Zeta Gao was born in China and then spent half of her life growing up in the city of London. She then went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography from Parsons School of Design in 2015.  After graduating, Gao’s work from her Senior Thesis show was solely chosen to be debuted at the Max Mara store in Soho, New York City from September to November of 2015. For the following two years, Gao studied filmmaking and then decided to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts degree in photography at her alma mater in 2017. During her graduate study, Gao was featured in the Pingyao International Photography Festival where she received the Young Photographer Award for her outstanding work. She is currently based in New York City working primarily in the mediums of film, photography and other related media.