Dr. Feng Zhao has served as Curator of the China National Silk Museum in Hangzhao since it opened in the early 1990s. From 1978 through to 1984, he studied at Zhejiang Institute of Silk Textiles (now Zhejiang Sci-Tech University), obtaining his bachelor’s followed by his master’s degree. From 1995 to 1997, he studied at China in China Textile University (now Donghua University), obtaining his doctorate in Textile History. Between 1997 and 1998, he was a visiting researcher at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship participant
Fellowship Year: 1999