Meet the Artist
Cathy(Zhixin)
Zhou
Drawing and Painting: Digital Painting and Expanded Animation
“Flee is a narrative animated graphic novel with animated GIFs, it is about a dream of a retired museum curator Anton who suffers from a sudden illness. The main theme I am exploring in my project is human’s attitude toward death and illnesses. The goal of this project is to illustrate a symbiotic and optimistic relationship between human and death, encourage people to enjoy their life. The title Flee refers to both Anton’s race against death in the story and human’s escapism mentality toward death outside of the story.”
Cathy Zhou was born in China and is a multimedia artist that focus on illustration and animation. Her practices focus on the exploration of the spirituality and inner world of human. Her works include illustrations, animations, multimedia videos and paintings. She frequently includes metaphors in her works that refers to the spiritual world. Cathy Zhou is currently working towards graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts of Digital Painting and Expanded Animation program in OCAD University.
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting: Digital Painting and Expanded Animation
Major In progress, 2022
Animation Illustration Graphic Novel Drawing and Painting Photoshop AfterEffect Concept Art and Character Design Digital Art