTV conducted an exclusive interview with him in Shenzhen, which was specially broadcast on CCTV HD Channel and other online platforms . At the 18th China Century Grand Collection Annual Figure Commendation Conference and CCTV TV Personality Awards Ceremony, he was honored as "China's Most Distinctive Contemporary Calligrapher and Painter" and a special desk calendar was published for him . In July, at the invitation of People's Daily, he participated in the filming of a documentary themed "Carrying Forward Tradition and Creating the Future" featuring renowned calligraphers and painters in Beijing, which was broadcast on TV stations and various online platforms . He was named a "Prominent Figure in Chinese Calligraphy and Painting" at the CCTV China Century Grand Collection event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China .
Current Positions: Director of the Artists Division of the China Traditional Art Appraisal and Evaluation Committee; Academic Committee Member of the Cultural Heritage Protection Research Institute of the Ministry of Culture; Lifetime Executive Vice Chairman of the China National Studies Association; Lifetime Executive Vice Chairman of the China Art Society; National Gift Artist; National Senior Artist; Lifetime Vice Chairman of the China Writers Creation Association; Director of the Chinese Artists Association (International); Vice Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association; Lifetime Honorary President of the China Bayi Painting Academy; Vice President of the China CPPCC Painting Academy; China State Guest Gift Art Master; Art Consultant of CCTV's Avenue of Stars program; Vice Chairman of the Art Committee of China Calligraphy and Painting Yellow Pages Network; Honorary President of the China Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Alliance Network; Vice President of the China Collection Society; Member of the China Arts and Crafts Association; Art Member of the Central Media Culture Organizing Committee; Researcher of the Expert Committee of China National Academy University; Honorary President and Lifetime Senior Academician of the China International National Academy; Honorary President of the China National Academy; Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts; Permanent Academic Advisor of the Royal Society of Arts Foundation (UK); Honorary President of the Korea-China Cultural Exchange Association; Chief Artist and Executive Member of the Art Committee of the World Federation of UNESCO; Director of the United Nations International Department of Culture and Art; Lifetime Honorary President of the World Artists Association; His professional title of National First-Class Artist has been certified by the National Personnel Qualification Assessment Office of the People's Republic of China .
He is now committed to researching and inheriting the traditional Chinese monthly calendar painting, an art form on the verge of extinction. To save this precious traditional art form of both national and global significance, he has abandoned other painting genres he usually engaged in, focusing wholeheartedly on this relatively neglected field. He devotes his lifelong energy to reviving this art genre that has been dormant for more than half a century, integrating Western painting styles while innovating traditional art through inheritance. Currently, he specializes in creating a series of traditional Chinese monthly calendar paintings featuring talented women throughout Chinese history, such as Zhaojun, Cai Yan, Soong Ching-ling and others, aiming to promote the spirit of outstanding women and eulogize historical facts .
