Zhou Tianya ,CAA,NWS.

Chinese watercolorist Zhou Tianya was born in jingzhou city, Hubei Province, China. Currently he is director of the Cultural Centre of Guangming New District, Shenzhen. As a watercolorist, art educator and editor, he lives in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China, with his wife and daughter.

Zhou is a member of China Artists Association, a signature member of National Watercolor Society, USA, artistic Advisory Member for Asian Museun of Watercolor Art. he studied art at the Hubei Institute of Fine Art in Wuhan, and taught watercolor and was Chair of the Art Department at Jingchu Academy of Technology in Hubei Prov..

Zhou has participated in more than 150 solo and group exhibitions and won more than 50 awards for his paintings both in China and abroad, including the Bronze Medal Award of the 10th National Arts Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the P. R. China and China Artists Association. He also won one of top prize" Jack Richeson & Co. Purchase Award" in the 89th Annual Juried Exhibition of National Watercolor Society, US (and accepted into the National Traveling Exhibition 2009-2010, one year long tour, six venues), the 1st Place Award in the Watercolor Art Society-Houston’s 32nd International Exhibition and the 2nd Place in the VII Viña del Mar Watercolor International Biennial in Chile, the 2nd Place in the International Watercolor Society(Turkey ) Art Contest. His work was accepted into the 145th American Watercolor Society Annual International Exhibition and Traveling Exhibition 2012-2013(one year long tour, seven venues), and Juried into the Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Competition in UK.

His works can be found in many public and private collections in China, USA, France, Turkey, UK, and Chile. including the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, Zhengzhou Museum of Art in Henan. Hubei Museum of Art in Wuhan, Guanlan Museum of Art in Shenzhen, Jack Richeson & Co. in US. and Enjoy Casino of Viña del Mar in Chile.

His paintings and art articles have been featured in numerous publications, including Watercolor Artist (US), Splash 11-12, International Artists (Australia), Art Magazine (China), The Artist Magazine (U.K.), Takungpao (Hong Kong) , The Art of Watercolor (France), a book about his watercolor art titled The Case study of the Chinese Contemporary Famous Watercolorist Zhou Tianya published by Beijing Art & Design Press in 2010. Zhou also co-authored Inspirations and Technical Breakthroughs - Secrets of International Watercolor Masters with Dr. Ruan Hoe of UCLA, published by Jilin Fine Art Press, China, in 2012.

For more information visit www.zhoutianya.com, contact his at ztianya@126.com.

Shenzhen city, Guangdong province,P.R.China

周天涯，水彩画家，中国美术家协会会员，美国全国水彩画协会署名会员。

来自中国广东省深圳市