Follow Your Heart

Jianyou Zhang (Steve)Visual Art - Printmaking

https://jianyouzhang.squarespace.com

Artist statementMy works focus on human nature and nature landscapes. I want to express my opinions on modern people’s behaviors and discuss the relationship between human and our environment. My works have a graphic, sketchbook-like quality that includes characters and imagery derived from my interests in Pop Art and traditional European printmaking.

Futhermore all my works also reflect apart of my personality or my experience . I want to share my emotion and philosophy to my viewer .

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Salted-Fish

Installation - works on paper of relief and screenprinted layers 65” X 30” x 50”2019

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Salted-Fish (detail or fish)Relief prints from HIPS plate on Canson Edition paper Installation in metal bucket

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Salted-Fish (detail or fish)Relief prints from HIPS plate on Canson Edition paper Installation on wire with clothes pins

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Hidden

Installation - screenprinted works on paper, figure with performance70” X 50” x 50”2019

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Hidden (details of figure performing hiding in installation)With chair, pillow, cup

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Hidden (details of face covering and pants printed)5

Hidden (details of pillow and sweatshirt printed)

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Steaming heart

Screen print on paper45” x 45”2019

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Steaming heart (detail and image process)Screen print on paper

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Steaming heart (detail of installation of foam mountScreen print on paper

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Took

Proposal of Installation - screenprinted works on paper, figure with performance2020

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Outfit

Screenprint onCanson Edition paper and color paper18” X 24”2020

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Outfit Screenprint (detail)

Find another world（Unfinished）

Digial animation2020

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Find another worldAnimation(detail)

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Find another worldAnimation(detail)

Relief works

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Bird in bush

(Relief prints from HIPS plate on Canson Edition)9” X 11”

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What's hidden in the grass

Relief prints from HIPS plate on Canson Edition paper 6” X 13” 2019

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Body

Relief prints from HIPS plate on Canson Edition8” X 12” 2019

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