Hua Rende – Biography
Hua Rende, also named Weimo, was born in March 1947. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, he graduated in 1982 from the University of Beijing with a BA degree in Library Science. He is currently Head of the Special Reference Collection and Research Associate of the Suzhou University Library, member of the Society of Library Science of China, academic member of the Association of Chinese Calligraphers, and Chief Executive of the Canglang Calligraphy Society.
| 1981 | Won the third prize with a scroll displaying the running-style calligraphy in the first National Exhibition of University Students’ Calligraphy held in Beijing |
| 1983 | Participated in the first National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers and Seal Carvers held in Beijing, and an Exhibition of Couplets Written in the Clerical Style held in Nanchang |
| 1986 | Participated in the second National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers and Seal Carvers held in Beijing, and won a National Award for Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers and Seal Carvers with a couplet written in the clerical style calligraphy, he being listed above the other nine winners |
| 1987 | Couplets written in the clerical style displayed in the third National Exhibition of Calligraphy and Seal Carving held in Zhengzhou |
| 1988 | Works displaying on square paper the running-style calligraphy exhibited upon special invitation in the third National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers and Seal Carvers held in Hefei |
| 1989 | Couplets written in the running style won a third-class prize in the fourth National Exhibition of Calligraphy and Seal Carving held in Beijing |
| 1990 | Couplets written in the running style displayed in the first International Exhibition for the Interflow of Calligraphic Art held in Singapore |
| 1993 | Served on the Selection Panel for the fifth National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers and Seal Carvers held in Beijing, but sent in no works for exhibition |
| 1993 | Couplets written in the running style displayed in the second International Exhibition for the Interflow of Calligraphic Art held in Beijing |
| 1995 | Served on the Selection Panel for the sixth National Exhibition of the Art of Young and Middle-Aged Calligraphers and Seal Carvers held in Beijing, and couplets written in the running style exhibited upon special invitation |
| 1995 | Couplets written in the clerical style displayed in the third International Exhibition for the Interflow of Calligraphic Art held in Tokyo, Japan |
Hua Rende has also served on the Theses Selection Panel for the fourth International Symposium on Calligraphy, and is Deputy Secretary-General of the National Selection Panel for Calligraphic Scholarship Awards. Dozens of his theses and other works on calligraphy have been presented or published.