Belgian-born author and artist Nadja Van Ghelue was first trained in Berlin in Zen calligraphy based on the method of the Japanese master Omori Sogen and then expanded her practice to other styles of Japanese calligraphy. In Barcelona, she studied the method of sumi painting and calligraphy of the late Korean painter Ung-No Lee, founder of the Academie de Peinture Orientale in Paris. Van Ghelue has lived in the Catalan Countries for many years. She runs the online art gallery theartofcalligraphy.com.