Zhou Guojun (1954), a member of the Manzu ethnicity, was born in Fengcheng, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Zhou is a master in Chinese painting and is currently a professional painter with the Dandong Federation of Literary and Art Circles, a member of the Chinese Artists Association and the chairman of the Dandong Artists Association.