周勇 Yong Zhou

1993年，其油画《丝绸之路》系列荣获联合国环境与发展委员会主办的世界环境艺术展优秀奖，并参加了该活动举行的环境保护宣誓仪式。

1993年，应联合国环境与发展委员会邀请，他创作油画《为了和平，为了下一代》，并将该作品赠送给时任美国副总统阿尔·戈尔（Al Gore）。

1996年至2001年，他连续五年荣获美国 Scholastic 美术比赛优秀教师奖。

1996年，应新泽西州州长办公室邀请，他为时任新泽西州州长 Christie Whitman 创作官方油画肖像，该作品悬挂于州长办公室。

2001年，他主创纪念“9·11”事件的大型油画长卷《2001·9·11——震撼世界之际》，作品全长36米、高2.5米。该作品的高清复制图片由新泽西州立博物馆（New Jersey State Museum）展出并收藏。

2007年，他在中国美术馆第五展厅举办个人画展，其作品《火焰山赞礼》随后被中国美术馆收藏。

2016年，他向美国新泽西州西温莎市政府捐赠一座高20米、三层的五角亭，并获西温莎市政府颁发的“金钥匙奖”。

2017年10月28日，他获美国新泽西州西温莎市政府授予“荣誉市民”称号，该项荣誉为终身荣誉。

2017年，他创作完成大型油画长卷《克拉玛依人》，全长30米，由克拉玛依美术馆收藏。

2018年，他荣获“全美华裔50强杰出人才奖”。

2021年，其油画作品《中国地——蒙古东归印象》入选中华人民共和国文化和旅游部“一带一路国际美术工程”，并由中国国家画院美术馆收藏。

自2013年起，他创立并主持“五月中国——中美国际艺术节”（May China – China–U.S. International Art Festival），长期致力于推动中美艺术交流与文明互鉴。他组织并带领来自耶鲁大学艺术学院、普林斯顿大学、哥伦比亚大学艺术学院、布朗大学、芝加哥艺术学院、罗德岛设计学院（RISD）、马里兰艺术学院（MICA）、佩斯大学、华盛顿大学、美国国家设计学院以及新泽西雕塑公园（Grounds For Sculpture）等机构的教授和艺术家，先后赴中国国家画院、西安美术学院、新疆艺术学院、克拉玛依美术馆、新疆五印大观艺术馆等机构开展学术交流，举办大型艺术展览及研讨活动，为促进中美艺术家之间的文化交流与友谊作出了积极贡献。

2025年，其油画作品参加由中华人民共和国驻美国大使馆与中央广播电视总台北美总站联合举办的“和平的回响”（Echoes of Peace）大型中美艺术家联展；同年，他还参加了由中央广播电视总台北美总站主办、在联合国总部举行的纪念联合国成立80周年“和和之美”（Harmony and Beauty）大型视觉艺术展。

Yong Zhou

President, American Artists Association，Former Art Advisor to the Asian Cultural Arts Center at Rutgers University

In 1993, his oil painting series Silk Road received the Outstanding Award at the World Environmental Art Exhibition presented by the United Nations Environment and Development Committee, and he participated in the environmental protection pledge ceremony associated with the event.

In 1993, at the invitation of the United Nations Environment and Development Committee, he created the oil painting For Peace, For the Next Generation, which was presented to U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

From 1996 to 2001, he received the Outstanding Teacher Award in the Scholastic Art Competition for five consecutive years.

In 1996, at the invitation of the Office of the Governor of New Jersey, he painted an official portrait of Christie Whitman, which was displayed in the Governor’s Office.

In 2001, he served as the principal creator of the monumental commemorative oil painting scroll 2001·9·11 – When the World Was Shaken, measuring 36 meters in length and 2.5 meters in height. A high-resolution reproduction of the work was exhibited and collected by the New Jersey State Museum.

In 2007, he held a solo exhibition in Gallery 5 of the National Art Museum of China. His work Tribute to the Flaming Mountains was subsequently collected by the museum.

In 2016, he donated a 20-meter-high, three-story pentagonal pavilion to the Township of West Windsor, New Jersey, and received the Gold Key Award from the municipal government.

On October 28, 2017, he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen by the Township of West Windsor, New Jersey. This honor is granted for life.

In 2017, he completed the monumental oil painting scroll Karamay People, measuring 30 meters in length, which was collected by the Karamay Art Museum.

In 2018, he received the Top 50 Outstanding Chinese American Talent Award.

In 2021, his oil painting China Land – Impressions of the Eastward Return of the Mongols was selected for the Belt and Road International Art Project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China and was collected by the China National Academy of Painting Museum.

Since 2013, he has founded and directed the May China – China–U.S. International Art Festival, dedicating himself to promoting artistic exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and American civilizations. He has organized and led professors and artists from institutions including Yale University School of Art, Princeton University, Columbia University School of the Arts, Brown University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Pace University, the University of Washington, the National Academy of Design, and Grounds For Sculpture. Together, they have participated in academic exchanges, major exhibitions, and symposiums at institutions such as the China National Academy of Painting, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xinjiang Arts University, the Karamay Art Museum, and the Xinjiang Wuyin Daguan Art Museum, making significant contributions to cultural exchange and friendship between Chinese and American artists.

In 2025, his oil paintings were included in Echoes of Peace, a major China–U.S. artists exhibition jointly organized by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States and the North America Bureau of China Media Group. He also participated in Harmony and Beauty, a major visual arts exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, organized by the North America Bureau of China Media Group and held at United Nations