Kun Zhao
Email: kzhao4@saic.edu
Member of Zhuhai Artists Association
Member of Mid-Hudson
Member of California art league
Education
2023 M.F.A. in Studio Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. Concentration in Material and Printmaking.
2010 M.F.A. in Printmaking, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China.
2002 B.A. in Art Education, College of Fine Arts of Hebei Normal University, Hebei, China. Concentration in painting, Drawing, and Printmaking.
Work Experience
Feb. 2013–Aug. 2020
Associate professor, Academic Leader of Fine Arts in Architecture & Urban Rural Planning Department, Guangdong, China.
As a Director of Art Education, My work was comprised of curriculum development and delivery. I developed the curriculum for both mandatory and elective courses such as Instruction in Drawing, Painting, 2D Design, Wood-cut Print, and Material Expression. Throughout my course instruction students were instructed in various techniques for sketch drawing, color painting, and printmaking. as well as an optional course: woodcut print, specific in Exlibris and small-size relief.
Mar. 2011–Jan. 2013
Senior Lecturer, Academic Director of Fine Arts in Architecture & Urban Rural Planning Department, Zhuhai College of Jilin University, Guangdong, China. Each semester I teach drawing and painting of still life and landscape for freshman and sophomore. Each summer vacation, I lead my students to visit galleries or old towns or modern cities for architecture drawing and surveys. In addition, I designed the courses suitable for architecture students. During this time, I also instigated two curricula: visual design and material expression.
Sep. 2002– Feb. 2011
Lecturer, Shijiazhuang Fine Arts Vocational Hight School, Hebei, China. I primarily taught drawing and painting of geometry, still life and figure. Each summer vacation, I lead my students to do outdoor landscape painting for color surveys. During this time, I was rated as excellent teacher in 2004 and 2008, and I obtained my master’s degree from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.
Cooperation Education Program
I initiated the “China-US Design and Cultural Exchange Studio program”, working with professor Tao Sun (from Zhuhai College of Science and Technology) professor James and Matt from Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. As the Chinese leader and lecturer of the program, I taught and guided Chinese and American students of Chinese traditional woodcut. An exhibition as a final report in Zhuhai, China.
May. 2015–June. 2015
January 2016-Feb 2016
at the invitation of Grand View University, USA, I went to American, we hold the “China-US Design and Cultural Exchange Studio program”. As the Chinese leader and lecturer of the program, I taught the Chinese wood cut history and relief. we held an exhibition of teaching achievements in Des Moines, USA.
Residency
July 2010 - August 2010
The exchange program between Chinese and American Artist, Mid-Hudson, NY
Solo Exhibitions
January 2016
March 2016
Printmaking works by Kun Zhao, Des Moines, IOWA
Printmaking works by Kun Zhao, Zhuhai City, China
Group Exhibitions
• Landscape-1, Watercolor, collage, plastic bags on Chinese paper, HMVC Gallery
New York, during 1-31, December 2022, American.
• Joyous, pen and ink on paper, Delights and Shadows Exhibit, California Art League, 2021, American.
• At Mid-Hudson residency, 10th July 2019—1st August 2019, American.
• Zhuhai Biennale; Zhuhai Youth Art Exhibition; Zhuhai Female Exhibition; Zhu Zhong Jiang Three Cities Art Exhibition,
Zhuhai, China, during 2011–2020.
• Relief, Eaves Tile for the China-South Korea Exhibition, South Korea, China, January 2017.
• The Comprehensive print, Experiences of Life, was selected for the 6th Printmaking Exhibition of Guangdong Province,
China, 2015.
• The Landscape, watercolor, was selected for the Sixth Fine Arts Exhibition of Hebei province and won the first prize of the
Youth Group, Hebei, China, 2012.
• The aquatint, etching, Life-Pregnancy won the first prize of Youth Group of the 6th Hebei Province Art Exhibition, China,
2012.
• The silkscreen, Autumn Rains-Impressionism won the Excellence Award the 5th Hebei province Art Exhibition, China, July
2010.
• The aquatint, etching, Life-Pregnancy was selected for the 11th Tianjin Art Exhibition, China, May 2009.
• The silkscreen, Summer-Impressionism was selected for the 6th Tianjin Youth Art Exhibition, China, Sept 2006.
• Oil painting, the harvest won the Excellence Award of the 3rd Hebei Provincial Sketching Exhibition for Rejuvenating the
Country through Science and Education, December 1999.
• Exlibris was selected for the Ninth Exlibris Exhibition, Beijing, China, October 2001.
• Flower Season, Silkscreen, won the third prize in the second Hebei Art Exhibition, China, October 2003.
Collection
• Oil painting Outside the Window is part of permanent collection by Shijiazhuang
University of Hebei Province, China, July 2000.
• Comprehensive prints, Experiences of Life is part of permanent collection by Zhuhai
Art Association, China, 2015.
Bibliography
June 2012
June 2012
June 2010
October 2007
Sole author, Marks of Print and Aesthetics of the different Ages, China.
Sole author, Print Marks and Print Culture, China.
Sole author, the paper “Color Evolution in Western Painting” won the first prize
in the Implementation of the New Curriculum and in the Selection of Essays for Teachers’ Professional Development, China.
Sole author, the paper “Adapting to Market Demand and Promoting Professional Development--my Understanding and Consideration of Art Teaching in Middle Schools” won the third prize in Beijing Annual Conference, China.
Research Projects
Dec 2012–Dec 2014
October 2011-April 2013
April 25, 2012
• The first participant, Project research Fine Arts curriculum reform for Architecture Majors of Higher Education in Guangdong Province, China, Dec 2012–Dec 2014.
• The first participant, Project research Fine Arts curriculum reform for Architecture Majors of Higher Education in Guangdong Province, China, October April 2011-April 2013.
• The Participation of the Excellent Course - Design and Teaching of Architectural Physics, April 25, 2012
Curator
January 2016
March 2016
China-US Design and Cultural Exchange Studio program, Des Moines, IOWA
China-US Design and Cultural Exchange Studio program, Zhuhai City, China
Panels And Presentations
November 2022
2022 “Grad Talk Series: 2st Year MFAs”, speaker, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, November 2022.