Wang Guangyong

Wang Guangyong

Jiangsu Provincial Ceramic Art Master
Senior Industrial Artist (Professor Level)
Provincial Representative Inheritor of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Master Demonstration Studio
Expert Judge for Senior Professional Titles in Arts and Crafts
Visiting Professor at Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology

Graduated in June 1986 from the Ceramic Art Department of Yixing Ceramic Industry School (now Wuxi Institute of Arts and Technology), studying under Mr. Zhang Zhi’an, an educator in Chinese ceramic art, and Mr. Chen Jianping, a Chinese Ceramic Art Master. From 1991 to 1992, he furthered his studies at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts (now the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University). His works have won over 40 awards at international, national, provincial, and municipal levels. He holds four national intellectual property patents. A number of his pieces and sets have been collected by cultural institutions at national, provincial, and municipal levels, as well as by international and domestic collectors. He has published multiple papers. His monograph Soul of Clay, Rhyme of Pottery was published by Nanjing University Press in 2015.

Selected Award-Winning and Exhibited Works:

1. “Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” (Dafang / the Generous One) – Purple clay teapot, selected for the International Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Louvre, Paris (April 2025);

2. “Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” (Series) – Purple clay teapot set, selected for the 4th “China Excellent Craftsmanship” Exhibition (April 2025);

3. “Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” – First Prize in the 2021 Recommended Collection Competition for Chinese Arts and Crafts;

4. “Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” – “Leather King” Purple Clay Teapot, Gold Award at the 2018 “Yibo Cup” Jiangsu Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

5. “Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” – “New Creation of an Old Teapot”, Bronze Award at the 11th China Ceramic Innovation and Design Exhibition;

6. “Leather Ox” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the 5th National Zodiac “Chinese Ox” Ceramic Design and Creation Competition;

7. “The Old Men Left Behind in the Village” Sculpture, Gold Award at the 15th “China Original · Hundred Flowers Cup” China Fine Arts and Crafts Competition; nominated for the International Olympia Award in the same year;

8. “Art Ceramics: Epidemic Period 2020” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the China “Hanbo Cup” Creative Design Competition for Arts and Crafts;

9. “Chinese Ox” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the 13th “Yibo Cup” Jiangsu Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

10. “Melodious Camel Bells” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the 6th Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Ceramic Art Innovation Exhibition and Ceramic Art Paper Competition;

11. “Three Old Friends” Sculpture, Nomination Award at the 1st Jiangsu Fine Art Award;

12. “Heavenly Questions” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

13. “Call from Afar” Ceramic Sculpture, Bronze Award at the 10th China Ceramic Innovation and Design Competition;

14. “Wine Contest” Purple Clay Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the “Yibo Cup” Jiangsu Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

15. “Rhythm of Spring” Purple Clay Teapot, Gold Award at the Jiangsu Crape Myrtle “Yibo Cup” Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

16. “Transcendence” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the Jiangsu Crape Myrtle “Yibo Cup” Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

17. “Fisherman, Woodcutter, Farmer, Scholar” Ceramic Sculpture, Gold Award at the Jiangsu Crape Myrtle “Yibo Cup” Fine Arts and Crafts Competition;

18. “Drunk on Tea” Sculpture, Gold Award at the Yangtze River Delta Arts and Crafts Competition;

19. “Impressions of the Ancient Silk Road” Ceramic Sculpture, Silver Award at the 2nd Jiangsu Ceramic Art Design and Innovation Competition;

20. “Leather Boy” Ceramic Sculpture, Second Prize at the 3rd Jiangsu Ceramic Art Design and Innovation Competition;

21. Paper “From the Excavation at Dadunzi: Exploring the Origin of Xuzhou Ceramic Sculpture”, Silver Award at the 7th Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Arts and Crafts Paper Competition;

22. “Chatting” Sculpture, Jiangsu Literature and Art Award – Folk Arts and Crafts Work Prize;

23. “Peach Garden Oath Tea Set” Purple Clay Teapot, Winter Jasmine Award at the 3rd Oriental Capital of Arts and Crafts Expo – Jiangsu Folk Literature and Art Competition;

24. “Joyful Teapot” Sculpture, Gold Award at the Oriental Capital of Arts and Crafts “Expo Award”;

25. “Waiting” Ceramic Sculpture, Bronze Award at the China Arts and Crafts “Hundred Flowers Award”;

26. “Under the Epidemic” Ceramic Sculpture, Third Prize at the 3rd Jiangsu Ceramic Art Competition;

27. “Artisan Spirit of the Times” Ceramic Art, Third Prize at the 3rd Jiangsu Ceramic Art Competition;

28. “Galloping” Ceramic Sculpture, Bronze Award at the 7th Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Ceramic Art Innovation Exhibition and Paper Competition;

29. “Years” Sculpture, Bronze Award at the 4th Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Ceramic Art Innovation Exhibition and Paper Competition;

30. Paper “Shaping Form with Clay, Conveying Spirit through Form”, Third Prize at the 3rd Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Arts and Crafts Paper Competition;

31. “Three Friends Drinking” Sculpture, Third Prize at the 3rd Jiangsu “Yibo Cup” Ceramic Art Innovation Competition;

32. “Han Dynasty Charm” Sculpture, Excellence Award at the 2nd Jiangsu Ceramic Art Design and Innovation Competition;

33. “Great Love” Clay Sculpture, Third Prize in the Traditional Skills Competition at the 4th China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo.

“Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” – Dafang (the Generous One)

“Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” – Zhigao (the Supreme One)

“Tolerance & ‘Leather’ Teapot” – Heji (the Collection)

“Wangwang” Purple Clay Teapot (symbolizing prosperity and good fortune)