Jing Zhao was born and raised in Qingdao, China and now lives in Frisco, Texas. Jing has been drawing since the age of five. She began her formal art education at the age of eleven with a private art teacher. From eleven to eighteen, she drew everyday in hopes of someday attending to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the number one fine art academy in China. For various reasons, she studied law instead. After having been an attorney in China for many years, she moved to USA to continue study of American law and worked at an Immigration law firm. After that, she changed course, became a software engineer working in the telecommunication industry. Later on she was back to the legal field and became a business owner. Meanwhile, art has always been a companion to her. To further develop her artistic skills, she attended Peninsula School of Art, Scottsdale Artists' School and workshops, and studied with great artists such as Kevin Macpherson, Stuart Fullerton, Zhaoming Wu, John Michael Carter, Daniel Gerhart, Huihan Liu , Johanna Harmon, Anna Rose Bain and many other great artists. She is a professional artist and snapping up top awards for her figurative works.
Jing Zhao was a speaker as American Impressionist Society National best show Winners panelist, as well as a featured demonstrator at the AIS national small works show. She has been featured in Southwest art magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur and DESTIG magazine's top artist interview. Her works also included in American art collector magazine.
