Image Credit: Xian Gong 龚贤
Zackery Yao 姚子骅 yáozǐhuá (b.2002, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China)
Based in Jersey City, NJ and Boston, MA
Photographer, Multidisciplinary Artist, Writer, Scholar
Contact: zackeryyao@yahoo.com
CV
EDUCATION
2025-2026 (Pending) Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health, Harvard Medical School - Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America
2024-2025 Master of Arts in Arts Politics, New York University Tisch School of the
Arts, New York City, NY, United States of America
2021-2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors. in Photography; Minor in Fashion Communication, Parsons School of Design - The New School, New York City, NY, United States of America
2018-2020 International Baccalaureate® Bilingual Diploma, United World College Changshu China, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2021-2024 Merit Scholarship Award, Dean’s List, Parsons School of Design
2019 Runner-Up (Documentary Photography Category), SCôP (Shanghai Center of Photography) Global Chinese Teens Photography Contest, Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations, Harvard University & SCôP
Group Exhibition
2025 May GreenBox @Le Petit Versailles:A Vision for the Future in Present Tense, White Box Gallery, New York City, NY (Curated by Juan Puntes, Asst Curator Kaylie Pykkonen)
2024 April Parsons BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York City, NY
2024 Jan Visual Aids Postcards from the Edge, BERRY CAMPBELL GALLERY, New York City, NY
2020 May International Baccalaureate® Visual Arts Higher Level Thesis Exhibition, United World College Changshu China, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China (Curated by Enra Huang)
2019 Oct Global Chinese Teens Photography Contest Exhibition, Shanghai Center of Photography (SCôP), Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Selected Commissions
2024 “Laurel Blue: 海洋的时尚低语 (The Fashion Whispers of the Ocean)” - ELLE China July 2024
Academic Positions
Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Teaching Assistant - Language Tutor in Chinese Mandarin, The New School-Schools of Public Engagement, New York, NY, United States of America
Collections
United World College Changshu China Library, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
Press/Publications