- Overview
- Curator Biography
- Parallel Exhibition
- Art Competition
Date: 15 July to 31 October, 2021
Time: 10:00 - 22:00
Venue: The Venetian Macao
For more information about the artists and their work, please contact our curator team at: macau2021@potteryworkshop.com.cn
Caroline Cheng is an artist and curator, whose promotion of Chinese ceramic arts over decades has earned her renown in China and throughout the world.
As an artist, Caroline has held solo exhibitions in Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2013 and New York in 2015. Her work has been collected by the British Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, San Francisco Asian Art Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Art. Cheng has received prizes for her work in the Keramiak Museum in Westerwald, Germany and the Clay and Glass Film Festival in Montpellier France. She won a Mino International Ceramic Award 2017, the "Outstanding Achievement Award" from the American National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts in 2014, and the Japan Good Design Award for Community Development in 2020.Caroline is the owner of the Pottery Workshop in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jingdezhen and Dali. Its mission is to educate and promote the art of handmade ceramics. She is also the co-founder of Yi Design, and is currently working on research of recycled ceramic waste as building material.
TIME IS ON MY SIDE – 2021 GREATER BAY AREA YOUNG ARTISTS SCHEME The Greater Bay Area Young Artists Scheme focuses on promoting Chinese culture, especially that of the GBA, by providing a platform for young artists in the region. The aim of the event is to demonstrate the inclusivity of the cultural industries in the GBA and highlight the potential of the younger generation through showcasing their painting and photography.
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About Art Macao 2021
Art Macao: Making Life Beautiful
As a large-scale international cultural and artistic event in Macao, "Art Macao" has brought an immersive cultural atmosphere to the entire city as a gallery and an art garden. A brand-new urban cultural tourism brand is taking shape, prepared to generate a huge mass fervour for contemporary art in Macao.
"Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021" is back from July to October 2021. Government departments, enterprises together with artists from all over the world will bring diverse visual arts experiences under the theme "To create for well-being".
"Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021" is divided into several sections: Main Exhibition, Special Exhibition of Resorts and Hotels, Public Art Exhibition, Creative City Pavilion, Selected Works by Local Artists and Collateral Exhibition, among others. By gathering creative ideas from around the world, it aims to promote the reputation of Macao as a world heritage city and reshape the humanistic spirit in the post-epidemic era.
Curated by Professor Qiu Zhijie, one of the most influential contemporary artists in China and Dean of the School of Experimental Art of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Main Exhibition, themed "Advance and retreat of globalization", is divided into three parts: "The Dream of Mazu", "Matteo Ricci’s Labyrinth of Memory" and "Advance and Retreat of Globalization", providing a space for reflection and discussion on globalization and individuality, life and dream, remoteness and proximity, security and happiness, among others. The Main Exhibition also echoes the geographical and cultural identities of Macao, and triggers an in-depth dialogue between local and external artistic concepts in the globalization process.
Laying on the longitudes of different cities and in the latitudes of creativity, "Art Macao" not only hosts international masters and local celebrities, but also attracts the participation of prestigious cities such as Macao, the City of Gastronomy; Nanjing, the City of Literature; Wuhan, the City of Design; Linz, the City of Media Arts. Whilst point of convergence of unique cultural essences originating from various creative cities, Macao will once again become a great garden filled of artistic creativity.
From July to October this year, Macao will connect the whole world with creativity and allow the public to enjoy beauty and vividness. Create for the well-being of the world, create for the evolution of the world.