沈启鹏，1946年12月出生于江苏南通，1980年批准为中国美术家协会会员，1988年结业于北京中国画研究院研修班，先后在江苏省国画院和南通书画院从事专业创作，，作品多次入选全国美展、屡有获奖、收藏，先后出版6部个人画集和专著，在北京、南京、日本、德国等海内外举办过11次个人画展，获“97中国画坛百杰画家”，和“江苏省优秀中青年艺术工作者”称号，1994年起享受国务院颁发的政府特殊津贴，任第九届、第十届全国人大代表，第九届民盟中央委员，南通大学副校长。
2000年进高校任教，现为国家一级美术师、南京大学美术研究院兼职教授，南通市美协名誉主席
作品有：《大汛》、《诚》、《路》等入选历届全国美展，先后举办七次个展、出版五种个人画集专著。曾获1988年国际水墨画展优秀奖、新时代中国画展铜奖、中国画坊“百述画家”称号。

Shen Qipeng, was born in Jiangsu Nantong in December 1946, approval was Chinese artist academician 1980, complete a course ground at academy of the traditional Chinese painting in Beijing 1988 long class, save courtyard of traditional Chinese painting and Nantong book imperial art academy to be engaged in professional creation in Jiangsu early or late, , work for many times beauty of selected whole nation is exhibited, have bear the palm repeatedly, collect, publish collect of 6 individual pictures and monograph early or late, wait in Beijing, Nanjing, Japan, Germany global had held individual art exhibition 11 times, obtain " 97 China draw altar 100 outstanding painters " , and " Jiangsu province is outstanding in young art worker " title, the government that the State Council enjoys to issue since 1994 is special and subsidiary, hold the post of the 9th, delegate of National People's Congress of the 10th whole nation, in the center of the 9th civilian alliance committee member, nantong vice-chancellor
Taught into the college 2000, it is a country now professor of part-time job of academy of art of university of division of one class art, Nanjing, nantong city is beautiful assist honorary president
Work has: " great flood " , " sincere " , " road " wait for beauty of selected and all previous whole nation to exhibit, hold 7 times early or late exhibit, publish treatise of part of 5 kinds of individual pictures. International wash exhibited Ceng Huo 1988 award of outstanding award, copper of art exhibition of new era China, China draws lane " 100 narrate a painter " title.