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Ningbo was call Mingzhou in ancient times, and was named Ningbo for the first time in the 14th year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1381 A.D.) according to the connotation of the old saying of "The Peaceful the Sea is, the Calm Her Waves Would Be". As an important port of the Maritime Silk Road, Ningbo has historically been a major trading partner of Japan and South Korea. Ceramic art is one of great creations of China. With the advantage of geographical location, the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago inherited China's creation, firing skill and development of ceramic art, and opened a new chapter in terms of imitation and exchange of Yuezhou kilns and Longquan kilns, making Ningbo an important transit port.
Since modern times, the ceramic art of China, Japan and South Korea has formed their own shape and appearance, and each has had a far-reaching impact on the development of ceramic art in the world. Thanks to the development and progress made in more than 40 years of reform and opening up, Chinese contemporary ceramic art has gradually become an important force in the field of contemporary ceramic art in the world.
The 2022 Ningbo International (China, Japan and Korea) Contemporary Young Ceramic Artists Exhibition is a gathering of works of young ceramic artists from China, Japan and South Korea, so as to develop and expand humanistic sentiments generated from the interaction of human beings and the pottery, extend the life experience of art and scientific technology, and emphasize the linking function of ceramic art in multi-cultural integration. This Exhibition is not only a retrospect of history, but also the review of the contemporary, and an outlook and expectation of the future.
I. Guiding Unit
Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Zhejiang Artists Association
Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Culture Radio, Television and Tourism
Ningbo Federation of Literary and Art Circles
People's Government of Beilun District, Ningbo
II. Organizing Unit
Ningbo Beilun Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports (Cultural Relics Bureau)
School of Handicraft Arts, China Academy of Art
III. Co-organizing Unit
China Port Museum
IV. Supporting Unit
(In no particular order)
Department of Ceramic Art Design, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
College of City Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts
College of Arts and Crafts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Department of Handcraft Arts, School of Design, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
School of Formative Arts, Tianjin Fine Arts Institute
College of Arts and crafts, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts
Department of Public Art, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts
Department of Sculpture, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
School of Sculpture, China National Academy of Arts
School of Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic University
Department of Ceramic Art and Design, Shandong College of Art
Department of Arts and Crafts, Nanjing University of the Arts
College of Plastic Arts, Guangxi Arts University
Dankook University, Korea
Ceramic Society of Korea
Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
V. Curatorial Team
Chief curator: Feng Yi, Sun Xuejun
Co-curator: Xiong Wenying, Kim Hyeog-soo (South Korea), Fujita Atsumi (Japan)
Assistant curator: Wu Feng, Liu Yuting, Du Ning
VI. Arts Committee
Honorary Director:
Liu Zheng (Professor and Deputy Secretary of CPC, China Academy of Art)
Zhou Wu (Professor and Dean of School of Handicraft Arts, China Academy of Art)
Directors:
Dai Yuxiang (Professor and Head of Department of Ceramic Craft, China Academy of Art)
Zhi Min (Professor and Executive Deputy Dean of School of Sculpture, China National Academy of Arts
Committee Members:
(In no particular order)
Wan Liya (Member and Representative in China of the International Academy of Ceramics)
Wu Haoyu (Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University)
Meng Fuwei (Sichuan Fine Arts Institute)
Liu Qian (Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts)
Huang Chunmao (Central Academy of Fine Arts)
Liu Yingrui (Tianjin Fine Arts Institute)
Li Cheng (Luxun Academy of Fine Arts)
Luo Jin (Jingdezhen Ceramic University)
Li Hailin (China Academy of Art)
Liu Runfu (Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University)
Shao Changzong (Jingdezhen Ceramic University)
Du Qinfen (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts)
Zhang Chun (Hubei Institute of Fine Arts)
Li Yulan (Shandong College of Art)
Zhang Wei (Nanjing University of the Arts)
Liu Yancong (Guangxi Arts University)
VII. Form, Type and Number of Works to be Solicited for the Main Exhibition
1. 120 pcs/groups of works will be solicited publicly from China, Japan and South Korea.
2. 30 pcs/groups of works produced by will-known ceramist of China, Japan and South Korea will be invited by the organizing unit.
VIII. Date & Time of Events
Holding time of the Exhibition: March 29, 2022 - July 3, 2022：
Opening time of the Exhibition: on the morning of March 29, 2022
Time of the discussion salon: in the afternoon of March 29, 2022
IX. Venue of Exhibition
China Port Museum
(6 Gangbo Road, Chunxiao Town, Beilun District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China)
X. Requirements on Solicited Works
1. The work for exhibition should be an original work produced in recent one year.
2. The work shall advocate the contemporary expression of new ceramic materials and new processes, and reflect the local inheritance attributes and aesthetic characteristics of ceramic materials.
3．Each author may submit 2 pieces (groups) of original works at maximum. The author shall provide electronic photos with a resolution of not less than 300DPI and a size of not less than 5M. The different angles and dimensions of the work shall be indicated on the photo, which, together with the application form, shall be sent to the e-mail address of paus@cpmuseum.cn. The author's name shall be attached to the mail upon submission.
4. Deadline of work Soliciting: from now to 24:00 (Beijing time) on February 14, 2022, subject to the time of receiving the mail. The selection results of the works will be published on the official website of the exhibition (www.portmuseum.com) before February 28, 2022, and the authors will be notified by e-mail.
5. The Organizing Committee will present each exhibitor with an album of Mingzhou Asks for Pottery - 2022 Ningbo International (China, Japan and Korea) Contemporary Young Ceramic Artists Exhibition as a gift, together with the Certificate of Participating in the Exhibition.
XI. Transportation and Insurance of Works
1. The author shall be responsible for the packaging, transportation and insurance expenses of the works (the packaging must comply with the international standards for transportation of artworks), and shall attach the registration form for 2022 Ningbo International (China, Japan and Korea) Contemporary Young Ceramic Artists Exhibition to the packaging box.
2. The Organizing Committee will be responsible for the transportation and insurance of any works that are returned.
3. Mail address: 6 Gangbo Road, Chunxiao Town, Beilun District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, Organizing Committee of 2022 Ningbo International (China, Japan and Korea) Contemporary Young Ceramic Artists Exhibition, China Port Museum; post code: 315830
4. Recipient: Xia Xiandi (18157375695); Time for receiving: 9:00AM - 5:00PM.
XII. Other Statements
1. The organizing unit has the right to exhibit, research, photograph, shoot, publish and publicize the artists and their works in the exhibition, as has the portraiture right to them as well.
2. The organizing unit has the right to postpone or cancel the exhibition or its individual events in case of force majeure such as epidemic situation.