I'm a Polish-born designer and maker based in Geneva. My practice reflects on dialectical dimensions of fashion, aesthetics and contemporary craft.
As one of the founding members of Hi Bye collective, with other HEAD Geneva graduates, I engage in collaborative projects and installations.
A Montreal based fashion designer and professor at University of Quebec in Montreal, former head of Fashion, jewellery and accessories design Programme at HEAD-Genève, Ying Gao has achieved personal distinction through her numerous creative projects: six solo exhibitions in France, in Switzerland, in Canada, and more than one hundred group exhibitions around the world. Her varied creative work has enjoyed international media coverage: Time, Vogue, The New York Times, Dazed and Confused, Interni, ARTE. She is one of the “Fab 40: Canada” selected by Wallpaper magazine.