Zhao Meng

1967  Born in Anhui

1988-1992  Studied Ceramic Art and Design at China Fine Art Academy

2005-2007 Artist in residence at Office of Art at Harvard University, Boston

2007-2011 Instructor, workshop leader at Ceramic Program, Office of Art at Harvard University, Boston

2009- Associate in research for Chinese studies at Fairbank Center, Harvard University, Boston

Now Lives and Works in HangZhou

Zhao Meng is a researcher at the Harvard Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies. He has been actively researching on the inheritance and development of Chinese traditional culture and art in the new era.Zhao graduated from the China Academy of Fine Arts in ceramics and is the first Chinese artist whose work to be permanently collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition, his works have also been featured in the Rietberg Museum of Zürich in Switzerland, Cincinnati Art Museum in USA and the Contemporary Ceramic Museum of Seoul in Korea. As a contemporary artist, Zhao Meng's artistic concept respects the traditional values of the East while also incorporates the nutritions from the West. By bridging the East and West, the tradition and the modernity, Zhao Meng’s work has gained recognition from the 53th International Ceramic Competition Faenza Italy.