Born in Chongqing, China, Prof. Jing Zhou is an interdisciplinary artist and versatile designer. Her award winning artwork has been widely shown and collected nationwide and abroad, such as Best of Show and Achievement Award from national juried art exhibitions, SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, Horizon Interactive Awards, Lucie International Photography Awards, permanent collection of the WRO Media Art Center in Poland, the Museum of the Living Artist/San Diego Art Institute, etc. Numerous books and magazines, such as Computer Graphics World, have published her work. Ms. Zhou is also a Gold Medal recipient of the Art Directors Club of New Jersey, Silver winner of the Summit International Creative Awards, and winner of the American Corporate Identity 23 Design Competition. Her clients include international organizations such as Greenpeace.
Jing’s artistic creations reflect her interest in spiritual experiences, and Eastern and Western art, literature, and philosophy. To her, creating art is a process of expressing her nature via being human.
Gold Medal 2008
45th Annual Art Directors Club of New Jersey Awards
Electronic or Interactive Design/Interactive Presentations Category
Gold Winner Award of Design Excellence 2008
The American Design Awards San Diego, California
The 2010 Switzer Distinguished Artist
Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts Pensacola, Florida
Silver Winner Interactive Media—History/Biography Category 2008
Summit International Creative Awards Portland, Oregon
Profile: thousands of submissions from 25 countries
Best of Show 2006
Third Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Chadron State College, Nebraska
Award of Distinction {Silver Award} Self Promotion Website Category 2009
The Communicator Awards International Competition, New York, New York
Netart Features 2009 {35 Selected International Artists}
JavaMuseum {Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art} Cologne, Germany
Achievement Award {Second Place} 2003
National Juried Competition—Photography and Digital Images
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey
Silver Winner Self Promotion Website Category 2009
Bronze Winner Flash Category 2007
Horizon Interactive Awards International Competition, Westfield, Indiana
Profile: over 2,000 entries from 32 countries
Winner Trademark/Logo Design Category 2007
Winner Websites Category 2007
American Corporate Identity 23 National Design Competition Ashland, Kentucky
Third Place 2009
Art of Architecture, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, Maryland
Award of Excellence 2007
12th National Juried Exhibition, Elk River Area Arts Alliance, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honorable Mention Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced Category 2008
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris International Competition, France
Honorable Mention Fine Art Category 2005
International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards
Profile: 16,648 entries from 32 countries
International Photography Awards, Inc., Los Angeles, California
Award of Excellence Digitally Enhanced Category 2004
Award of Excellence Architecture Category 2004
National Photo Awards, Inc., Warroad, Minnesota
Honorable Mention 2007
23rd National Juried Exhibition, National Society of Artists, Santa Fe, Texas
Honorable Mention 2006
Toledo Friends of Photography, Eighth Biennial National Juried Exhibition
Center for the Visual Arts, University of Toledo, Ohio
Honorable Mention 2004
Alligator Juniper's Annual National Photography Contest
Alligator Juniper Magazine, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona
Gates of the Arctic National Park AIR Alaska
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Johnson, Vermont
Everglades National Park AIR Florida National Parks, Homestead, Florida
Weir Farm National Historic Site AIR Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, Connecticut
Grant In Aid For Creativity Monmouth University
Financial Assistance Award Digital Media Academy, Stanford University
Competitive Research Grants Georgia Southern University
Graduate Assistantship Georgia Southern University
WRO Media Art Center/Centrum Sztuki WRO Wroclaw, Poland
Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego Art Institute California
Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art New Mexico
Electronic Language International Festival Archive Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco California
Center for the Study of Political Graphics Los Angeles, California
Neumann University Pennsylvania
Everglades National Park Florida
Monmouth University New Jersey
Zach S. Henderson Library Georgia
Georgia Southern University Georgia
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07 Wroclaw, Poland
National Museum in Wroclaw, WRO Media Art Center see "juried exhibitions"
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery: Evolve Los Angeles, California see "juried exhibitions"
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery: Global Eyes San Diego, California see "juried exhibitions"
Good 50x70: International Poster Contest Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
Endorsed by ICOGRADA, BEDA and AIAP see "juried exhibitions"
FILE—Eighth Annual Electronic Language International Festival
Sesi Paulista's Cultural Space, Sao Paulo, Brazil see "invitational exhibitions"
Daegu International Poster Exhibition—13th IAAF World Championship in Athletics
Daegu Stadium/Daegu Cultural Art Center, South Korea see "invitational exhibitions"
ISIMD 08 6th International Symposium of Interactive Media Design
