Yiniao Sci-Art is a professional organization operating within the scope of scientific and artistic products in addition to promoting cultural growth.
After receiving the exclusive license to represent the “Restatement of the Earth" project globally from PNSO, the Yiniao Sci-art began to initiate cooperative projects, partnering with the American Museum of Natural History, the 35th International Geological Congress, the University of Nottingham, the Macau Science Center, and Chongqing Natural Museum, by providing support for coordinating exhibitions, research and product development.
Additionally, YINIAO has cooperated with the Earth Science Foundation, Electronic Cultural Heritage Center, and many other international academic institutions in organizing activities that promote the popularization of science and public education globally.
ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang are two professionals who work together to create scientific art. Mr. ZHAO Chuang, a scientific artist, and Ms. YANG Yang, an author of scientific children's books, started working together when they jointly founded PNSO, an organization devoted to the research and creation of scientific art in Beijing on June First, 2010. A few months later, they launched Scientific Art Projects Plan: The Stories on Earth (2010-2070). The plan uses scientific art to create a captivating, historically accurate narrative. These narratives are based on the latest scientific research, focusing on the complex relationships between species, natural environments, communities, and cultures. The narratives consider the perspectives of human civilizations while exploring Earth's past, present, and future. The PNSO founders plan to spend 60 years to do research and create unique and engaging scientific art and literature for people around the world. They hope to share scientific knowledge through publications, exhibitions, and courses. PNSO’s overarching goal is to serve research institutions and the general public, especially young people.
PNSO has independently completed or participated in numerous creative and research projects. The organization's work has been shared and loved with thousands of people around the world. PNSO collaborates with professional scientists and has been invited to many key laboratories around the world to create scientific works of art. Many works produced by PNSO staff members have been published in leading journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell. The organization has always been committed to supporting state-of-the-art scientific explorations. In addition, a large number of illustrations completed by PNSO staff members have been published and cited in hundreds of well-known media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Asahi Shimbun, People's Daily, BBC, CNN, Fox News,and CCTV. The works created by PNSO staff members have been used to help the public better understand the latest scientific discoveries and developments. In the public education sector, PNSO has held joint exhibitions with scientific organizations including the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. PNSO has also completed international cooperation projects with the World Young Earth Scientist Congress and the Earth Science Matters Foundation, thus helping young people in different parts of the world understand and appreciate scientific art.
I. Darwin: An Art Project of Life Sciences
*The models are all life-sized and are based on fossils found around the world
1.1 Dinosaur fossils
1.2 Pterosaurs fossils
1.3 Aquatic reptile fossils
1.4 Ancient mammals of the Cenozoic Era
1.5 Chengjiang biota - animals in the early Cambrians from fossils discovered in Chengjiang, Yunnan, China
1.6 Jehol biota - animals in the Mesozoic Era from fossils discovered in Jehol, Western Liaoning, China
1.7 Early and extinct humans
1.8 Ancient animals that coexisted with early and extinct humans
1.9 Modern humans
1.10 Animals of the Felidae family
1.11 Animals of the Canidae family
1.12 Animals of the Proboscidea order
1.13 Animals of the Ursidae family
II. Galileo: An Art Project of Constellations
2.1 Classical Greek mythological characters that relate to the 88 modern constellations
2.2 Classical Greek mythological characters that relate to 10 constellation guardian deities
III. Starland Paradise: A Project Creating a Wonderful Science Literary World for Children
3.1 Science literature for Children series: Starland Paradise: Dingdong Bear and Twinkle Dino
3.2 Education courses developed using Science Literature for Children series: Starland Paradise: Dingdong Bear and Twinkle Dino
IV. Haven: A Scientific Art Project about Our World
4.1 Guanguan: I have a T-rex, A Science Literary Project for Children
4.2 Guanguan: I have a Zoo, A Science Comic Project
4.3 The 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals, A Science Literary Project for Children
V. Laborer: Scientific Art Project to Express Human's Production Activities
5.1 Common Food Crops
5.2 Common fruits
5.3 Common vegetables
5.4 Labor and Creation: Based on the Processes and Results of Human's Production Activities
VI. Great Rivers: An Art Project on the History of Human Civilization
6.1 Great Thinkers in Human History from the Perspective of Scientific Art
6.2 Natural Landscape and Human Cultural Heritage - the Case of Mount Tai, China
6.3 Geographical Landscape and Life Phenomenon - the Case of Tanzania
6.4 Man-made Landscape and Natural Environment - the Case of Beijing
An artist’s impression of the new short-armed and winged feathered dinosaur Zhenyuanlong suni found in China and from the early Cretaceous period (125m years ago)&l
Image: ZHAO Chuang
On July 17, 2015, Nature.com published the science artwork of Zhenyuanlong suni by PNSO science artist ZHAO Chuang. The research paper was published in Scientific Reports online. Dr. Junchang Lü at Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and Professor Stephen L. Brusatte in School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh led the research.
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