Jiang Caiyuan: Yixing Zisha Ceramic Artist
Jiang Caiyuan is a Jiangsu Provincial Master of Ceramic Art (Second Session, 2016) and a Professor-level Senior Arts and Crafts Artist. He is a member of the China Ceramic Industry Association, the Jiangsu Ceramic Art Committee, the Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Society, the Sculpture Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, and the Jiangsu Folk Literature and Art Association. He also serves as Vice President of the Sculpture Association of the Yixing Ceramic Industry Association.
Born in Yixing, Jiangsu, in 1962, Jiang completed advanced studies at the Central Academy of Arts & Crafts in 1985. In 1992, he joined Yixing Changlehong Co., Ltd., where he studied under Master Xu Xiutang and devoted himself to Zisha ceramic art creation.
His works have won dozens of major awards, including the First and Second Prizes at the China Yixing International Ceramic Art Competition; the First Prize at the Jiangsu Ceramic Art Competition; the Gold Award at the China East China Arts and Crafts Fine Works Exhibition; the First and Second Prizes at the First Yixing Ceramic Art New Artists and New Works Competition; the Second Prize at the First Yixing Ceramic Art Decoration Competition; the Gold Award at the “Huamao Cup” China Handicraft Fine Works Expo; the Silver Award at the Expo of the Capital of Oriental Arts and Crafts; the Second Prize at the Jiangsu Ceramic Art Innovation Competition; the Silver Award at the National Ceramic Art Design Innovation Competition; the Gold and Bronze Awards at the Fine Tea Set Design Competition of the China International Tea Industry Investment Exhibition; and the Gold Award at the National Zisha Teapot Exhibition of the 10th China Art Festival.
His works are collected by the China Zisha Museum, Wuxi Museum, Fujian Provincial Museum, and many other art institutions and private collectors.
"Auspicious Lion Hexagonal Teapot" by Jiang Caiyuan
si fang chi hu teapot made by jiang cai yuan
