Department of Ceramic Design
Message from the Director of the Department
The Class of 2020 are destined to leave a mark in the history of the academy. Because you guys have experienced an unprecedented pandemic with the rest of the country and the world, and completed your graduation designs in such a short time and presented them in such a brilliant way that everyone can see your talent and perseverance.
The art of making ceramics requires artists to build an emotional connection with clay. The process is long and complicated. It is what makes ceramic artworks captivating. The time for the Class of 2020 to complete graduation work was very short. You had no choice but to work hard in the workshop day and night. Laboring in a workshop is also what traditional ceramic artists would do most of time. Preparing for the online exhibition took up a lot of your time, but you did not lower your academic standards due to the limitation of time and poor working conditions. You have done very well in the graduation exhibition and thesis defense.
In the past few years, each step you took has come as a pleasant surprise to us. You have learned to make ceramics and be creative here. Your graduation work is a combination of what you have learned and how you perceive the world. Through the art of making ceramics, you have built a strong connection with history, traditions and life. Because I believe that any aspect of ceramic making, from technique to art, from restrictions to freedom, from imitation to creation, from present to the future, from the perception of material to the improvement of spirit, could reshape you.
It is very difficult to stand out as a unique artist. The key is to look into the depths of your soul and find out what makes you unique. I hope you will promote the spirit of independence and the idea of freedom through your artworks.
Bai Ming
Director of the Department of Ceramic Design
Postgraduates
Maze Illusion
Liu Peiyang
Instructor | Bai Ming
Phantom in the Mirror
Sun Jialing
Instructor | Bai Ming
Rebirth
Chen Sihan
Instructor | Zheng Ning
Hand Stamped Ceramics
Deng Chaolong
Instructor | Qiu Gengyu
An Old City Overgrown with Grass & City Ruins
Yang Shasha
Instructor | Bai Ming
Life Like Summer Flowers
Gao Ming
Instructor | Wang Hui
The Rhyme of Life
Fang Mengyao
Instructor | Yang Fan
Vein & Flowers are Flowers
Chen Jie
Instructor | Liu Runfu
Undergraduates
Drown
Yang Ke
Instructor | Bai Ming
I'm Fine. How about You?
Song Danyang
Instructor | Zheng Ning
Chasing the Light & Pupa
Li Yazhu
Instructor | Wang Hui
Afternoon Tea for Unicorns & Mermaid's Dressing Table
Li Mingyu
Instructor | Yang Fan
Glazed Mound
Liu Che
Instructor | Bai Ming
The Floating City in My Dream
Hu Zhuoya
Instructor | Zheng Ning
Bone Structure
Dong Junyi
Instructor | Wang Hui
Paper Balls & Paper Cranes
Pan Xinmeng
Instructor | Yang Fan