Ceramic Calendar

TRESOR exhibition Basel. Artist Paul March. Photo credit: Guillaume Mausset.
Posts on this page will be limited to renowned ceramic events and opportunities. We encourage our collective members and other institutional partners to send us their programmes so that we can publish them on the IAC website.	The events of the individual members: artists, curators, … are posted on the IAC Facebook page. Follow their activities!

Ceramic Art London 2024 Applications are now open for Ceramic Art London 2024, which will take place from 19 to 21 April 2024. The deadline for applications is set to 30 September 2023. Website >> Apply here

Fahrenheit 2024 Applications are now open for the juried exhibition Fahrenheit 2024, organised by the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA). Participation in this event is open to artists residing in the United States only. The deadline for applications is set to 15 October 2023**. Website >> Preview of application form >> Apply here

5th Officine Saffi Award Submissions are now open for the 5th Officine Saffi Award, the international prize exploring contemporary ceramics. Deadline for submissions is 9 November 2023. Website >> Apply here

42° Concurs de Ceràmica de l’Alcora 2024 Applications are now open for the 42nd edition of the International Ceramics Competition of Alcora, CICA. The deadline for applications is set to 30 November 2023. Website >> Apply here

2024 International Ceramics Exhibition Mino, Japan The Internationl Ceramics Exhibition – one of the main events of the International Ceramics Festival Mino, Japan – is open for applications until 31 January 2024. >> Presentation >> Apply here

Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale 2023 The call for submission for the 2023 CJICB exhibition “The Journey of Ceramics” is currently closed. The exhibition will take place from 15 December 2023 to 15 June 2024. Website

C-14 Paris, Contemporary Ceramics Salon Applications are currently closed. The event will take place from 5 to 8 October 2023. Website

2024 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale The 2024 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale is now closed for applications. The exhibition will take place from 4 October 2024 to 5 April 2025. Website

Indian Ceramics Triennale 2024 The second edition of the Indian Ceramics Triennale will take place in 2024 on the theme “Common Ground”. The event will take place from 19 January to 31 March 2024. Website >> Presentation

Ateliers d’Art de France competition Since 2012, more than 120 prize winners have been nominated and supported by the Ateliers d’Art de France competition. Highlighting the artistic vitality and the excellence of the craftsmanship in France, the competition rewards exceptional pieces created by highly talented professionals in our regions. The call for entries is now closed. Website

XVI International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro 2023 2023 marks the 16th edition of the International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro. The call for entries is now closed. Website

62° Faenza Prize 2023 The international competition Faenza Prize is one of the most important competitions in the world in the field of contemporary ceramic art. The announcement of the winner will take place on June 30th, 2023 Website

AWARD 2023 – British Ceramics Biennial AWARD is the headline exhibition of the British Ceramics Biennial. It is formed from an open submission that celebrates the vitality of contemporary ceramics practices in the UK. Open to UK based individual practitioners, collaborators or collectives who use clay as their primary creative material. The next Biennial will take place from Sept 23 to Nov 5 2023 Website
PAST EVENTS

Officine Saffi Award 2020 marked the 4th edition of this prestigious ceramics award which offers both a cash prize of 10,000 Euros and 8 residencies at renowned ceramic centers. >> full details

Ceramic&Colours Award For the 3rd edition of this award by the Faenza Art Ceramic Centre, the “crystalline glaze” effect was chosen. >> full details

International Ceramics Festival Mino ’21 The event was held between September 17 to October 17, 2021. >> further information
2019 China Jingdezhen “Taoxichuan” Public Sculpture International Exhibition With the theme “New Image of the Era”, this event was held in Jingdezhen from December 20th, 2019, until February 20th, 2020. >> full details

2019 Cluj International Ceramics Biennale The fourth edition of this biennale took place from October 2nd, 2019, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. >> website of the biennale

2020 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale The fifth edition of this biennale took place at the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum in October 2020. >> website of the biennale

C14 – Paris Fair The annual C14-Paris ceramics fair was held in Paris from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th October 2019. The fair offers exceptional visibility to thirty artists, two art schools and one collector. At the end of the fair two prizes – a Jury prize and a Residency prize were awarded. >> website of the fair

2019 Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Art Award 2019 marked the second edition of this prestigious ceramics award which awards 11 artists cash prizes totaling 165,000 Euros. >> website of the award	‘Remains of mountain and river’ by IAC member Yanze Jiang which was awarded first prize in the 2017 Blanc de Chine ICAA.

Revelations Fair The 4th edition of the international biannual fine arts and crafts fair ‘Revelations’ was held in the Grand Palais in Paris from May 23rd to 26th 2019. The fair featured 400 exhibitors from 16 countries, with Luxembourg as this edition’s featured country. >> website of the fair

Triennale Breaking Ground 2018 The first Indian Ceramics Triennale, Breaking Ground 2018 opened on the 31st of August 2018 and ran until 18th November 2018, at the magnificent Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur. >> Triennale website

Taiwan Ceramics Biennale >> Biennale website