• Zhaojing's practice emphasises ceramic heritage as a historical necessity
• She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and a guest researcher at Kyoto City University of Arts
• Through her approach to clay, she studies society and the evolution of culture

Zhaojing Wang treats ceramics as social materials capable of telling their own stories. By blending and firing clays gathered from different regions, she evokes the complexity and hybridity of different local cultures, allowing the material to speak of collective memory and social mobility. "The transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage is not simply a matter of nostalgia, but a historical expression of culture and identity," she says. Zhaojing's approach to the ancient technique of jiaotai, known as neriage marbled clay originating in China's Tang dynasty, is not one of faithful reproduction. Instead, it is a way of understanding both the material and the self, while reactivating cultural memory through a contemporary artistic practice. Zhaojing's work has been awarded and exhibited internationally, including in China, Italy, Japan and South Korea.