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey see "juried exhibitions"
Greenpeace see "clients"
World AIDS Campaign based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands see "clients"
VII International Computer Art Biennale Rzeszów, Poland see "juried exhibitions"
Computer Graphics World Magazine see "publications"
Photo Techniques Magazine see "publications"
Celebrate! NewMediaFest’2010
JavaMuseum {Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art} Cologne, Germany
Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts Pensacola State College, Florida*
Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival Silver Spring, Maryland
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Blue Mountain Lake, New York*
SIGGRAPH Traveling Art Exhibition
Central Pennsylvania College Summerdale, Pennsylvania*
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Two-Person Exhibition*
United Designs—International Design Biennial California State Univ. Northridge
Sponsored by AIGA Los Angeles and Korean Federation of Design Associations
North Central College Naperville, Illinois*
Daegu International Poster Exhibition—13th IAAF World Championship in
Athletics, Daegu Stadium and Daegu Cultural Art Center, South Korea
FILE—Electronic Language International Festival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
North Charleston City Gallery South Carolina*
DIGITALEYES 2008 New Esthetic Dimensions in Computer Visualization Tech.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California
Chadron State College Chadron, Nebraska*
Seminole Community College Gootee and Zhou Exhibition, Sanford, Florida*
FILE—Eighth Annual Electronic Language International Festival
Sesi Art Gallery, Sesi Paulista's Cultural Space, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Computer Graphics Invitational University of Northern Colorado
Inklandia International Exhibition, Purdue University, Indiana
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado*
Photomedia Center Virtual Exhibition, Erie, Pennsylvania*
North Tahoe Art Center Tahoe City, California*
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia*
* solo exhibition
Nearly 100 juried and group exhibitions nationwide and abroad
Selected Exhibitions
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07 Wroclaw, Poland
National Museum in Wroclaw, WRO Media Art Center
Profile: 89 works were chosen out of 1500 entries from over 60 countries
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery: Evolve Los Angeles, California
The 35th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery: Global Eyes San Diego, California
The 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
Good 50x70: International Poster Contest Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
Profile: endorsed by international design associations like AGI, ICOGRADA, BEDA, and AIAP, the contest finalists were selected out of 4210 entries
Good 50x70 m.a.x.museo Chiasso, Switzerland
Good 50x70 Festival della Creatività Florence, Italy
Good 50x70 Norrbottens Museum Luleå, Sweden
Good 50x70 Centro Commerciale Roma Est Rome, Italy
Good 50x70 U.Design-Museo del Acero Monterrey, Mexico
Good 50x70 Istanbul Design Week Istanbul, Turkey
Good 50x70 Beit Meirov Art Gallery Holon, Israel
Good 50x70 Museo Madre, Design Per Naples, Italy
Good 50x70 Bilbao, Barcellona, Madrid, Spain; Hong Kong
VII International Computer Art Biennale—Rzeszów Poland
Marshal Office in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship and the Wanda Siemaszkowa Dramatic Theatre in Rzeszów
ISIMD 08 6th International Symposium of Interactive Media Design
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
11th International Triennial Political Poster Show Mundaneum, Mons, Belgium
IDEAS 09: Arts at the Digital Edge
iDMAa—7th Annual Conference of International Digital Media and Arts Association
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2nd International Socio-Political Poster Biennale
The International Youth Meeting Center, Oświęcim (Auschwitz), Poland
Poster for a Healthier World—International Exhibition
Institute for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Design A .C., Puebla, Mexico
D-ART Digital Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition
iV09 13th International Conference Information Visualization Barcelona, Spain
D-ART Digital Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition
iV08 12th International Conference Information Visualization London, UK
CGiV08 5th International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging, and Visualization Penang, Malaysia
Web Art Project Virtual Collection, 00130Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
14th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition
Viridian Artists Inc. at Chelsea, New York, New York
Juror: Robert Rosenblum, Curator at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC
Digital International Juried Exhibition
Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego Art Institute, California
Sponsored by SONY, over 971 Entries from 12 Countries
Juror: Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Brooklyn Museum
Digital'09: Mysteries in Science 11th International Juried Digital Print Exhibition
New York Hall of Science, New York
Juror: Arthur Molella, Curator at the Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of American History
Sumei Biennial International Juried Print Exhibition
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey
Juror: David Kiehl, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Second National Juried Exhibition Prince Street Gallery, New York, New York
