The Art Studio 23 LLC is a small art studio at a big community, and you can enjoy the best that both have to offer for educating, exploring and inspiring. Currently, we are focusing on the following two age groups:

1. The 4th to 12th grade young passionate students who are willing to develop their potentials for the short-term goals of entering their dream colleges as well as their long-term goals of enjoying art through their entire colorful lives.
2. The local adult community who are passionate and determined to spread the joys through art creations; who want to make valuable statements for their colorful lives.

Our teaching philosophy is to help students to become successful designers, artists, scholars and citizens who enhance human experience, improve the quality of life and advance environmental sustainability; and to serve as a resource for our great state and beyond through research, creative endeavors, extension and outreach.

Our teaching methods are focused on innovation, curiosity, collaboration, open exchange of ideas, diverse perspectives, and environmental and social responsibility.

The founder and art director of Art Studio 23 LLC is Jeff Zhou from Skillman, New Jersey.

Jeff Zhou

EDUCATION:

• 12/1993: Master of Arts Degree in Art & Design, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA;
• 07/1987: Post-graduate Diploma of Arts & Design, China Central Academy of Arts & Design (now Academy of Arts & Design in Tsinghua University), Beijing, China;
• 07/1984: Undergraduate Diploma of Arts & Design, Shanghai Textile Institute (now Donghua University), Shanghai, China.

Jeff Zhou Continued

JOB RELATED EXPERIENCE:

• 2014-Now: Founder & President, New Jersey Young Artists Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of young artists in New Jersey, USA;
• 2013-Now: Co-Founder & CEO, JE Association, LLC, an interior design & management company, New Jersey, USA;
• 2011-2019: Founder & CEO of CaPantzzi, LLC, a sportswear company, New Jersey, USA;
• 2010-Now: Co-Founder, Alston & Co. LLC, an interior design & management company, New Jersey, USA;
• 2002-Now: Founder and Art Director, Art Studio 23 LLC;
• 1998-2019: Founder& CEO, Alston Taylor USA, Inc., D.B.A. ChinaRed USA, a garment im/export company, New York City, USA;
• 1996-1998: Account Executive, By Design, LLC, New York City, USA;
• June 1994-June 1996: Designer, Skip’s Cutting Sportswear, New York City, USA;
• February-June 1994: Artist/Designer, Guilford Mills, one of the largest knitting fabric groups in the world, New York City, USA;
• September 1991-Decembe 1993: Teaching Assistant, College of Design, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA;
• July 1984-December 1990: Textile Design Instructor & the Deputy Director of Textile Design Division, Department of Fashion Design, Shanghai Institute of Textile (now Donghua University), Shanghai, China.

ART EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS:
Jeff’s artworks have been published on papers and have been entered many art exhibitions around the world. The major pieces and awards are as following:

• March 2021: Outstanding Educator Award by Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, USA;
• June 2019: Outstanding Educator Award by Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, USA;
• September 2017: Sculpture “Trinity/孕” was entered the First Tsinghua University Alumni New York Art Week, Artosino Gallery, New York, USA;
• August 2017: Sculpture “Trinity/孕” was entered the First Tsinghua University Alumni New York Art Week, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA;
• December 1993: Installation “EMW” was displayed at Iowa State University campus;
• May 1993: Sculpture “Black Water” was displayed at Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, Iowa, USA;
• 1990: Sculpture “Glory and Dream” was entered “Shanghai Batik Art Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, China;
• 1988: Soft sculpture “The Orient” was exhibited at “Shanghai Wall Art Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China;
• 1987: Tapestry “Kirin Delivers Babies” was selected to China Art Exhibition at the Republic of Ecuador by the China Exhibition Agency for Foreign Countries, China Ministry of Culture.