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