{"id":75670,"date":"2019-10-09T15:39:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T14:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=75670"},"modified":"2019-10-10T18:23:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T17:23:58","slug":"meet-chinese-contemporary-artist-min-zou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2019\/10\/meet-chinese-contemporary-artist-min-zou\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Chinese Contemporary artist, Min Zou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_75673\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75673\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75673\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-53x53.jpg 53w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blueness-30x30cm-2013.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blueness<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meet Min Zou a contemporary artist from China. She has studied in China and Europe achieving a Bachelor degree in engineering in 2004, and a Master degree in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what inspires her art, Min said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the abstract theoretical thinking. My works generally come from the accumulation of my knowledge, the love of nature, the love of Natural Science, the exploration of Humanities and Social Science, and the philosophical insights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75674\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75674\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75674\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Because-of-me-the-world-is-better-2-50x60cm-2019-750x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Because-of-me-the-world-is-better-2-50x60cm-2019-750x900.jpg 750w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Because-of-me-the-world-is-better-2-50x60cm-2019-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Because-of-me-the-world-is-better-2-50x60cm-2019-150x180.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Because-of-me-the-world-is-better-2-50x60cm-2019-417x500.jpg 417w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Because-of-me-the-world-is-better-2-50x60cm-2019.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because of me the world is better<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Art is to improve and purify the hearts and souls. The core value of art is to promote the progress of human society.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>In order for Min to create new artworks, she went to Xinjiang, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Hainan for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>When describing where she sees herself and her work, Min explains:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I sublimate the viewpoint of art. Now, I appear to be doing <a href=\"https:\/\/drdavidbrady.com\/alprazolam-xanax-1mg\/\">generic xanax online<\/a> art, in fact, it is the sublimation of thought, the realm of life, and the realm of thought. The sublimating of mind, the opening of mind, boundless imagination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75672\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75672\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75672\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Extreme-tolerance-50x70cm-2019-750x1050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Extreme-tolerance-50x70cm-2019-750x1050.jpg 750w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Extreme-tolerance-50x70cm-2019-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Extreme-tolerance-50x70cm-2019-150x210.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Extreme-tolerance-50x70cm-2019-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Extreme-tolerance-50x70cm-2019.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-75672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extreme tolerance<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A list of Min Zou&#8217;s recent achievements and exhibitions can be found below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Exploring and Thinking &#8211; Solo Exhibition, 798 Exclamation mark Art space, Beijing<\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; The Carlos Reid Gallery collaboration<\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Artbaazar.com, collaboration<\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Artzine.com collaboration<\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Won the excellence award of &#8220;independent character nomination exhibition&#8221;, Beijing<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; 35&#215;35 art project &#8211; Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Greece<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; SINGULART collaboration<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Landscape with Stories Exhibition, Nanjing University of Arts<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Oil painting works were selected into people&#8217;s painting program &#8211; People&#8217;s Daily(China)<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; PARALLAX ART FAIR London February 2018, London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o8L_DFq5U0A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Connect with Min Zou<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div lang=\"EN-GB\">\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artzine.com\/min-zou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">artzine.com\/min-zou<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecarlosreidgallery.com\/MinZou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">thecarlosreidgallery.com\/<\/span><wbr style=\"font-size: inherit;\" \/><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">MinZou<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Min Zou a contemporary artist from China. She has studied in China and Europe achieving a Bachelor degree in engineering in 2004, and a Master degree in 2008. When asked what inspires her art, Min said: &#8220;I like the abstract theoretical thinking. My works generally come from the accumulation of my knowledge, the love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4078],"tags":[1420,3417,4708,5470,4659,7736],"class_list":{"0":"post-75670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"tag-art-tag","9":"tag-artist","10":"tag-contemporary-art","11":"tag-fine-art","12":"tag-painter","13":"tag-visual-art"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gobi-deset-Gale-and-Oasis-60x80cm-2015.5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}