Tao Haiyue describes herself as a curious observer. Before moving to Berlin in 2014, she studied at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. Tao was born in Hangzhou, China. „I grew up in a family of artists; my father is a painter, art editor and publisher,“ she says. „And my mother has a passion for calligraphy.“ So it was only natural for Tao to enroll in sculpting at Shanghai Normal University after graduating from high school.