ANN NIU 牛安
(b. 1968 in Shanghai, China)

A contemporary female artist who has been associated with painting for nearly half a century.

She graduated from Shanghai University Fine Arts Academy in 1987 and Tokyo Musashino Art University in 1995, worked as an interior designer for Fujita Group after graduation, and then resided in the U.S. where she decided to dedicate painting as her life's work.

Since returning to Shanghai in 2000, Ann Niu has been pursuing different ways to express the everlasting themes of love and hometown. The combination of Chinese and Western cultures over and over again makes the art more contemporary and beautiful in the midst of constant change. That year she held her first solo exhibition at the Liu Haisu Museum, and in the same year she was invited to create glass mural paintings for her project at Xintiandi in Shanghai.

Since returning to Shanghai in 2000, Ann Niu has been pursuing different ways to express the everlasting themes of love and hometown. The combination of Chinese and Western cultures over and over again makes the art more contemporary and beautiful in the midst of constant change. That year she held her first solo exhibition at the Liu Haisu Museum, and in the same year she was invited to create glass mural paintings for her project at Xintiandi in Shanghai.

Ann Niu's works have been exhibited in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia and across Europe, she also frequently engages in cross-border collaborations, such as with the Shanghai Tourism Festival, Adidas, Hong Kong JOYCE Boutique, and Swire Group.

Has been with Sin Sin Fine Art since 2004.

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