Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Zhou brothers 周氏兄弟

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Zhou brothers

 
 

周氏兄弟

 
     
 

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                    Zhou brothers   周氏兄弟  pinyin  Zhou shi xiongdi

 

 

Zhou brothers   周氏兄弟, were born in the province of Guangxi, in China.

1952

Birth of ShanZuo in Nanning.

1957

Birth of DaHuang in Wuming.

   

1973

They painted together for the first time, as the Zhou brothers : The Wave.

   

1978

They entered at the Shanghai Drama Institute in order to study Western painting.

   

1984

They obtained a Master ( frescoes and mural ) from The National Academy of Arts

 

and Crafts in Beijing.

   

1985

Price of Chinese Avant-Garde,  Ministry of Culture Beijing.

 

A traveling exhibition made them known through museums across China :

 

National Art Museum of Beijing, Shanghai Art Museum, Museum of Art Guiling,

 

Nanjing Museum of Art.

   
 

Their fame became international :  Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, U.S.A.

   

1988

After several exhibitions in Chicago, their work was published in newspapers

 

and Art magazines.

 

They opened their first studio in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

 

They created Life Symphony that they introduced in Tokyo. ( First Arts Tokyo ).

   

1992

Their first exhibition in New York at the Nathan Gallery was a success.

   

1998

An exhibition of sculptures was presented at Art Cologne.

   

2000

They started to give painting performances.

   

2004

They bought a warehouse in 35 th streeet to create ZhouB Art, an international

 

Art center with artits'studios and galleries..

   

2005

They received The Golden Lion award, Chicago.

   
 

They live and work in Chicago  United States.

 

 

 

Danièle Sicard

   


   
 

Collections  selection

 

China

Beijing

National Art Museum of China    

Beijing

International Cultural Palast

Guilin

Art Museum Guilin

Guangxi

Art Museum Guangxi

Guangzhou

Guangdong Art Museum

Hong Kong

Central Plaza

Mongolie Intérieure

Ordos City

Nanjing

Art Museum Nanjing

Shanghai

Art Museum Shanghai

   

France

Paris

George Pompidou Centre

   

Germany

Rotenburg Wuemme

Ytong Niedersachsen

Messel

Ytong Rhein Main

Zell

Villa Haiss Contemporary Art Museum

 

Hungary

Budapest

Ludwig Museum

   

Switzerland

Bern

Maurice E et Martha Müller Foundation

   

United States

Beloit

Wright Museum of Art

Carpinteria

Pacifica Graduate Institute

Chicago

AT&T

Chicago

Chinese American Service League

Chicago

Francis Parker School

Chicago

Northern Trust

Chicago

Silk Road Theatre

Chicago

The Smart Museum of Art

Chicago

UBS, Financial Group

Crawfordsville

Humanities Center

Crawfordsville

Wabash College

Evanston

Carl Jung Institute

Indianapolis

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Iowa City

University of Iowa

New York

United Nations

Philadelphia

Drexel University Museum

Phoenix

Art Museum

   


   
 

Solo exhibitions  selection

   

2001

14.11 12.01 Open my door Chambers Fine Art Beijing  China

2007

30.08 17.09 30 ans de rétrospective National Museum of China Beijing  China

2008

New Beginnings The Rockford Art Museum Rockford  United States

2011

Portrait of History The Zhou B Art Center Chicago  United States

2012

 Li - The River of Souls The Zhou B Art Center Chicago  United States

2013

 Zhou Brothers China Series YongJiang Inlet Art Museum Nanning  China

2014

 The Zhou B Art Center Chicago  United States

2015

Journey to Art The Ed Paschke Art Center  United States

2015

Water Lily pond of Life the Zhou B Art Center  United States

   
 

Collective exhibitions  selection

   

2000

27.09 28.10Georg Baselitz, Martin Disler, Zhou Brothers Rigassi Gallery Bern  Switzerland

2003

18.11 19.01Reinterpretation: A Decade Of Experimental Chinese Art ( 1990-2000 )

 

First Triennial Guangzhou  China

2005

15.01 01.03 Lithographie Wolfgang Exner Gallery Vienna  Austria

2009

Art Chicago Chicago  United States

2010

 03.09 31.12 50 Artistes Internationaux  Villa  Museum Haiss Harmersbach  Germany

   


   
 

Zhou brothers                                                                                     www.zhoubrothers.com

 

Zhou B Art Center                                                                              http://zhoubartcenter.com/

   


 
 

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Books, catalogues, articles on Zhou brothers and their work could be alone  
the object of a publication. - selection.

       

© Zhou brothers

  Zhou Brothers

1994

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
       
       
       
© Zhou brothers   Zhou Brothers

1996

 

catalogue of the exhibition from 18.05 to 16.06 1996

 
 

Wolfhart Viertel Gallery Frankfort

 
  for the Art prize 1996 Heitland Foundation  
 

in german

 
 

29,5 cm x 22,5 cm

 
 

48 p

 
 

isbn 3 925521 24 0

 
     
     
     
       
       
       

© Zhou brothers

  Zhou Brothers

Hatje Cantz

 

30 years of collaboration

2004

 

catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition

 

 

09.10 2004 09.01 2005 Elmhurst Art Museum

 
 

16.10 2004 02.01 2005 Chicago Cultural Center

 
 

in english

 
 

31 cm x 24,5 cm

 
 

352 p

 
 

isbn luxe 3 7757 9192 2

 
 

 

 
     
       
       


 
 

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