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The Zhou Brothers, Shan Zuo and Da Huang Zhou, were born in China in 1952 and 1957 respectively. They have been living in Chicago since 1986. Their work attempts to capture an image of the collective unconscious beyond cultural boundaries, inspired by a combination of Eastern and Western philosophy, literature, myth and history. Shan Zuo and Da Huang Zhou received a BFA in drama and painting at the University of Shanghai in 1982 and received an MFA from the National Academy for Arts and Crafts in Beijing in 1984. In 1986 the Zhou brothers came to a hard realization that they would not be able to progress artistically if they stayed in China.  After an invitation to exhibit in Chicago Illinois the brothers set up a permanent studio there.   Based out of Chicago, the brothers exhibit their work nationally and internationally.   Their work has been collected by private and public institutions.  In 2004 a retrospective exhibition “Zhou Brothers: 30 Years of Collaboration” was organized in Chicago.   The retrospective was divided into three major periods of the brothers life:  China (1973–1985), America (1986–1993) and Europe and America (1994–2003) The brothers have exhibited throughout the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Japan, France, Netherlands and Hungry. Zhou Brothers: A Retrospective. Feingarten Galleries and East West Contemporary Company: 1989. Currently, Shan Zuo Zhou works closely with his brother Da Huang Zhou, together forming an internationally known and exhibited artistic team called The Zhou Brothers.
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