Siyuan David Zhou

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Siyuan David Zhou

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    • Graphic Design
    • Photography
    • Teaching
  • Plate Engraving
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Artist Bio

Siyuan David Zhou

  

As an illustration artist, critical thinker, and classical Intaglio printmaking artist, Siyuan David Zhou has a passion for vintage art and preserving the traditional skills that are often overlooked in today's digital age. His love for traditional techniques is evident in his unique works; each is a stunning representation of the past updated for modern audiences.


Resume

Languages

  • English, 
  • Chinese, 
  • Japanese, 
  • Italian, 
  • Wu Dialect


Areas of Studio Expertise

  • Printmaking 

(Banknote Engraving, etching, Ukiyoe Print, Woodblock Print)

  • Foundation Drawing, 
  • Illustration 

(Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Vintage Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration)


Education

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

  • 2023 Master of Fine Arts (Illustration Practice) 
  • Certificate in the College Teaching of Art 
  • 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Illustration)
  • 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Humanistic Study)


Intaglio Engraving and Fine Arts Academy, Urbino, Italy

  • 2022 Banknote Engraving


Teaching Experience

2023 Spring Graduate Teaching Intern (GTI)

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Individual critiques with students
  • Game Testing and bug report
  • Project time tracking and group project management


2022 Fall Graduate Teaching Intern (GTI) 

Sophomore Illustration, with Professor Heidi Younger  

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Ink Demo for student
  • Conduct individual/ group critique
  • Course attendance keeping
  • Course score recording
  • Emotion support


2021 Spring and 2020 Fall  Graduate Teaching Intern (GTI)

Art of Japan with Dr. Sonja Kelly

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 

  • Giving a Lecture on the History of Japanese Animation
  • Individual/ group critique
  • Course attendance keeping
  • Course score recording
  • Essay advising


2021 Fall-2022 Fall  Foreign Language Studio Teacher

Creative Art (English) Workshop for Middle School Age Students

EF Education First, Hangzhou, China

  • Introduction of English Verbs for Art
  • Creative drawing/ painting
  • Teaching how to use English in conversation.


Exhibitions

2023 Alceo Quieti: Invenzione e Maestria,  (group)

Foundazione Rocca Dei Bentivoglio, Urbino, PU, Italy


2023, Invisible Genocide, Leidy Gallery

Grad Show 2023, Baltimore, Maryland, United States


2021 Young Wild Artist Gather up, Sponsoring Institution (group)

Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China


2020, October Image Harvest, Leidy Gallery (group)

Baltimore, Maryland, United States


Publications

2021 Womanly Magazine illustration collaboration:

Womanly Mag Special Issue: High Blood Pressure


2021 Published Article: 

Norman Rockwell Museum

The Drawing Methods and Techniques of Peter Paul Rubens


2023 Poster for Tokyo daisyu kayou kagutan


Membership and Association:

  • Society of Illustrator
  • National Cartoonists Society
  • Engraver's Cafe
  • Mid-America Print Council
  • American Topical Association


Additional Professional Experience

Artist • Beijing Jingzhan Entertainment.

August 2018 – July 2020, Working for the tabletop game Nei-Hai development, 

Remote Working.

  • Create a Steampunk Style Storybook w. illustration
  • Communicate with the concept artist to enhance the illustration.
  • Project tracking
  • Graphic Design


Graphic Design & Marketing • Rotapha. Inc.

Jan 2021 - Feb 2023 · Ningbo, Zhejiang, China 

  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Package design overseeing
  • Product design overseeing
  • Medical device development/ research
  • FDA/ CE/ ISO Product Registration
  • Expo management (2021 MEDICA, 2021 CMEF)


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