Artist CV:Ming Zhou was born in 1961 in Shanghai, China and came to Canada in 1988.He studied at the Decorative Art Department of Shanghai Light Industry UniversityStudied Chinese and Western painting, 1979-1982 and at Columbia University, NY, 1986.He has participated in many shows in Canada, the U.S. and China often with the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour of which he is a member.Mnig has won many awards for his elegant and unique watercolour style. BORN: 1961, Shanghai, China Came to Canada in 1988 DIED: Toronto, 2006 STUDIED: Decorative Art Department of Shanghai Light Industry University Studied Chinese and Western painting, 1979-1982 Studied art and painting at Columbia University, NY, 1986 MEMBER: 2006, Ontario Society of Artists Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour Chinese Artists Association Chinese Water Colour Painters Association Youth Association of Shanghai Water Colour Painters SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Young Fox Gallery, Toronto, 1991, 1993 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, 2003 GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Artistic Drawing Exhibition, Kuwait, 1982 (first prize winner) China Water Colour Exhibit, Shanghai, 1985 (first prize winner) Contemporary Chinese Water Colour Paintings, England, 1986 "In Memory of Beethoven on the 215th Anniversary of his Birth" Chinese Art Gallery, New York, 1987 Fourth Toronto Indoor Artist's Fair, 1990 (first prize winner) Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour each year from 1990 Three Watercolour Artists, 2005 |
