About

Bio

Zoee is a painter, based in Texas, USA. She paints mainly in watercolor and acrylic, with a colorful and minimalist style. Art and nature has been an important part of her life since a young age. She grew up in a beautiful southern town in China and was trained under a sumi-e painter at a young age. After growing up, she moved to United States to study animation in University of Pennsylvania, and then started working as a software engineer in gaming after graduation.

But her love for art continued strongly. She spent years developing her artist career while working as an engineer full time.The eastern and western influence on her moved her to incorporate minimalist eastern aesthetic into colorful western aesthetic. The process of making art also helped her tremendously when dealing with stress and depression. In 2022, she quit her job to become a full time artist. Through her art, she wants to channel such healing power to her audience, helping them ease the stress and pain in modern life.

She has been exhibiting in multiple states in USA and also internationally in Taiwan, in group and solo exhibitions. Her work was featured in notable magazines such as Almost Real Things and Canvas Rebel. She also collaborated with Microsoft and Etchr (an Australia art and education brand) on public art projects and online classes.

Statement

Happy artist making happy art, bringing smiles one at a time.

Education

Computer Animation and Gaming Technology, MSE, University of Pennsylvania, 2012 - 2014

Brands I collaborated with

Microsoft: "Piano in the Park" public art project
Etchr: my loose watercolor online course

Selected Exhibitions

"Texas Top 20" Group Exhibition, Ao5 Gallery, October 2024, Austin, TX
Solo Exhibition, Sweet Watercolors Coffee & Tea, August - November 2023, Austin, TX
"CelebrAsia" Group Exhibition, Asian American Resource Center, March 2023, Austin TX
"Critters & Creatures" Group Exhibition, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Jan - April 2021, Seattle, WA, USA
Art Revolution Taipei International Exhibition, Taipei World Trade Center, May 2020, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Guest Artist Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of SnoValley, October - December 2019, Snoqualmie, WA, USA
“Piano in the Park” Public Art Project, Microsoft Redmond Campus, August 2019, Redmond, WA, USA

Membership

Women Painters of Washington, Member, February 2020 - March 2022, Seattle, WA, USA
Northwest Watercolor Society, Member & Social Media Manager, March 2019 - March 2022, Bellevue, WA, USA