Juror: Irving Sandler, distinguished critic, art historian, and author
Profile: 41 works were selected out of 1200 works from 300 entries
19th Annual International Juried Art Exhibition
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
Juror: Christa Clarke, Curator at the Newark Museum
Brand 32—Annual National Juried Art Exhibition
Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale Public Library, Glendale, California
Juror: Nancy Moure, Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Magic Numbers—National Juried Exhibition Micro Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Will’s Creek Survey—5th Annual International Juried Art Exhibition
Allegany Arts Council’s Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland
Juror: Elizabeth Thomas, Curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art
30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition
The Heuser Art Center Gallery and Hartmann Center, Bradley University, Illinois
Juror: Judy Collischan, former Associate Director at the Neuberger Museum of Art
6th International Juried Art Exhibition Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Juror: Lisa Phillips, Henry Luce III Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the former Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Silicon Sands—International Juried Digital Media Art Exhibition
Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Juror: Paul Schranz, Editor of the Photo Techniques Magazine
Digital Long Island—Biennial National Juried Art Exhibition
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, New York
Juror: Laurence Gartel, noted digital media art pioneer
National Juried Competition—Photography and Digital Images
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey
Juror: Edward Earle, Curator at the International Center of Photography
Presente! Homenaje a la Mujer/Present! Homage to Women
Amnesty International USA and Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, California
18th Annual Greater Midwest International Juried Exhibition
Central Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, Missouri
Juror: Dr. Leesa Fanning, Curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
30th Annual National Juried Open Show Roseville Arts Center, California
Juror: Scott Shields, Curator at the Crocker Art Museum
28th Annual National Juried Art on Paper Exhibition
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
Juror: Jennie Flemming, Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Texas National—Juried Art Exhibition
Stephen F. Austin State University Art Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas
Jurors: Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, internationally acclaimed artists
19th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Juror: Rudy Pozzatti, internationally distinguished printmaker
Faces of Woman—13th National Juried Art Exhibition
Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Juror: Laura Addison, Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe
22nd Annual International Exhibition The University of Texas at Tyler
39th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition
Visual Arts Society of Texas, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
DPI “Digitially Propelled Ideas” National Art Competition
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
Art of Architecture—National Juried Exhibition
Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, Maryland
Between Heaven and Earth—National Exhibition The College of New Jersey
Juror: Eleanor Heartney, distinguished art critic and writer
20"x20"x20"—National Juried Exhibition Louisiana State University
Juror: Heather Pesanti, Curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art
Propaganda III World Tour* throughout five continents:
Bologna, Brisbane, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Melbourne, Paris, Prague, Rome, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran, Zurich, many cities in the US, and more.
First International Mail Art Festival/MMAF* Shah Alam Gallery, Malaysia
Mark Your Territory—A Celebration of Logos*
Presented by AIGA Los Angeles, Friars' Club, Beverly Hills, California
* group non-juried exhibition
Published in nearly 20 different magazines and books
Selected Publications
Magazine Interior Art: Purity
Computer Graphics World July 2008 Issue
COP Communications, Inc., Glendale, California
Design work in book
100s Visual Logos & Letterhead by Matt Woolman
Angela Patchell Books, Richmond, United Kingdom
Magazine Interior Art and Statement: Artless-Art
Photo Techniques January/February 2006 Issue
Photo Techniques Magazine, Niles, Illinois
Design works in book
American Corporate Identity 2008
Collins Design, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York
Artworks and statement online
The History of Computer Graphics and Digital Art Project
ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee
Textbook Cover Art: Enlightenment
Essential Statistics by Dr. J. H. Wilson
Prentice Hall, Publisher of Academic and Reference Textbooks
Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Magazine Cover Art: Infinity, Magazine Interior Art: Ch'an
Sojourn A Journal of the Arts, 20th Anniversary Issue, Volume 20
University of Texas at Dallas, School of Arts and Humanities
Magazine Interior Art: Myth
The Rambler March/April 2007 Issue
The Rambler Magazine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Magazine Cover Art: Flow, Magazine Interior Art: Solitude and Dream
Tar Wolf Review A Journal of Poetry and Art, Issue 5
Tar Wolf Review, Clarkrange, Tennessee
Magazine Cover Art: Freedom
The Creative Line January Issue, The Creative Line Magazine, Glendale, California
