CRAFT & CAPABILITY
The Artist
Miaojun
From silence, to a world within. Born 1987 in Humen, Guangdong. Deaf at two, brush in hand at three — when the world went quiet, ink became the way he speaks.
The thirty years since have been one unbroken road: four years of fine-art training at the Shanghai School for Deaf Youth; ten thousand miles reading the wordless book of the world; in 2007, admission to the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University to study art appraisal and management; then visits to over a hundred Buddhist masters and artists, encouraged by their inscriptions, proving the Way through art; founding and leading the Fortune People Art Center — from one who was pitied, to one who is respected.
He follows the Sixth Patriarch Huineng's wisdom of 'seeing one's true nature,' painting arhats and writing sutras — every stroke is practice. The work is quiet, yet it has strength: leaving a quiet place for those who see it.
Thirty Years · Timeline
- 1987Born in Humen, GuangdongThe Beginning
- 1989A medication accident; hearing lost in both earsThe world fell silent
- 1990First brush in handThe brush becomes a voice
- 2002–2006Shanghai School for Deaf Youth · Fine ArtFour years of training
- 2006Ten thousand miles, reading the wordless book of societyLearning on the road
- 2007Tsinghua University · Art Appraisal & ManagementEntering the hall
- 2007 起Hundreds of temples and mountains; taught by over a hundred masters and artistsArt as the path
- 至今Chairman, Fortune People Art CenterFrom pity to respect