Zhou Chunya 2010-03-01
Zhou Chunya's Studio,
Chengdu
Conducted in Mandarin
“In 1971, Cheng Conglin and I would go to the Chengdu Municipal Library every Sunday. Our aim was to find art materials from abroad; we wanted to understand just what was going on in the international art scene. We couldn’t find anything though. The art section of the Library only had books from the Soviet Union. We didn’t have any inkling about the Impressionists, Van Gogh, Picasso or any other international artists.“
Biography:
Zhou Chunya (b. 1955, Chongqing) is an artist living and working in Chengdu.
In the 1970s Zhou learned to paint at the 5.7 Arts School, a special art school established during the Cultural Revolution to cultivate artistic talent. In 1977, Zhou entered the Printmaking Department at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, and after graduating in 1982, was assigned to work at the Chengdu Painting Institute (also known as the Chengdu Art Academy).
In 1986, Zhou moved to West Germany and in 1988 began teaching at an art school in Kassel, Germany. Zhou returned to China in 1989.
Zhou continues to paint and exhibit widely.
