The Spirit of Ceramics:

2021 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale

The spirit of ceramics runs throughout China, the motherland of ceramics. As the ancient capital of Chinese porcelain, Jingdezhen has greatly contributed to the prosperity and development of human civilization, embodying the past, present and future of ceramics.

In 2019, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China approved the establishment of the Jingdezhen National Ceramic Culture Inheritance and Innovation Pilot Zone, which reflects the vision and strategy of the country to accelerate the development of ceramic culture. In order to promote the development of the Pilot Zone and create a new platform for cultural exchange with other countries, the People’s Government of Jingdezhen Municipality and Jingdezhen Ceramic University have jointly established and launched Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale. Aiming to closely connect Jingdezhen with the outside world, the biennale will build a new platform for international and regional cooperation, exchange and mutual understanding with ceramic culture as the medium to let the world grasp and feel the China’s responsibility and mission for the prosperity and development of world ceramic culture.

  The Spirit of Ceramics: 2021 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale will promote the ethical and emotional interaction generated between human beings, clay and fire, art and science. The Biennale will also strengthen the role of ceramics in the integration of multiculturalism, and confront the challenges and future of ceramic art with open visions, great wisdom and all-inclusive minds.

 Ⅰ. Sponsors:

The People’s Government of Jingdezhen Municipality

Jingdezhen Ceramic University

China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd.

International Academy of Ceramics

 Ⅱ. Guidance Counselors:

China Artists Association

China Ceramic Industry Association

China Fine Arts Publishing Group Co., Ltd.

China Culture Promotion Association

China Society for the Promotion of Cultural and Art Development

Jiangxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism

Jiangxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles

 Ⅲ. Organizers:

China International Art Exhibition Co., Ltd.

Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Tourism Development Co., Ltd.

International Cooperation Office, Jingdezhen Ceramic University

The Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic University

School of Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic University

School of Art and Design, Jingdezhen Ceramic University

School of International Studies, Jingdezhen Ceramic University

 Ⅳ. Academic Advisers：

Ceramic Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association

Jiangxi Artists Association

Ceramic Art Institution, China Central Academy of Fine Arts

School of Crafts, China Academy of Art

Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum

Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum

Art Gallery of Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Avenue

Jingdezhen San Bao International Ceramic Valley

The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts  

The European Ceramic Work Centre 

Arctic Ceramic Centre 

Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park 

Korea Ceramic Foundation

Alfred University 

Staffordshire University 

École Nationale Supérieure d’art de Limoges

 V. Organizations

Organizing Committee of the Biennale:

Directors:

Liu Feng, Mei Shican, Hu Xuemei, Torbjørn Kvasbø 

Vice directors:

Ma Yuling, Jacque Kaufman, Ning Gang, Liu Chaoyang, Liu Zili, Yin Peng,

Zheng Zhi

Chief Curators:

 Lv Pinchang, Torbjørn Kvasbø

 Executive Curators:

Jin Wenwei, Ranti Tjan

 Assistant Curators:

Zhao Lantao, Li Chao, Wan Liya

 Executive members:

Hou Wenquan, Zhao Gang, Wang Xiaoli, Zhao Chuanyu, Zhang Jingjing, Hou Tiejun, Shao Changzong, Huang Xuanlin

 VI. Biennale Art Committee (Listed in alphabetical order)

Honorary Directors:

Fan Di’an, Han Meilin, Mei Shican, Qin Xilin, Wayne Higby, Yang Xiaoyang, Zhou Guozhen

Directors:

Lv Pinchang, Torbjørn Kvasbø

Committee Members :

Bai Ming, Inchin Lee, Fang Lijun, Inoue Masayuki, Huang Sheng, Jackson Li, Jin Wenwei, Jacque Kaufmann, Li Zhengwen, Judith Schwartz, Liu Zheng, Marieke Pauwels, Liu Jianhua, Michio Sugiyama, Liu Libin, Peter Pinnell, Liu Yuanchang, Philippe Barde, Lu Bin, Pierre Huber, Lv Jinquan,

Ranti Tjan, Meng Shufeng, Water Ostrom, Ning Gang, Wu Ming, Wu Yongping, Zhang Qingyuan, Zou Xiaosong, Zhu Legeng,

VII. The Arrangement of the Biennale:

1. The Main Exhibition: The Spirit of Ceramics: 2021 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale 

Awards: (bonus is granted with RMB before tax)

1) Kaolin Prize (a gold prize with a bonus of RMB 200,000, 3 silver prizes with a bonus of RMB 100,000 per winner and 5 bronze prizes with a bonus of RMB 50,000 per winner)

2) Kito Prize (twenty winners, with a bonus of RMB 30,000 per winner)

3) Taoxichuan Emerging Artists Award (thirty winners, with a bonus of RMB 20,000 per winner)

(All the prize winners are entitled to residency in the International Studio at Jingdezhen Ceramic University for one-to-three months. The qualification is valid for two years.)

