As the founders of Zhengyin, Mr. Xiao Dayuan’s devotion and passion for art is an endless source of inspiration for the company’s young artists. His artworks take a wide range of forms and have exhibited internationally across the globe, which have brought him countless honors and awards at home and abroad. One of the his most famous paintings “the Spirit of Flowers” was presented to the Queen of Sweden as a national gift.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was one of the organizers of a Chinese avant-garde group “the Stars Art Group” (or simply "The Stars"). Being one of China’s pioneers for modern art, Mr.Xiao Dayuan's experiments with abstract painting have a profound impact on young Chinese artists.
“With an extraordinarily profound perception of the mysterious realm, an artist’s mission is to enquire into the world around himself incessantly.”- Xiao Dayuan