Xinyu Zhou, born in 1997 in Lanxi, Zhejiang, now living and working in Hangzhou. Graduated from the Animation Department of China Academy of Art with a bachelor’s degree in 2019.

She is currently studying a master’s degree in the third studio of the Printmaking Department of the Chinese Academy of Arts. Zhou Xinyu’s early art practice was mediated by animation and digital painting. The animated work Zhou, which she independently directed and produced, was selected by the Paris International Animation Film Festival, Brazil International Animation Film Festival. 

Recently, Zhou Xinyu prefers to use comprehensive materials as the main medium in her works. Zhou Xinyu’s creation revolves around personal experience and public events, but she does not translate these directly into pictures, but creates from the emotions derived therein. She draws inspiration from distorted images, light and shadow fragments, and focusses on the fragility of real life and feeting surroundings. Figures in her works often refect a strong sense of alienation from the real world. Her stagnant emotions are intertwined with calm gaze. She uses painting as a means of asking questions about the real world.