Wang Xiaoli

Wang Xiaoli

Chinese Master of Arts and Crafts (2022, 8th Edition)

• Senior Craft and Art Designer

• Senior Rural Revitalization Artisan

• National Technical Expert in the Ceramics Industry

• Visiting Scholar at the Chinese National Academy of Arts

• Hebei Province "March 8th Red Flag Holder" (Outstanding Woman Pioneer)

• Jiangsu Province’s First Batch of Rural Talent ("Three Belts" Expert)

• Top Ten Young Ceramic Artists of Yixing, the "Pottery Capital"

• Representative Inheritor of Wuxi’s Fifth Batch of Intangible Cultural Heritage Projects

• Wuxi City "Women’s Achievements" Model Worker

• Yixing’s First "Zisha Civilization" Award Recipient

• Executive Director and Secretary-General of the Sculpture Branch of Yixing Ceramics Industry Association

• Part-time Lecturer at Gu Jingzhou Zisha Art College

• Art Advisor of Nanjing University Zisha Culture Alumni Association

• Member of China Democratic League

• Member of China Ceramic Industry Association

• Member of Jiangsu Ceramic Art Committee

• Member of Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Association

Born in 1971 in the "Hometown of Carving," Wang Xiaoli inherits tradition while boldly innovating. Her works have won numerous domestic and international awards. She studied under Chinese Master of Arts and Crafts Lu Jinqiao, excelled academically, and was retained as a teacher before being recommended for advanced studies at Tsinghua University’s Department of Arts and Crafts. She later apprenticed under provincial master and senior craft artist Chu Lizhi. In 2012, she became a formal disciple of Chinese Master of Arts and Crafts Chen Wenzeng, and in 2018, she studied under Chinese Ceramic Art Master Luo Xiaoping. In 2020, she was specially appointed as a lecturer for Yixing’s "Youth Ceramic Talent Advancement Program" by the Yixing Ceramics Museum.

Exhibitions & Publications

• 2009: Held Elegant Zisha solo exhibition at Suzhou Jiaying Art Museum.

• 2010: Held Passion for Zisha solo exhibition at Fo Guang Shan Dajue Temple.

• Authored Harmony in Many Conditions: My Sculpture of Venerable Master Hsing Yun and The Potter, The Vessel, The Mind (winner of the second prize in Yixing’s 2009 Outstanding Academic Paper Selection).

• 2017: Abstract Composition, Figurative Realism, and Imaginative Vitality won third prize in the 5th Jiangsu "Yibo Cup" Ceramic Art Paper Competition.

• 2018: Published Sculpting Dreams, Praising the Feitian—Exploring the Creative Elements of Zisha Buddhist Sculpture "Feitian of Prosperity" in Ceramic Science and Art (Issue 7, 2018).

Honors & Collections

• Listed in Jiangsu’s Cultural and Artistic Celebrities Database.

• Participated in the 2014 Chinese Fan Painting and Zisha Art Exhibition in the U.S.

• Featured in the 2016 Zisha: East Meets West exhibition at the British Museum.

• Her works have won numerous awards and are housed in prestigious institutions, including:

  • China People’s Revolution Military Museum

  • Nanjing Museum

  • Creighton University (USA)

  • And many other art organizations and private collections worldwide.