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About

Heather Zhou is an artist and creative designer based in Shenzhen, China. Drawing inspiration from everyday life, nature, and personal exploration, she uses a unique visual language to communicate emotions, sensations, and imagination. Her work brings an aesthetic that blends poetry, playfulness, and order to brands, products, and spaces.

Since childhood, Heather has immersed herself in books, music and fictional stories, sowing the early seeds of her creativity. After years of honing her technique and evolving her style, she now specializes on translating artistic expression into art and multi-disciplinary creative projects, using every stroke and color to capture subtle sensations and human emotions.

 

Combining a background in product and marketing, she extends her skills and experiences into broader business and cultural contexts—leading, planning, and participating in projects such as environmental experience design, events, community building, content creation, and more.

Heather Zhou illustrator and artist

Work Together

Heather is open to worldwide collaborations. 

Available for:

  • Custom art, design, and concept development.

  • Artist collaborations, art licensing, and other creative partnerships.

  • Multidisciplinary, design and creative projects: contents, product design, environmental experience design, murals, events and more.

  • Consultancy regarding creative strategy, storytelling, and cultural translation

For work inquiries or to schedule a call, please reach out at heatherzhouart@gmail.com

Selected Clients

Nantou Ancient City, Geometry, Nanshan Museum, Luckin Coffee, Alipay, ByteDance, CGTN, China Minsheng Bank, China Post, China Publishing, iFeng News, NetEase, Sohu, Tencent, Visual China Group, etc.

MORE

  • Awards

Winner, Creative Quarterly 78 (2024)

Winner, iJUNGLE ILLUSTRATION AWARDS (2024)

  • Exhibitions & Events

Year of Serpent Illustration Group Exhibition, Guangming Library, Shenzhen, China (2025)

The 9th China Illustration Biennial (2024)

The 8th China Illustration Biennial (2022)

  • Features

People of Print

Interview with Affinity Spotlight

  • Memberships & Directories

Association of Illustrators Folio

Shenzhen Illustration Association

Creativehowl Illustrator Directories

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All rights reserved. All artworks on this website are protected under international copyright laws and agreements. No part of these artworks may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the artist.

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