浙江杭州人。自幼随父常书鸿在敦煌临摹壁画。1931年生于法国里昂，由于出生地毗邻塞纳河而得名sona，法文意为“阴性”，中文名即为沙娜。1948年赴美国留学。1950年回国后，在清华大学、中央美术学院任教。我国著名的艺术设计教育家和艺术设计家、教授、国家有突出贡献的专家。 现为第九届全国人民代表大会常务委员会委员，教科文卫专门委员会委员，中国美术家协会副主席，中华全国妇女联合会第五届执行委员。曾任国务院学术委员会学科评议组成员。

常沙娜作品

 1931年3月生于法国

里昂，1937年随父母回国。是我国著名的艺术设计教育家和艺术设计家、教授、国家有突出贡献的专家。

1945年至1948年，在敦煌随父亲--著名画家常书鸿临摹敦煌历代壁画，学习传统文化艺术及绘画，并与父亲合办"父女画展"，展出父女俩在敦煌莫高窟临摹的作品。

1948年赴美国波士顿美术博物院美术学院攻读绘画。

1951年初回国，先后在清华大学营建系、中央美术学院实用美术系、中央工艺美术学院染织美术设计系任教，教授图案基础、传统图案临摹、花卉写生、专业艺术设计等课程。

1953 年全国高教院系调整，调中央美术学院实用美术系任助教。 1956 年成立中央工艺美术学院，先后任染织美术系讲师、副教授、教授。

1956年后，历任中央工艺美术学院讲师、副教授、染织美术系副主任、副院长、院长，中国美协第三届理事、第四届常务理事，中国国际文化交流中心理事，全国妇联第五届执委。

1964年加入中国共产党。

1960年、1983年两次获“全国三八红旗手”称号。

1982年出任中央工艺美术学院副院长，

1983年至1998年任中央工艺美术学院院长，院学术委员会主任。当选中国共产党第十二次、十三次全国代表大会代表。第七、八、九届全国人民代表大会代表；第九届全国人民代表大会常务委员会委员；第八、九届人大、教科文卫委员会委员、中国美术家协会副会长、中国国际文化交流中心理事、欧美同学会副会长及留美分会副会长、首都第一届女教授联谊会会长。

中国文学艺术界联合会第十届荣誉委员

2018年12月，当选中国美协第九届顾问。

 作为国内外知名的敦煌艺术和工艺美术设计研究专家，常沙娜曾先后参加了中国共产主义青年团团徽、人民大会堂外立面的建筑装饰和宴会厅的建筑装饰图案设计，以及民族文化宫、首都剧场、首都机场、燕京饭店、中国记者协会、中国大饭店等国家重点建筑工程的建筑装饰设计和壁画创作。1997年，主持并参加设计中央人民政府赠送香港特区的大型礼品雕塑《永远盛开的紫荆花》。

 常沙娜教授长期从事中国古代壁画及传统装饰图案的研究和临摹，并结合现代装饰图案设计的创新需要，进行了多方面的、具有中国传统风格和现代装饰特点的创作设计。常沙娜教授在熟悉和擅长运用传统图案的同时，注重探索艺术的“源与流”的融合关系。她从大自然的花卉形态中，不断汲取丰富多样的、美的图案造型素材。绘录了大量千姿百态的“花”的形象，体察大自然赋予植物花卉美的神韵和情趣，作为图案造型、构成及色彩的补充，从而形成她独有的装饰图案风格。

 有《敦煌历代服饰图案》及合编的《敦煌藻井图案》、《敦煌壁画集》、主编《常书鸿、吕斯白画集》、中国现代美术全集《织绣印染集》及《常沙娜花卉集》、《中国当代织染刺绣服饰全集》等著作。

 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. From childhood, he imitated murals in Dunhuang with his father's Changshu Hong. Born in Lyon, France, in 1931, Sona was named after her birthplace adjacent to the Seine River. It means "negative" in French and "Shana" in Chinese. In 1948, he went to the United States to study. After returning to China in 1950, he taught at Tsinghua University and Central Academy of Fine Arts. Our country's famous artistic design educators and artistic designers, professors, experts with outstanding contributions from the country. He is now a member of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, a member of the Special Committee on Education, Culture and Health, a vice-chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, and the fifth executive member of the All-China Women's Federation. He was a member of the disciplinary review team of the Academic Committee of the State Council.

Born in France in March 1931

Lyon, returned home with his parents in 1937. Is our country's famous art design educator and art designer, professor, the country has outstanding contribution experts.

From 1945 to 1948, he copied Dunhuang murals with his father, the famous painter Changshu Hong, and studied traditional culture, art and painting. He also co-organized a "Father and Daughter Painting Exhibition" with his father to exhibit the works copied by his father and daughter in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

In 1948, he went to the Academy of Fine Arts of Boston Museum of Fine Arts to study painting.

In early 1951, he returned to China and taught in the Construction Department of Tsinghua University, the Practical Art Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Dyeing and Weaving Art Design Department of Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. He taught such courses as pattern foundation, traditional pattern copying, flower sketching and professional art design.

In 1953, the National College of Higher Education was adjusted to serve as an assistant in the Department of Practical Fine Arts of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1956, the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts was established, successively serving as lecturer, associate professor and professor of the Department of Dyeing and Weaving Arts.

Since 1956, he has been a lecturer, associate professor, deputy director, Deputy Dean and Dean of the Department of Dyeing and Weaving Arts of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, the third and fourth executive directors of the Chinese Association of Fine Arts, the director of the China Center for International Cultural Exchange and the fifth Executive Committee of the All-China Women's Federation.

He joined the Communist Party of China in 1964.

In 1960 and 1983, he was awarded the title of "National March Eighth Red Flag Handler" twice.

In 1982, he was appointed Vice President of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts.

From 1983 to 1998, he was president of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts and director of the Academic Committee of the Academy. Elected to the 12th and 13th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China. Representatives of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth National People's Congresses; members of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress; members of the Eighth and Ninth National People's Congresses, the UNESCO Health Committee, the Vice-President of the Chinese Artists Association, the Director of the China Center for International Cultural Exchange, the Vice-President of the European and American Students'Association and the Vice-President of the Residence Association in the United States, Capital No. President of a Female Professors Association.

Tenth Honorary Member of the Chinese Federation of Literature and Art Circles

In December 2018, he was elected the ninth consultant of China Association of Arts.

As a well-known expert in Dunhuang arts and crafts design at home and abroad, Changshana has participated in the architectural decoration design of the emblem of the Communist Youth League of China, the facade of the Great Hall of the People and the banquet hall, as well as the national cultural palace, the Capital Theatre, the Capital Airport, the Yanjing Hotel and Chinese journalists. Association, China Hotel and other key national construction projects of architectural decoration design and mural creation. In 1997, he presided over and participated in the design of the large-scale gift sculpture "Bauhinia Flowers Forever Blooming" presented to the HKSAR by the Central People's Government.