Noah Zhao was born in Berlin in 1976. Her artist’s name is ZOA and represents, besides the diminutive of her first name, three words that have always inspired her: authenticity, romanticism, and originality. This future creator of emotions grew up in a family of entrepreneurs.

In 2015, it was appraised for the first time by an art expert in Berlin, and in 2022, it was appraised by Aroon in France, who confirmed its value in the international contemporary art market.