1967 Born in Anhui

1988–1992 Ceramics Major, China Academy of Art

2005–2007 Visiting Artist, International Ceramic Art Center, Harvard University, USA

2007–2011 Artistic Director and Academic Lead, International Ceramic Art Center, Harvard University, USA

Currently serves as an Art Researcher at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, USA

Currently lives and works in Hangzhou

Zhao Meng is currently a researcher at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, actively exploring the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese art in the modern era. A graduate of the Ceramics Department at the China Academy of Art, he is the first Chinese artist to have his works permanently collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His pieces are also held in the collections of the Rietberg Museum in Zürich, Switzerland; the Cincinnati Art Museum in the USA; and the Contemporary Ceramic Museum of Seoul in South Korea, among others. As a contemporary artist, Zhao Meng revives traditional Eastern values in his creative philosophy while innovating within Western modern art on this foundation. This approach earned him the Gold Prize at the 53rd International Ceramic Competition in Faenza, Italy, establishing an artistic bridge between East and West, tradition and modernity.