2. The Special Exhibition: The Spirit of Ceramics: Italian National Ceramic Art Exhibition

 3. Independent Exhibitions:

1)  The Spirit of Ceramics: International Ceramic Film Screening

2) The Spirit of Ceramics: Jingdezhen International Contemporary Ceramic Painting Nomination Exhibition

4. Parallel Activities:

1) International Forum on the Future of Contemporary Ceramic Art Education 

2) The Inauguration Ceremony of International Ceramic Education Alliance across the “Belt and Road”

3) Where Hundred Rivers Converge: International Ceramic Art Residency Demonstration

4) When Great Summits Meet: Acclaimed Ceramic Artists, Professors and Scholars’ Lectures and Dialogues

VIII. Methods, Types and Number of Works for the Main Exhibition

A total of 300 pieces/sets of works will be exhibited in the main exhibition.

1. Among the exhibited works, 220 pieces/sets will be represented from all over the world.

2. The sponsors will specially invite 80 acclaimed Chinese and foreign ceramic artists (40 Chinese artists and 40 foreign artists) with 80 pieces/sets of works.

IX. Time of the Main Exhibition:

 November 18^th, 2021 --February 17^th, 2022

X. Venue of the Main Exhibition:

 The Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic University

XI. Requirements for Artworks:

1. The artworks should focus on the relationship between individuals and ceramics or between collectivity and ceramics, including but not limited to the relationship between society and ceramics, history and ceramics, countries and ceramics, cities and ceramics, ecology and ceramics, and technology and ceramics.

2. The Biennale advocates the inheritance and innovation of ceramics, the expression of new materials and new techniques, and novel ideas and outstanding craftsmanship. It encourages the embodiment of contemporary aesthetics and technical transformation, and gives emphasis to works that reflect their own culture and the cultural inheritance of regional materials in cross-cultural and cross-regional contexts.  

3. The preliminary evaluation: Each author (including as cooperator) is limited to submit 2 original works. The participant should provide electronic pictures (TIFF format) with resolution no less than 300 dpi and size no less than 10MB. Images should be submitted with notes marking the sizes and view angle of the works. Please download and fill in the application form from the official website of the Biennale (www.cjicb.com), and send it back to the email address(info@cjicb.com) with the subject of the name of the artist.

4. Time for submitting the works.  Works can be submitted from July 5^th to  24:00, September 10^th, 2021 (Beijing Time). The actual time is subject to the time of receipt of the email. The preliminary evaluation results will be published on the official websites of the Biennale (www.cjicb.com) before September 22^nd, 2021, and the winners will also be informed by emails.

5. Each participating artist will receive a copy of the catalog of biennale works and a participating certificate (award certificates for winners) from the organizing committee of the Biennale.

XII. The transportation and insurance of works:

1. Delivery: The finalists should ship their works after receiving the sponsor’s notification (time and address of the receipt will be notified later). The artists are responsible for the packaging and shipping of their works to the Biennale, and the organizers will not be in a position to compensate for any loss if works are damaged during transportation. Be sure to paste the Application Form of 2021 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Biennale on the original works or put it inside the packing crates. (The artists are personally responsible for the transportation insurance of the works).

2. Returning: All works will be shipped back and insured by the organizing committee.

3. Shipping Address:

Liu Lan, Tu Zhixin

The Biennale Office,

the Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic University (Xianghu Campus), Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, P.R.C.  

Postal code: 333403

Liu Lan’s phone number: +86  139 7981 0400

Tu Zhixin’s phone number:+86 13517980890

XIII. The Sponsors reserve the right to use, exhibit, study, photograph, video, publish and publicize the participating artists’ portraits and their works.

Please download The Application Form of 2021 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale. Docx from the official website of the Biennale www.cjicb.com and send it back to the E-mail address: info@cjicb.com. Please feel free to contact the Biennale Office for more information.

Tel.: 0086 7988 499 600（9:00--17:00, Beijing Time)