周刚，1961年生于陕西，祖籍山东。1988年中国美术学院本科毕业，同年留校任教，1998年中国美术学院研究生班毕业获硕士学位，1999年中国美术学院水彩高级研修班毕业。中国美术学院教授，中国美术学院设计学院副院长、硕士生导师，中国美术家协会水彩艺委会委员，中国流行色协会教育委员会副主任，浙江省水彩画家协会主席。1999年作品《风铃》获第二届全国水彩、粉画展优秀奖，《母亲身后的太阳》获第三届全国水彩、粉画展铜奖，《中国儒商一九零八》入选第四届全国水彩、粉画展，《唱支山歌给党听》入选1991年全国宣传画展。出版有《水彩画研究》《中国水彩名家技法》《中国当代实力派画家?·?周刚》等。在《新美术》《美术观察》《亚洲艺术家》《艺术界》《水彩艺术》《中国水彩》等刊物上发表三十多篇论文。在美国、日本、韩国、新加坡、印度尼西亚、马来西亚及我国台湾、香港等地，以及国内十多个城市举办个展或联展。

Was born at Shaanxi 1961, ancestral home Shandong. Undergraduate course of Chinese academy of fine arts graduated 1988, of the same age stays school teach, class graduation caught graduate student of Chinese academy of fine arts 1998 master's degree, watercolour of Chinese academy of fine arts is advanced 1999 grind the graduation that repair a class. Chinese academy of fine arts is taught, chinese academy of fine arts designs academic assistant dean, Master to lay a teacher, watercolour of Chinese artist association art appoint conference committee member, association of Chinese fashion colour teachs council vice director, zhejiang saves chairman of aquarelle home association. 1999 work " wind-bell " obtain art exhibition of watercolour of the 2nd whole nation, pink outstanding award, " the sun behind the mother " win award of copper of art exhibition of watercolour of the 3rd whole nation, pink, " Chinese scholar business 1908 " selected art exhibition of watercolour of the 4th whole nation, pink, " sing a folk song to listen to the party " selected the whole nation publicized art exhibition 1991. Publish have " does aquarelle study " " law of ability of Chinese watercolour a person of academic or artistic distinction " " does Chinese contemporary actual strength send a painter? · ? Zhou Gang " wait. In " new art " " art observes " " Asian artist " " artistic bound " " watercolour is artistic " " Chinese watercolour " etc more than 30 papers are published on the journal. In and other places of the United States, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and our country Taiwan, Hong Kong, and more than 10 towns of domestic are held exhibit or couplet is exhibited.