Zhou Brothers

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Zhou Brothers are an artist duo consisting of the two brothers Shan Zuo Zhou and Da Huang Zhou. Their combination of Eastern and Western aesthetics has made them internationally known.

Biography and education

Shan Zuo Zhou was born in 1952, Da Huang Zhou in 1957 in Guangxi , China . From 1978 to 1982 they studied at the Shanghai University for Theater and Art, from 1983 to 1984 at the National Academy for Art and Crafts in Beijing, where they obtained a diploma in painting and fresco painting.

Creating art

The way the Zhou Brothers work is characterized by the fact that they all create their works together. They describe this process as a state of simultaneous meditation and communication.

In addition to paintings and prints, they also make sculptures. They use a number of different materials, often including oil, coal, sand, wood, bronze, lead and silk.

In addition, the artist duo appears again and again with public painting performances - for example at the World Economic Summit 2000 in Davos, Switzerland . In 2008 they were guest at the United Nations in New York with their performance “Wisdom of Energy” .

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1984: Art Museum Guangxi, China
  • 1985: National Art Museum of China, Beijing
  • 1985: Art Museum Nanjing, China
  • 1985: Art Museum Shanghai, China
  • 1985: Art Museum Guilin, China
  • 1994: Kunsthalle Darmstadt
  • 1995: Portland Art Museum, Portland / Oregon
  • 1995: Museum Ludwig, Budapest
  • 2004: Chicago Cultural Center
  • 2004: Elmhurst Art Museum
  • 2007: National Art Museum of China, Beijing
  • 2008: Rockford Art Museum

Awards (selection)

  • 1985: National prize of the Chinese Avant-Garde of the Ministry of Culture, Beijing, China
  • 1985: Prize for Creativity, Peace Corps of the United Nations, Beijing, China
  • 1986: 1st Prize "Springfield Art League", 69, National Exhibition, USA
  • 1996: Art Prize of the Heitland Foundation 1996, Celle, Germany
  • 2004: American Immigrant Achievement Award, American Immigration Law Foundation
  • 2006: Lincoln Award, Lincoln Academy, IL
  • 2006: Golden Lion Award, Chicago, IL
  • 2008: Distinguished Artist Award, United Nations, New York, NY
  • 2011: An invitation to the White House from President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China for the presentation of the State gifts
  • 2011: Honorary professors of National University of Guangxi, China
  • 2011: Honorary professors of Guangxi University, Guangxi, China

literature

  • Friedl, Oskar (Ed.): The Zhou Brothers: 30 Years of Collaboration . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7757-9192-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Galerie Wolfhard Viertel: Zhou Brothers: Wood and Color Woodcuts 1990-1994 . Westermann-Kommunikation, Ingelheim 1995

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