Haoyun Erin Zhao is a multidisciplinary artist based in San Francisco, California, primarily working in painting, printmaking, and installation. Rooted in her study of Eastern and Western Philosophy, Zhao's artistic inquiry delves into the intangibility of perception, manifested through the physicality of her chosen materials. Paying particular attention to the interaction of light, color, and form, Zhao uses transparency and abstraction to emulate the ethereal and elusive nature of human consciousness. With a fascination for the intricate relationship between image-making and diverse forms of communication, Zhao derives inspiration from multi-cultural influence, linguistics, literature, symbols, nature, everyday environments, verbal, and non-verbal communication. Her work challenges conventional ways of perceiving and interpreting visual information.
Zhao is the recipient of Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency (Shanghai, China), Golden Foundation for the Arts, Meta Open Arts, Edition/Basel Printmaking Residency (Basel, Switzerland), Kala Art Institute Artist in Residence (Berkeley, U.S.), Mission Gráfica Printmaking Residency (SF, U.S.), In Cahoots Residency (Petaluma, U.S.), Hearts in SF Project by Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, Thousand-Island Lake Art Project (Zhejiang, China), etc.
The artist’s work has been published in various magazines and exhibited in museums, galleries, and art fairs such as the de Young Museum, Exploratorium Museum, Art Santa Fe Contemporary Art Fair, International Print Center New York, Galerie Kuchling Berlin, Root Division SF, Heron Arts, Southern Exposure, Glass Rice Gallery, etc. Her work is in the collections of Meta (Facebook), IBM, CIBC, Kaiser Permanente, Boston Children’s Hospital, Guizhou Minzu University (China), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NYC), Kala Art Institute, and numerous private collections.
赵皓芸 (Haoyun Erin Zhao) 是现居美国旧金山的华裔艺术家，从事抽象绘画，版画，以及装置艺术的创作。赵的作品理念源于她对东西方哲学的研究，通过材料的物理性来探索感知的无形性。赵特别关注光，色，和形的相互作用，借助透明材质和抽象性来模仿人类意识空灵和难以捉摸的本质。由于对图像创作与多种信息交流形式之间复杂关系的兴趣，赵的很多创作灵感来源于多元文化的影响，语言学，文学，符号意义，自然，日常生活环境，语言以及非语言交流。她的作品挑战传统感知和理解信息的方式。
赵多次受邀参加国际和国内艺术家驻地项目， 其中包括Golden Foundation of the Arts艺术基金会，Meta Open Arts (Facebook脸书公司)， Edition/Basel 版画驻地 (瑞士巴塞尔)， Kala艺术研究所 (美国伯克利市)， Mission Grafica版画驻地 (美国旧金山)，扎克伯格旧金山总医院基金会Hearts in SF项目，千岛湖自由野艺术项目 (中国浙江) 等等。
艺术家的作品曾多次发表于国际艺术杂志并在颇多艺术展中展出，其中包括旧金山de Young笛洋美术馆，Exploratorium科技与艺术博物馆，圣菲市当代艺术博览会，纽约国际版画中心，德国柏林Kuchling画廊，Root Division画廊，Heron Arts画廊，Southern Exposure画廊，Glass Rice画廊等。她的作品被收藏于Meta (Facebook)脸书公司，IBM国际商业机器公司，凯撒医疗机构，波士顿儿童医院，贵州民族大学，纽约纪念斯隆凯琳癌症中心，Kala艺术学院，以及众多私人收藏。