岁月流转，艺脉相承。在波澜壮阔的艺术长河中，总有先行者以远见卓识领航方向，以非凡造诣铸就传奇。他们是艺术领域的中流砥柱，是文化传承的坚定使者，以毕生热爱深耕创作，以卓越智慧开拓格局，用作品传递思想，用匠心诠释担当！
2026年度全球艺术巅峰大师「行业领袖成就奖」，专为致敬时代艺术领袖而设。艺术大家跨越国界、贯通古今，在坚守传统中创新，在多元碰撞中升华，不仅以精湛技艺树立行业标杆，更以强大影响力推动艺术生态蓬勃发展，成为连接世界艺术的重要纽带。
此奖承载着对艺术精神的尊崇，凝聚着对卓越贡献的礼赞。愿以此荣光，铭记匠心坚守，激励更多艺术同仁砥砺前行，共筑全球艺术繁荣新高度，续写人类文明的璀璨华章！
As years go by, artistic heritage endures and passes down. Amid the magnificent long river of art, visionary trailblazers have always steered the course with profound insight and forged legends through extraordinary mastery. They stand as the mainstays of the art world and steadfast messengers of cultural inheritance. Devoting their entire lives to creative pursuits out of profound passion, they broaden artistic horizons with remarkable wisdom, convey profound ideas through their works, and embody a sense of responsibility with consummate craftsmanship.
The 2026 Global Top Master of Arts – Industry Leader Achievement Award is established exclusively to pay tribute to the preeminent artistic leaders of our era. These great artists transcend national boundaries and bridge the ancient and modern. They innovate while upholding traditions and reach new artistic heights amid diverse cultural exchanges. Not only have they set industry benchmarks with exquisite skills, but their far-reaching influence also fuels the vigorous growth of the global art ecosystem, serving as vital links connecting art across the world.
This award embodies reverence for the spirit of art and honors outstanding contributions to the field. May this prestigious accolade forever commemorate persistent craftsmanship and dedication, inspire fellow artists to forge ahead courageously, jointly elevate global art to new heights of prosperity, and continue writing the glorious chapters of human civilization.
崔元泽：朝鲜族书法家。中共党员。1942年出生于黑龙江省密山市书生门第之家。1985一1989年毕业于中国画函授大学（欧阳中石学生）。现居北京。
现任：中华人民共和国国礼艺术家；国礼文化艺术传播大使；国礼文化网特邀顾问；中华人民共和国国礼艺术形家大使；国务国宾礼外交形象大使：享受国务院特殊津贴：中共中央宣传部评审组委会评审为：《中国书法泰斗艺术大师》；中国文学艺术界联合会艺术顾问；2026年献礼两会文旅，文联联合文化主席；中国书法家协会艺术顾问；中国书法家协会名誉主席；《中国文旅部艺术数字资源库首席艺术主席》；中央电视台CCTV《艺术名家》栏目特聘艺术顾问；中央美术学院艺术顾问；中央美术学院书法院名誉院长；天津美术学院艺术顾问；天津美院书法院名誉院长；中国书画交易润格评估中心艺术评估顾问；中国外交艺术形象大使；亚洲艺术巅峰人物；国家高级书法师；中国书画发展协会终身荣誉主席；中华全国总工会书画院名誉主席；联合国艺术中心名誉院长；联合国文化特使；联合国中外文化发展委员会终身荣誉主席；联合国艺术中心和中国文旅部人才评选委员会授予：《世界艺术泰斗大师》；《俄罗斯国立艺术研究院特聘名誉院长》《国际高峰艺术大家终身成就领袖奖》：联合国艺术评审组委会授予：《世界艺术先锋文化贡献人物》；世界艺术终身成就奖；联合国授予：《联合国成立80周年终身成就奖。》