Visiting Artists and Scholar of Nova Scotia Colleage of Art and Design (NSCAD) University. PhD (since 2018) and lecturer in School of Design and Arts, Beijing Institute of Technology since 2005. Besides teaching, he is involved in ceramic art and design for more than 20 years. He is active in national and international ceramic arts exhibition. His monograph, “Delicate and Elegant Chinese Ceramics” was published by Beijing Institute of Technology Press in 2018. His takes inspiration from the Chinese ceramics traditions and applies various techniques including casting, salt firing and Raku to express the human bodies and their emotions. Zhao’s latest works are created through 3D modelling and printing.