contemporary ceramic art
1984 Born in Taipei, Taiwan, now lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Visual artist specializes in contemporary ceramics art, with earlier artistic development in contemporary jewellery and object art.
STATEMENT
Ming-Miao's practice is focused on the 'fluidity' between materiality, corporeality and meaning-making. She obscures the borders between the body and object, human and non-human, sexuality and reproduction. She specialises in porcelain slip casting, mould making and sculpturing porcelain in subtle details with her meaning-making practices. Her Eastern root also makes her art challenge the Western thoughts of dualism and categorisation, thinking of the entangled relations of natural and artificial, biological and cultural to interrogate sexualisation from reification (objectification and dehumanisation) in the anthropocentric world.
In her works, she plays similarities and reinvents metaphors between the given meanings, symbols, shapes, and associations by casting things from nature, daily life, and the human body parts. She reinterprets those elements which are referring to sex, reproduction, and sensuality to reconstruct her artworks by connecting different elements that link to ideas and imagination of transforming hybridity. The relational thoughts of the earthen materials of the interrelated bodies of humans and non-humans expand her interpretation of the all-things-connected assemblage of various vital cycles. Accordingly, she creates an uncanny surrealistic symbiosis by using delicate and fragile porcelain material to interpret the nuances of recreating meanings hidden in details between being and becoming to intrigue the viewers' wonder.
Her artwork has been selected for several international expos in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Finland, and Lithuania, she also participated in international ceramic symposiums in Lithuania.
EDUCATION
2021: Master's degree at Ceramic studio of Fine Arts department, PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt, BELGIUM.
2018: Master's degree: Master of Culture and Arts in the Master's Degree Programme in Fine Arts (specialized in Contemporary Jewellery and Stone Carving), Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra, FINLAND.
2013: B.F.A degree, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Department of Crafts & Design, National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA), New Taipei City, TAIWAN.
2007 – 2009: Bachelor in Department of Geography, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, TAIWAN.
TRAINING
2012: Completing Jewellery Making Training, Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training Institution, Keelung, TAIWAN.
2012: Certificated Level C technician of jewellery processing license, TAIWAN.
AWARD & HONOURS
2023: Selected for the "XVI INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS BIENNIAL 2023"
Museum of Aveiro/Santa Joana, Aveiro, PORTUGAL.
2023: Selected for the "Young European Ceramics Competition", "La Biennale de la Jeune Céramique Européenne"
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie: Capitale de la Céramique, FRANCE.
https://capitale-ceramique.com/fr/concours-jeune-ceramique/
2023: Selected for the artist for the month, "Kunstenaar Van De Maand, Jan, 2023"
Zebrastraat (Zebra Culture), BELGIUM.
2022: Selected artist for the "XXI INTERNATIONAL BONE CHINA SYMPOSIUM"
Vilnius Academy of Arts (Kaunas faculty), Kaunas, LITHUANIA.
2022: Jury Mention Prize Ceramic Art Andenne 2022
A remporté la Mention du Jury 2022, Andenne, BELGIUM.
http://en.ceramicartandenne.be/project/prizes-ceramic-art-andenne/
2021: Selected for the “Majolika Award for Contemporary Ceramic Art”
Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe - IKONE 2021
Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe gGmbH Galerie, Karlsruhe, GERMANY.
2021: Seleted for "The 25 best graduation projects of 2021-- the design talent of tomorrow"
(De 25 beste afstudeerprojecten van 2021: het designtalent van morgen) by Flanders DC, BELGIUM.
https://www.flandersdc.be/nl/magazine/afstudeerprojecten-design-2021
2021: Selected by the Wanatoe jury for the Wanatoe Prize 2021 (Wanatoeprijs 2021) of Limburg, BELGIUM.
2012: First Prize of Graduated show competition, Northern Training Center, Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training Institution, Keelung, TAIWAN.
ACTIVITIES / EXPOS
28 Oct 2023 - 28 Jan 2024: "XVI INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS BIENNIAL 2023",
Museum of Aveiro/Santa Joana, Aveiro, PORTUGAL.
14 Jul - 15 Aug 2023: Young European Ceramics Competition, <<La Biennale de la Jeune Céramique Européenne>>
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie: Capitale de la Céramique, FRANCE.
5 – 29 Jan 2023: Showcase #01 2023, Kunstenaar Van De Maand 2023
Zebrastraat (Zebra Culture), Zebrastraat 32/001, 9000 Ghent, BELGIUM.
9 Dec 2022 – 15 Jan 2023: "Porceliano Miestas" (Porcelain City)
Panevėžio miesto dailės galerija (Panevezys Civic Art Gallery), Panevėžys, LITHUANIA.
29 Sep – 22 Oct 2022: "Porceliano Miestas" (Porcelain City),
Kauno centrinis paštas (Kaunas Central Post Office), Kaunas, LITHUANIA.
1 – 18 Aug 2022: "XXI INTERNATIONAL BONE CHINA SYMPOSIUM"
Vilnius Academy of Arts (Kaunas faculty), Kaunas, LITHUANIA.
14 May – 12 June 2022: "VISIONS" – The thematic exhibition of Ceramic Art Andenne (CAA)
Centre Culturel d’Andenne, Andenne, BELGIUM.
30 Oct 2021 – 13 Mar 2022: "KORU 7"—The 7th International Finnish Contemporary Jewellery Triennial Expo
South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta, FINLAND.
Oct 2021 – Jan 2022: "Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe - IKONE 2021" (Majolika Award for Contemporary Ceramic Art)
Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe gGmbH Galerie und Verkauf Ahaweg 6-8, 76131 Karlsruhe, GERMANY.
25 – 27 Jun 2021: "EXcITed/21", MAD-Gallery, PXL-MAD School of Art, Hasselt, BELGIUM.
15 – 4 Mar 2021: "There's No Place Like Home", PXL MAD GEBOUW G TENTOONSTELLINGSRUIMTE, PXL MAD Vrije Kunsten, Hasselt, BELGIUM.
25 – 30 Jun 2019: "Onkruid Vergaat NIET", Gym, PXL MAD Vrije Kunsten, Hasselt, BELGIUM.
21 Mar – 5 Apr 2018: "Mos" (Masters of Saimaa), Kaapelitehdas (Cable Factory), Helsinki, FINLAND.
10 Oct 2016: "KORUN PÄIVÄ" (Day of Jewellery) show, K-Citymarket Imatra, FINLAND.
11 – 22 Jan 2016: “POP l’atelier Bijou, ENSA Limoges”, Ranska, FRANCE.
25 – 30 Jun 2013: “Department of Crafts & Design” graduation show, group exhibition, International Exhibition Hall, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City, TAIWAN.
19 – 24 Jun 2012: Graduation show, Northern Training Center, Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training, Keelung, TAIWAN.
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