Constellation No. 1 Sculpture

Jan Zhou, an American-Chinese, a spiritual seeker, certified Raja Yoga Heartfulness Meditation trainer, an artist, and designer, who was born in Shanghai China. She graduated from Columbia College of Chicago in BFA. Now she is working in her design studio, teaching design subjects, and Fashion Illustration at Donghua University in Shanghai, China. For the last twenty years, Jan has lived between the East and the West. She found that the ancient eastern Modesty was eroded by the western egotism. The gap between man and the nature has been getting widen. One hand, we are having more material comforts but another hand, we are far disconnected from our true selves. The modern diseases engulf our souls. To her, there is a life after death. The true life and beauty exists beyond our material sense. It lies behind an imperfection, and incompleteness of a nature way. Everything surrounds us has its life and the purpose. We are connected one way or another. We are all living in a giant magnified field. She tries to deliver this true beauty and tranquility through her art. In 2011, she encountered a material which she thought could be innovated into new type of method for decorative art. After more than five unrelenting years of continuous exploration, from configuring pigments, creating new physical tools, readjusting the temperature and amount of time of exposure to heat, this delicate sculptural relief became her solace, her method of choice for artistic expression.