；中国艺术终身成就奖；荣誉国家文艺泰斗丰碑奖评选组会授予《国家文艺泰斗丰碑奖》荣誉；《世界文艺泰斗丰碑奖》；《福布斯财富世界艺术盛典翰墨文化金奖》；世界艺术文化联合组委会特聘为《璀璨中华文化全球推广大使》；《世界首席外交文艺使者》；联合国非遗艺术传承大使》；《世界非物质文化遗产代言人》；联合国华人协会终身名誉主席；联合国教科文组织终身名誉主席；丝绸之路书画联盟名誉主席；中巴艺术形象大使；香港文学联合会终身名誉主席；中科院书画院士；文化旅游部授予《国家文化艺术奖》；2024年共和国成立75周年之际国家授予《共和国勋章，中国功勋模范人物》颁发勋章和荣誉证书；授予国家软黄金级艺术家；授予联合国文化艺术勋章；《胡润研究院重点推荐艺木家》；《胡润国际艺术推荐炎黄艺术金奖》；文化旅游部华人组委会和联合国艺术中心授予《世界华人艺术金奖》；《中国文学艺术界学术奖》；联合国艺术中心授予：《联合国和平艺术金奖》；《全球文化艺术交流中心名誉主席》；美国《美联社艺术总颐问》；英国《路透社》特邀《艺术总顾问》颁发聘书：《卢浮宫博物馆中国首席艺术顾问》；《百年巨匠终身成就奖》；《王羲之书法终身成就奖》；第八届徐悲鸿奖：终身成就奖；世界文化艺术研究中心授予《世界艺术巅峰的十大领袖人物》；获得：《世界文化艺术终身成就奖》；亚洲文化艺术界联合会授予：《亚洲文化艺术终身成就奖》；欧洲文化艺术终身成就奖；《达芬奇国际艺术终身成就奖》；《达芬奇国际艺术金奖》；《毕加索国际艺术终身成就奖》；《莫奈国际艺术金奖一滴水穿石六体合一》创意作品；中国台北故宫博物院终身艺术顾问；中国老子同道会艺术顾问；囯际文化非遗产博物馆和世界工艺美术馆双馆名誉馆长；亚洲书画家协会副主席；亚太艺术博物馆在中国区名誉馆长；国际学术研究院院长；博鳌亚洲艺术人才研究中心研究员；中国文旅部书法部门全国考级评论主席会终身荣誉主席；全国艺术职称考级中心首席专家；中华爱国工程联合会名誉主席；中华兰亭字库《最佳设计师奖《人民网》艺术顾问；《腾讯新闻艺术顾问》（聘期终身）；《今日头条新闻媒体艺术总监》（聘期：终身）；搜狐新闻特邀《终身高级艺术顾问》；百度（总部）终身艺术顾问；国际名人百科艺委会主席（终身制）；凤凰新闻终身艺术顾问；CCTV央视在线网艺术顾问；中国艺术环球之旅艺术顾问；中国影视艺术中心书法顾问；人民大会堂首席艺术顾问；中国艺术评估首席顾问（故官博物院首席艺术顾问）；CCTV品牌中国艺术顾问；客座教授；中国艺术名家档案馆特邀顾问；比利时世界文化艺术中心副主席；华夏儿女艺术之星；国家艺术形象人物；世界文化中国东方代表人物；中国十大国粹代表人物；中国非物质文化遗产研究院智库专家；联合国非遗艺术传承大使；学习强国《新时代新经典》中国传统文化推广大使；2023年中国杭州亚运会艺术形象大使；[中国文学界艺术人物]典藏级艺术名家。
崔体书法创始人，人民艺术家，共和国功勋艺术家，艺术劳动模范。清华大学名誉教授；北京大学书法系巜中国艺术教育基础》终身博士生导师；中国人民大学终身书法荣誉教授，中国人民大学书法院终身名誉院长；首都师范大学博士生导师；中国艺术研究院院士。联合國金砖文化功勋奖：中囯十大囯粹书法代表人物：靳尚谊艺术工作室院士。俄罗斯皇家艺术学院名誉院士：中俄文化艺术交流形象大使；美国哈佛艺术学院名誉院士；美国斯坦福大学名誉院士；英国大英博物馆.中国首席书画顾问；英国皇家艺术学院院长，中国区书法系院长，英国皇家艺术学院院士；英国伦敦艺术大学名誉院士；英国剑桥艺术学院院士；美国哥伦比亚大学名誉院长，名誉院士；加拿大维多利亚皇家艺术学院名誉院士；英国牛津艺术学院博士生导师，英国牛津艺术学院终身名誉院士；荷兰皇家学院学术顾问；韩国首尔艺术大学艺术院士：中法建交艺术形象大使；法国皇家艺术学院名誉院士；巴黎奥运会艺术形象大使；英国爱丁堡艺术学院博士生导师；瑞典皇家艺术学院名誉院士；《滴水穿石》六体合一，和谐主体书法作品法国卢浮宫收藏；中国老子，孔子艺术学院客座教授。联合国艺术中心颁发：《2022年中国艺术百花奖组委会：《滴水穿石》书法作品被评选为《金奖》。福布斯《十大华人艺术形象大使》；美国时代周刊《全球艺术人物形象大使》；中国奥运会《2021年艺术形象大使》；奥运首席代表艺术家；盛世华章，献礼亚运《艺术形象大使》；《2021年世界和平艺术形象大使》；金砖五国《国际艺术形象大使》；《首届张择端艺术成就奖》；《中朝友谊艺术形象大使》。国内外上百个媒体重点推出专题报导。崔元泽艺术生涯六十年如一日，国内外贡献出必生的精力。做一个合格的共产党员。把中囯人的志气，骨气，底气传播全世界！
Cui Yuanze Ethnic Korean Calligrapher, Member of the Communist Party of China. Born in 1942 in Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province, into a scholarly family. He studied at the Correspondence University of Chinese Painting from 1985 to 1989 and was a student of Ouyang Zhongshi. He currently resides in Beijing.
