关智民, 生于中国安徽, 美国明尼苏达州立大学终身教授, 1998年获美国堪萨斯州立海斯堡大学美术硕士。同年受聘于美国明尼苏达州立大学。绘画作品先后入选美国中国波兰新加坡等地评审展邀请展200多次，作品曾在纽约、费城、芝加哥、洛杉矶、华盛顿DC，圣路易斯，明尼阿坡利斯的画廊，博物馆展出。获奖30 余次。2010荣获明尼苏达州杰出艺术创作基金奖。2016, 2018两度获北达科达州杰出艺术创作基金。作品曾发表于中国及美国画刊／报纸30 余次。作品被众多博物馆、美术馆、大学画廊、文化机构，银行企业，收藏家收藏。2015年 参于策划纽约亚洲文化中心举办的全美华人艺术教授协会艺术展及大型研讨会, 2016年参加在中国贵阳举行的全美华人艺术教授协会艺术展及大型研讨会。2014-2016,任全美华人美术教授协会执行委员会委员，策展人。2024年被选任全美华人美术教授协会执行委员会主席。作为当代画家，关智民一直在寻求⻄方传统古典艺术，当代再现性艺术，表现主义以及试验性艺术的平衡点。并着力结合东方和⻄方，古代和当代的艺术表达方式。在美国二十多年，他的创作可分六个系列：(1)化石系列-揭示当 代人在自由和限制，物质和精神追求之间迷茫挣扎的生存状态。(2)铝板⻛景系列-在铁铝材料上精细描绘稍纵即逝的晚秋⻛景，暗喻当代社会物质丰富却情感冷漠，文化衰微。(3) 美国梦系列-刻画熟悉的文化学者，教育家，政治家，企业家，新移⺠的肖像及他们的励志故事。 (4)核桃木板⻛景系列-在褐色的木板纹理中，精细描绘明州的四季⻛景，力图唤醒观众对周围风景的关注及环境保护的热情。 (5)安徽⺠居胡同系列-用层次丰富的肌理和凝重厚堆的笔触，展示徽派建筑的格局架构和沧桑历史。(6) 天意-自然朝圣系列-用抽象表现主义的方法和挥洒自由的书法笔触来表现自然灵动的山水气韵和激情奔放的生命张力。

Zhimin Guan, Professor at Minnesota State University (MSUM).  He earned his MFA in painting from Fort Hays State University, Kansas in 1998, the same year he joined the faculty at MSUM. Guan has exhibited his art throughout the U.S. and China, including China National Art Gallery, China Academy of Art Museum, Singapore Asian Artist Gallery, New York Asian Cultural Center, North Dakota Museum of Art, Rourke Art Museum, and Plains Art Museum. Guan has presented 30 solo shows, 200 professional group shows and received 30 awards. He was the 2010 McKnight Fellowship recipient from Lake Region Art Council. His works were featured in public and private collections including the Microsoft, the Kilbourne Group, North Dakota State Capital and Governor’s Mansion, University of North Dakota, Methodist University in North Carolina, Minnesota State University, Fort Hays State University, Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Kansas,  Minnesota State Community and Technical Colleges, the Gate City Bank, Singapore Asian Art Gallery, Rourke Art Museum, Plains Art Museum, and North Dakota Museum of Art. His works have also been published in numerous art magazines and book covers. Since 2014 he has been serving as curator and board member for the Chinese American Art Faculty Association (CAAFA), and in 2024, he was selected to be the president of the organization. Guan strives to balance traditional and experimental techniques and figurative and abstract subjects in his art. He has been working in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, charcoal and mixed media. In the last 28 years he created six major series of paintings which include-Fossil Series (1995-2000); Landscape on Metal Series, (1999-2002), American Dreamers Series (2002-2006), Abstract Painting Series, (2006-2007), Landscape on Walnut Series (2007-2012), the Summit Series (2012-2014), and “Pilgrimage to Nature” Series (2019-2023).