Born and raised in China, Jinya Zhao discovered a passion for glass whilst studying for a BA at the China Academy of Art (2013-17) and MA at the Royal College of Art in UK (2017-19). She sees glass as an ideal medium to explore the themes of environment, emotions and personal experiences.

Jinya Zhao's work spans sculpture, installation and design. In her current collection she has created a body of new work, using different glass qualities in order to explore the subtle relationships and tensions between colour, form and structure.

Her intention is to playfully explore how glass can affect the viewers perception of reality and to engender emotional responses. She uses opaque and transparent layered blown glass to deliberately obscure the interior of the specific enigmatic forms. This creates a paradoxical interpretation of what is interior or exterior.