Current Titles & Honors
State Gift Artist of the People’s Republic of China; Ambassador for the Dissemination of State Gift Culture and Art; Special Consultant for State Gift Culture Network; Image Ambassador for State Gift Art of the People’s Republic of China; Diplomatic Image Ambassador for State Guest Ceremonial Arts; Recipient of the Special Government Allowance from the State Council.
Appointed by the Review Committee of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee as **Grand Master of Chinese Calligraphy Art**.
Art Consultant of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles; Joint Cultural Chairman of the Federation for Cultural and Tourism Works in Celebration of the Two Sessions in 2026; Art Consultant of the Chinese Calligraphers Association; Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association; Chief Art Chairman of the Art Digital Resource Bank of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China.
Special Art Consultant for *Famous Artists* Column on CCTV; Art Consultant of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; Honorary Dean of the Calligraphy School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; Art Consultant of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts; Honorary Dean of the Calligraphy School of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts; Art Evaluation Consultant of China Painting & Calligraphy Transaction Pricing Assessment Center; Chinese Diplomatic Art Image Ambassador; Top Asian Art Icon; National Senior Calligrapher; Lifetime Honorary Chairman of China Painting and Calligraphy Development Association; Honorary Chairman of the Painting and Calligraphy Academy of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions; Honorary Dean of the United Nations Art Center; UN Cultural Envoy; Lifetime Honorary Chairman of the UN Committee for Chinese and Foreign Cultural Development.
Awarded the title **World Grand Master of Art** jointly by the UN Art Center and the Talent Selection Committee of China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Distinguished Honorary Dean of the Russian State Academy of Arts; Winner of the International Peak Art Master Lifetime Achievement Leadership Award.
Granted the honorary title **World Pioneer Figure for Cultural Contribution** by the UN Art Review Committee; Recipient of the World Art Lifetime Achievement Award; Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award on the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations by the United Nations; Winner of China Art Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bestowed the Monument Award for National Literary and Art Grand Masters by the Award Selection Panel for the Monument Award for Distinguished National Literary and Art Icons; Recipient of the Monument Award for World Literary and Art Grand Masters; Gold Medal for Ink Art at the Forbes Global World Art Gala; Appointed Global Ambassador for Promoting Splendid Chinese Culture by the World Art and Culture Joint Organizing Committee; World Chief Diplomatic Literary and Art Envoy; UN Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Ambassador; Spokesperson for World Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Lifetime Honorary Chairman of the UN Chinese Association; Lifetime Honorary Chairman of UNESCO; Honorary Chairman of the Silk Road Painting and Calligraphy Alliance; China-Pakistan Art Image Ambassador; Lifetime Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Literary Circles; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Painting and Calligraphy Academy.
Recipient of the National Culture and Art Award issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
On the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China in 2024, he was conferred the Medal of the Republic and the title Model Figure of Chinese Merit, with medal and honorary certificate awarded; Rated as National Soft Gold Tier Artist; Recipient of the UN Culture and Art Medal.
Key Recommended Artist by Hurun Research Institute; Winner of the Yanhuang Art Gold Medal in Hurun International Art Recommendations; Gold Medal for World Chinese Art jointly awarded by the Chinese Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the UN Art Center; China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Academic Award; UN Peace Art Gold Medal from the UN Art Center; Honorary Chairman of the Global Cultural and Art Exchange Center.
Chief Art Consultant for Associated Press (U.S.A.); Special Chief Art Consultant for Reuters (U.K.) with official appointment certificate; Chief Chinese Art Consultant of the Louvre Museum.
Winner of the Century Masters Lifetime Achievement Award; Wang Xizhi Calligraphy Lifetime Achievement Award; Lifetime Achievement Award of the 8th Xu Beihong Award.
Named One of the Ten Leading Figures at the Peak of World Art by the World Culture and Art Research Center; Recipient of the World Culture and Art Lifetime Achievement Award; Asian Culture and Art Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the Asian Federation of Culture and Art Circles; European Culture and Art Lifetime Achievement Award; Da Vinci International Art Lifetime Achievement Award; Da Vinci International Art Gold Medal; Picasso International Art Lifetime Achievement Award; Monet International Art Gold Medal.
Creator of the innovative art piece *Perseverance through Droplets Penetrating Stone – Six Calligraphy Styles Integrated as One*.
