BIOJing Zhao was born and raised in Qingdao, China and currently resides in Frisco, Texas. Jing has been drawing since the age of five and embarked on formal art education at the age of eleven with a private art teacher. Between the ages of eleven and eighteen, she dedicated herself to daily drawing, aspiring to attend the Central Academy of Fine Arts, renowned as the number one fine art academy in China. However due to various reasons, she opted to pursue law studies instead. Nonetheless art has always been steadfast companion to Jing. To further develop her artistic skills, She studied with renowned artists such as Kevin Macpherson, Zhaoming Wu, Daniel Gerhart , Huihan Liu and many others. Jing has achieved international and national recognition as an award-winning artist. Her work has been juried into numerous international and national exhibitions as well as plein air events across the country. She holds signature membership in many distinguished organizations such as Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, Outdoor painters society and California art Club, among others. she was a speaker as American Impressionist Society National best show winners panelist, as well as a featured demonstratorat the AIS national small works show. She has been featured in Southwest art magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, American art collector magazine, British DESTIG magazine's top artist interview and Australia Capsules book Curatorial Volume 3-Leaders in Contemporary art. She has also served as an award judge for the Oil Painters of America fall online exhibition and competition. Notable awards include: Best of Show award at the American Impressionist Society 20th Juried National Exhibition . The Almenara Collection Moving Award, the Second highest-ranking award, at the Almenara Art Prize international competition in Spain. Sliver Medal Award at Oil Painters of America 2022 Western regional exhibition. Best of Show award in National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society 2022 international on-line Exhibition First Place Award in California Art Club's Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition Boren-Selvidge Award at Bosque Art Classic 34th Annual Juried Art exhibition . Third Place in landscape category of Portrait Society of America members only competition 2023. Award of Excellence at the American Impressionist Society 23rd Juried National Exhibition. Award of Excellence of Oil Painters of America 2020 virtual International Wet paint Competition. Award of Merit at the National Oil & Acrylic Painters's 32nd Best of American National Juried Exhibition. Finalist in Outside the Box at Portrait Society of America members only competition 2022. Third Place award in Artists on Location competition and show of Knoxville Museum of Art. 2024 Second Place in the quick draw competition at Schulenburg invitational Plein Air Competition. 15th Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition finalists. Honorable mention in the Oil Painters of America's fall online competition 2020. Honor Finalist in the December 2020 Bold Brush painting competition. Award of Merit at Outdoor Painters Society Plein Air South West Competition and Show 2022 Award of Distinction at Outdoor Painters Society Plein Air South West Competition and Show 2021 Award of excellence at Outdoor Painters Society competition at Kerrville 2021 Ist Place Award in the Texas members of the Portrait Society of America Exhibition 2018. and many others.