夏天星，1950年北京生人，受家庭影响少年时曾学习诗文、书法。XXX中赴延安插队，24岁自学声乐考入总政歌剧团，曾主演过三部歌剧，并入中央音乐学院学习。自1978年始自学书画，书法作品三次参加全国书法大展并三度获奖。1988年在北京举办个人画展，将十年来所作一百四十幅作品展出，得到了启功、董寿平、何海霞、周怀民、康A诸先生的高度评价。中央电视台并拍摄专题片《声画之梦》给予报导。同年应日本画商邀请赴东京举办个展，并学习于东京艺术大学。九十年代始游学于日本、欧洲、美国、加拿大，得已阅览各国博物馆之中国历代书画藏品，并参予私人美术馆鉴定工作，对传统绘画、书法有了更深刻的理解，尤以对明清以来的书画颇有研究，并发表《中国当代画家认识》、《米芾书法艺术》、《昆仑堂藏书法赏析》等多篇文章于日本美术、书法杂志。近年来画风为之一变，强调画家对传统艺术的再认识。十余年来共在海外举办个人画展、书法展三十余次，被日本书画界誉为中国新文人画的代表画家。现为昆仑堂美术馆副馆长、中国书法家协会会员、中国音乐家协会会员。 ^_^ Xia Tianxing (Born 1950) Born in 1950, Xia Tianxing is native of Beijing is renowned for his landscape paintings. He started self learning painting and calligraphy at age 28, and was once taught by Qi Gong (1912-2005). He held solo exhibition in Beijing in 1988, and another solo exhibition in Tokyo one year later. He travelled around Japan, Europe, United States and Canada so as to learn connoisseurship of Chinese paintings by viewing in various museums. He is currently Vice Curator of Kunluntang Fine Arts Museum and member of the Chinese Artists' Association.