Originally from China, Rachel Yan Gu is a ceramic artist, art teacher, and researcher inspired by eastern aesthetics, psychology, and critique theory. She received a BFA in Ceramics at China Academy of Art (CCA), Hangzhou, China, before earning her MFA in Ceramics at the School for American Crafts (SAC) in the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY in 2020. She worked as a studio manager in Yates County Art Center in 2021. Currently she is studying in Art Education PhD Program in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
