Zimou Tan, Artist

Zimou Tan was named “Chinese Master Artist” in December of 2007 by the Chinese government Art and Culture department, also selected as "The 50 Artists impacted China". Tan was born and raised in Canton, China, apprenticed to Chinese Master Artist Le, YiFeng at age 12. At age 14 he immigrated to America with his family. Mr. Tan graduated from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco in 2000. There he earned degrees in both Traditional Illustration and Fine Arts.

Mr.Tan has been a professor teaching drawing and painting from the year 2000 to the present.

In 2003 Tan won the Northern California Gold Metal portrait painting competition.

2005, he was the Gold Medal Winner at the Hudson Valley Art Association’s 74th Annual Exhibit.

In 2006 Mr. Tan won Best of Show at the Morro Bay Art Association Group Exhibit.

Tan has exhibited with the California Art Club’s gold Medal and Group Exhibits.

His paintings have been presented in the New York Portrait Society Gallery in New York City; American Artists Professional League- 73rd Grand National Exhibition in the New York City; de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, and Asia Society of Arts of America, San Francisco, California. 20th Annual Marin Open Studio as the main feature artist at Corte Madera, California. Kaiping Artists exhibition 2014, Canton China.

Tan is a member of the California Art Club, Oil Painters of America, American Society of Portrait Artists. ARC associate living master. Zimou’s work has been featured in “International Artist Magazine” “Art of the West Magazine”, "The artist magazine", "Stroke of Genius", Frontpage story for "Marin Independent Journal", "Chinese Master Artist", "The 50 Artists impacted China”. Art Renew Center 2014, 2015, 2016 Finalist. First world watercolor finalist 2014, Collection Beaux-Arts Réaliste's first prize. 2014. Grand prize winner for International Artist Magazine portrait and figure challenge 2015, Second prize 2015 Southwest art magazine, Second prize, 2015 Oil painter of America. 2016, Idyllwild Art League annual competition judge.

2017, named ARC associate living master. 2019, named 40 Portrait Master, by French fine art publication.

Art is life, life is art, life without art is meaningless.