Tan Zhiqiang, a senior calligraphy and painting master, was born in Beijing in 1961. He was fond of painting at an early age and traveled a variety of landscapes, accumulating much materials and experience in painting. He learned from Master Shi Guoliang. Currently he is a singed painter of Beijing Jiancang Painting and Calligraphy Academy, a director both of Peoples Artists Promotion Association and the World Artists Association of China. He has participated in many exhibitions and won grand prizes. Various media have reported his artworks and many of his paintings have been collected by national and abroad friends and culture & art organizations. He is also keen on charity and has donated much money and artworks to charity organizations.
譚志強,1961年生,北京人,高級書畫師,師從國畫大師史國良先生。現任人民藝術家聯盟促進會理事、美國世界藝術家協會中國區理事、北京鑒藏書畫院簽約畫家。1988年書畫作品在 《人民畫報》、《經濟日報》、《農民日報》共同舉辦的全國大賽中獲優秀獎,并在民族文化宮展出;2012年在全國中老年書畫大賽中作品 《金秋雀躍》獲金獎;2013年4月5日,作品《浩氣凌空》和《母子圖》在 《中國商報》發表。作品先后被國內外友人、文化藝術機構收藏,被中央電視臺、人民藝術家網、中國名家字畫網、藝術公社網、當代畫家網、《人民畫報》、《經濟日報》等多家媒體報道,并受到書畫收藏者的青睞。
譚志強自幼喜愛繪畫,走遍大江南北,親身體會領略中國傳統文化,積累了大量素材和繪畫經驗,特別是水墨人物畫,其藝術風格主要繼承了徐、蔣體系 ( 徐悲鴻、蔣兆和 );而寫實人物畫作品則得到了史國良先生的真傳,在墨與色上有了很大突破,給人一種耳目一新的時代感。他在工作之余還熱衷于慈善事業,曾在多家機構捐錢、物和字畫等,真正做到了“只要國家有災,就施以援手”這句自我警句。