Magazine Interior Art: Internal
The William and Mary Review Volume 44
The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Magazine Interior Art: Equivalence and Heritage
Journal of Critical Inquiry Into Curriculum & Instruction Volume 5, Number 1
Caddo Gap Press, San Francisco, California
Greenpeace global warming poster/t-shirt
World AIDS Campaign, based in The Netherlands virtual AIDS posters
Youth Projects Incorporated, Australia poster
Georgia Southern University, Psychology Department website
ABC Chinese Restaurant NYC business card
West Lake Chinese Restaurant website & corporate identity
Ann Cherico • Jewelry Designer website & corporate identity
Design My Home To Sell, LLC website
Monmouth University, Department of Communication logos
Art Love Magic, LLC book illustrations
IKKO Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse & Sushi Bar website
Hip to Bamboo, LLC logo & web interface
The Program for Acceleration in Computer Science Careers (PAC) website
Monmouth University, Department of Social Work posters & report cover
Pearl of the Sea Restaurant website
Louis Santore • Painter website
Monmouth University, Department of Art and Design posters & website
Creative Soup Zine website
Serge Demyanenko • Author of A Madness book cover
Pearson Prentice Hall Education Publisher book cover art
JH Photography website & corporate identity
TopFlight 4 Aviation web homepage
Georgia Southern University, Accounting Department web banner
Georgia Southern University, Art Gallery brochure & postcards
The ArtReach Foundation brochure
OneSource Marketing logo
Crider Poultry Incorporated corporate identity
Georgia Southern University, Art Department art festival poster
Zach S. Henderson Library brochure
SanZhong Automobile Incorporated, China corporate identity
Jing Zhou Studio Freelance 2004-Present
Gruen Associates Los Angeles, California, 2003-2004
Graphic Designer
Responsibilities:
• Design architectural graphics, proposals and reports
• Design corporate posters, ads, logos, brochures and stationeries
• Design presentation panels and PowerPoint presentations
• Design and maintain corporate website and project fact sheets
• Prepare and organize public relation materials
• Manage multiple projects at one time
• Work with other departments and business professionals
• Communicate and coordinate with custom printers
First Look Media Incorporated Los Angeles, California 2002-2003
Graphic Designer/Project Coordinator
Responsibilities:
• Design movie posters, flyers, magazine and newspaper ads
• Design logos, brochures, DVD & VHS boxes and labels
• Design and maintain web pages
• Manage multiple projects at one time
• Work with other departments and business professionals
• Communicate and coordinate with custom printers
MIV Emblem Incorporated California 2002 Spring
Production Manager/Production Artist
Responsibilities:
• Design emblems, ads, and basic page layout
• Create die-lines for print files
• Scan photographs, slides, and illustrations
• Handle multiple projects at one time
• Manage overall product delivery across internal and external teams
• Communicate and coordinate with domestic and oversea manufacturers
Bureau of Business Research and Economic Development Georgia 2001
Graphic Designer/Web Developer
Responsibilities:
• Design web and print
• Communicate with clients
• Manage multiple projects
• Web maintenance and development
• Work with groups and business users
Georgia Southern Museum Georgia 1999-2001
Exhibition Designer/Gallery Preparer
Responsibilities:
• Design exhibitions
• Design brochures, panels, boards, and labels
Chongqing Huaxi Package Incorporated China 1995-1998
Junior Art Director/Senior Graphic Designer 1997-1998
Responsibilities:
• Design packages, posters, brochures, advertisements, corporate identities
• Communicate with clients
• Communicate and coordinate with other departments of the company
• Supervise four people in the Graphic Design Group
• Supervise printing process in both mechanical and manual operations
Chongqing Chenjian Interior Design Company China 1994 Summer
Interior Designer
Responsibilities:
• Design interior and exterior
• Draw interior plan
Chongqing Lida Image Gallery Organization China 1993 Winter
Graphic Designer/Image Collector
Responsibilities:
• Collect and organize images
• Design brochure and magazine advertising
Assistant Professor
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey
Courses: Web Design & Animation, Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, Computer Graphics, Typography
Graduate Instructor
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
Course: Two Dimensional Design
ACM SIGGRAPH Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques » Since 2006
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Art Gallery Committee/Jury Yokohama, Japan
AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts » Since 1999
CAA College Art Association » Since 2003
Proficient in the following programs on both Mac and PC
Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing
Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Acrobat
Web Design and Development
Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, CSS, XHTML, Actionscript, working knowledge in
PHP and JavaScript
Animation/Motion
Flash, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Sound Edit
3D Modeling and Animation
Maya
MFA Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
BFA Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
Certificate in 3D Modeling & Animation
Digital Media Academy, Stanford University, California
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New Jersey, USA