周勇，著名油畫家，1953年生於中國安徽。中國西安美術學院油畫碩士，現任美國新澤西美術學院教授（創始人）、美國羅格斯（Rutgers）大學亞洲文化中心藝術顧問、美國康州新英格蘭博物館中國部副主任、中國新疆藝術學院教授、中國新疆師範大學教授。1993年，周勇新疆風情組畫，參加聯合國"世界環境藝術大賽展"榮獲聯合國頒發的"世界環境藝術大賽"優秀獎，特邀前往美國、紐約、舊金山、芝加哥舉辦個人畫展。1995年，聯合國以特殊人才為其申請全家移民美國。 Yong Zhou was born in 1953 in Anhui Province in China. He graduated from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts with his master's degree in oil painting. As a renowned oil painting artist, Zhou is currently a professor at the New Jersey Art Academy, which he founded; Artistic Consultant of the Asian Cultural Center, Rutgers University; Deputy Director of the Chinese Department, New England Museum of Connecticut for Contemporary Art and professor at the Xinjing Arts Institute and Xinjing Normal University in China.