Tai Xiangzhou, styled Xiao Yang, was born in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China in 1968. He received his PhD degree from the Academy of Art and Design, Tsinghua University in 2012. Tai began his training from Chinese calligraphy at a young age. In 2003, his encounter with famous Chinese contemporary painter, Liu Dan, pushed him to explore further into the techniques of traditional Song and Yuan Dynasty paintings. In 2006, Tai was profoundly inspired by renowned astrologer, Yi Shitong, and began to explore the view of universe and spiritual world in Chinese landscape paintings from an astrology perspective. He completed his PhD dissertation entitled, “Phenomena of the Universe-The concepts and structure of Chinese landscape paintings”. This work was highly admired by renowned art historian, Fang Wen, who recommended the book in the preface and pushed for publishing by the Zhonghua Book Company. Tai began his art training from studying ancient Chinese landscape paintings. He uses the grand, unrefined Yuan style ink strokes to depict the landscape layout of the Five Dynasties and Northern/Southern Song Dynasties, revealing serenity and spirituality in majesty and grandeur. Selected Exhibitions: “Knowing Heaven and Earth through Observation – Chinese Ink Paintings by Tai Xiangzhou”, Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macau, 2014 ”Art Basel Hong Kong”, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2014 Public Collections and Exhibitions: Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing, China Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing, China Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey