Dr. Hongtao ZHOU is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and scholar of Art, Design, and the Built Environment. His creative practice intersects art, design, science, technology, and social innovation, generating objects, environments, and imaginations inspired by both pure curiosity and real-world challenges. Dr. Zhou has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including at Centre Pompidou, Venice Biennale, Milan Triennale, Gwangju Design Biennale, National Museum of China, Milwaukee Art Museum, National Art Gallery of Bangladesh, Chazen Museum of Art, and Honolulu Museum of Art. His creative work and research have been published in Wallpaper, Domus, Interni, Interior Design, Journal of Modern Craft, ZhuangShi, Metropolis, American Craft, Artdaily, and ArchDaily.

Dr. Zhou holds a PhD from Purdue University, an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has held professorships at the University of Macau, Tongji University, and the University of Hawaii. He is a Director of the Permanent Collection SaloneSatellite and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.