Born in Xi’an, 1995, Xiaoxiao Zhao is an artist, architecture designer and researcher. Currently she is collaborating with UCCA for World Weather Network project initiated by Artangel. She graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor of architecture, and Cooper Union, New York, with a master of architecture, and exchanged in Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Zhao has worked in Rockwell Group in New York, and Xing Design in Shanghai. In 2022, she founded the Uselessness As Usage Studio. Her research and practice range from architectural and interior design, interactive installation to wearable design. She is committed to using design as a medium between the body and the environment, focusing on environmental criticism and media studies, body politics, cyborg, feminism, and climate responsive design.

Her works have been exhibited in Wuhan Biennial (2023), Venice Biennale Co-Habitats (2021), The First Design Curation Program (Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, 2022), abC Book Fair (Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2021), 4C Architecture & Design (chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, 2021). Her works has been published on e-flux magazine. She also participated in teaching in Cooper Union and Architectural Association as a research assistant, and research programs in Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.