Lifetime Art Consultant of the National Palace Museum, Taipei; Art Consultant of China Laozist Fellowship; Honorary Curator of both the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and the World Arts and Crafts Museum; Vice Chairman of the Asian Painters and Calligraphers Association; Honorary Curator for China Region of the Asia Pacific Art Museum; Dean of the International Academic Research Institute; Research Fellow of the Boao Asian Art Talent Research Center.
Lifetime Honorary Chairman of the National Grading Review Committee for Calligraphy under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China; Chief Expert of the National Art Title Grading Center; Honorary Chairman of the China Patriotic Project Federation.
Winner of the Best Designer Award for China Lanting Font Library; Lifetime Art Consultant for People’s Network; Lifetime Art Consultant for Tencent News; Lifetime Art Director for Toutiao News Media; Special Lifetime Senior Art Consultant for Sohu News; Lifetime Art Consultant of Baidu Headquarters; Lifetime Chairman of the Art Committee of International Celebrity Encyclopedia; Lifetime Art Consultant for Phoenix News; Art Consultant for CCTV Online Network; Art Consultant for Global Chinese Art Tour; Calligraphy Consultant of China Film and Television Art Center; Chief Art Consultant of the Great Hall of the People; Chief China Art Evaluation Consultant (Chief Art Consultant of the Palace Museum); Art Consultant for CCTV Brand China; Visiting Professor; Special Consultant of the China Archive of Famous Artists.
Vice Chairman of the Belgium World Culture and Art Center; Star Artist of Chinese Descendants; National Art Icon; Chinese Oriental Representative Figure of World Culture; Representative Figure of China’s Top Ten National Essences; Think Tank Expert of China Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Institute; UN Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Ambassador; Ambassador for Promoting Traditional Chinese Culture for *New Era, New Classics* under Xuexi Qiangguo Platform; Art Image Ambassador for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games; Collectible Master Artist Listed in *Famous Literary and Art Figures of China*.
Academic & Honorary Professorships
Founder of the Cui-Style Calligraphy; People’s Artist; Meritorious Artist of the Republic; Model Worker of Art.
Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University; Lifetime Doctoral Supervisor for *Fundamentals of Chinese Art Education* in the Calligraphy Department of Peking University; Lifetime Honorary Professor of Calligraphy at Renmin University of China; Lifetime Honorary Dean of the Calligraphy School of Renmin University of China; Doctoral Supervisor at Capital Normal University; Academician of the Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Recipient of the UN BRICS Cultural Merit Award; Representative Figure of China’s Top Ten National Essence Calligraphers; Academician of Jin Shangyi Art Studio.
Honorary Academician of the Russian Royal Academy of Arts; China-Russia Cultural and Art Exchange Image Ambassador; Honorary Academician of Harvard Art Institute (U.S.A.); Honorary Academician of Stanford University (U.S.A.).
Chief Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Consultant of the British Museum; Dean of the Calligraphy Department for China Region & Academician of the Royal College of Art, UK; Honorary Academician of University of the Arts London; Academician of Cambridge College of Arts, UK; Honorary Dean & Honorary Academician of Columbia University (U.S.A.); Honorary Academician of Royal Victoria College of Art, Canada.
Doctoral Supervisor & Lifetime Honorary Academician of Oxford College of Arts, UK; Academic Consultant of Royal Netherlands Academy; Art Academician of Seoul Institute of the Arts, South Korea; Image Ambassador for the 60th Anniversary of China-France Diplomatic Relations; Honorary Academician of Royal French Academy of Arts; Art Image Ambassador for the Paris Olympic Games.
Doctoral Supervisor of Edinburgh College of Art, UK; Honorary Academician of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.
His signature harmonious thematic calligraphy work *Perseverance through Droplets Penetrating Stone – Six Styles Unified* is collected by the Louvre Museum, France.
Visiting Professor of China Laozi and Confucius Art Academy.
Awards & Diplomatic Art Ambassador Titles
His calligraphy work *Perseverance through Droplets Penetrating Stone* won the Gold Medal at the 2022 China Art Hundred Flowers Awards hosted by the UN Art Center.
Listed among Forbes Top Ten Chinese Art Image Ambassadors; Global Art Figure Image Ambassador by Time Magazine (U.S.A.); Art Image Ambassador of China Olympics 2021; Chief Representative Artist for Olympic Arts; Art Image Ambassador for Splendid Prosperity – Arts Tribute to Asian Games; World Peace Art Image Ambassador 2021; BRICS International Art Image Ambassador.
Winner of the First Zhang Zeduan Art Achievement Award; China-DPRK Friendship Art Image Ambassador.
He has been featured in special reports by hundreds of mainstream media outlets at home and abroad.
Over six decades, Cui Yuanze has dedicated his entire life to the cause of art, making relentless contributions to cultural arts domestically and internationally. As a qualified member of the Communist Party of China, he devotes himself to spreading the ambition, integrity and self-confidence of the Chinese nation to every corner of the globe.
