2025 New Members

Monika Dąbrowska Picewicz (Poland), “From The Gusts Series”, 2024.

The Academy welcomes its 246 new members of 2025.

 
The 2025 election presented another chance to display an array of exceptional and diverse entries. This year, the IAC received a record number of applications. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the candidates and sponsors for their ongoing support in strengthening this professional network dedicated to ceramics.

Information about the new members is available on their individual pages and these will be updated soon. The artists’ pages are already online on the Members webpage. To view the Members webpage click HERE.


Our newly elected members hail from 59 different countries spanning the globe. We are particularly pleased to welcome our first members from Vietnam, Nigeria, Mongolia, Bulgaria and Syria. As you will see below, most of our new members are individual artists (215), but we are also pleased to welcome several new individual non-artist members, as well as institutional members.

The regional distribution of the new members is as follows:

Europe – 69
Asia – 87
North America – 20
South America – 24
Africa & Middle East – 39
Oceania – 7

Individuel members:

Artists (215)

  • ABDELLATIF Lynda , Tunisia
  • ĀBELĪTE Sanita, Latvia
  • AGIUS Victor, Malta
  • AHMAD Javaria, Pakistan
  • AKANDE Femi, United States
  • AKARAPONOGPAISAN Nopkamon & NETPROM Nol, Thailand
  • AL-ANI Saad, Iraq
  • ALIPIEVA Mariya, Spain
  • ALKARADI Salam, Iraq
  • ALSAMAD Wisam, Norway
  • HU Chunyu and JIANG Yuting, China
  • ARMADA RODRIGUEZ Marta, Spain
  • ARRIETA Nora, Germany
  • ATASAYAR Dilan, China
  • BAMFORD Jane, Australia
  • BARKER Melissa, South Africa
  • BARNETT Malene, United States
  • BELL Nadine, France
  • BHADORIYA Ajaysingh, India
  • BOADAS Pep, Spain
  • BOITMANE Diana, Latvia
  • BONCHEV Bojidar, Bulgaria
  • BOOGAARD  Marga, Netherlands
  • BOURICHE Boumediene, Algeria
  • BRACONY Eugenia, Argentina
  • BRAHA Yael, United States
  • BRKIC WALTER Iva, Serbia
  • CAPCHA Sandro, Peru
  • CARPIO Tomás, Ecuador
  • CEPEDANO Ruth, Spain
  • CHANDRAN Veena, India
  • CHANGMOH  Naidee, Thailand
  • CHEN Shaomei, China
  • CHEN Xi, China
  • CHEN Yinan, China
  • CHOWDHURY Sarban, India
  • CHOWDHURY Srinia, India
  • COBOS José, Ecuador
  • CORBI Florence, France
  • CORCUERA Rosamar, Peru
  • CÓRDOVA Cristina, Puerto Rico
  • CORNIER Stanislas, France
  • CREECH Stephen, United States
  • CZIBESZ Bryan, United States
  • D’ARC Lorena, Brazil
  • DĄBROWSKA PICEWICZ Monika, Poland
  • DAHL Astrid, South Africa
  • DALAL Khanjan, India
  • DAM Shalini, India
  • DAN Wu, China
  • DEBRUIJNE Tinne, France
  • DU Zhehan, China
  • DYALVANE Andile, South Africa
  • DYRNES Brit, Norway
  • EKUAFEH  Christopher, Nigeria
  • EL ABD  Mohamed, Egypt
  • EMERY-JAQUIER Séverine, Switzerland
  • EMORI Mari, United States
  • ERDA ZIMIC Vacide, Peru
  • ERMAN Tümay, Türkiye
  • EWELT Ule, Germany
  • FAN Weiqun (伟群范), China
  • FEI Zhang, China
  • FERNANDEZ Beatriz, Bolivia
  • FOIS Antonio, Italy
  • FRANZI Cathy, Australia
  • GAN Haoyu, China
  • GANDHARB Sapana, Slovenia
  • GARCES PEREZ Fernando, Spain
  • GARIB Mona, Egypt
  • GARRETT Karina, Argentina
  • GIET Sophie, Belgium
  • GLENDAY Katherine, South Africa
  • GOUDY Mark, United States
  • HAENEN Babs, Netherlands
  • HAINES Charmaine, South Africa
  • HARAYAMA Kenichi, Japan
  • HASSAN Muhammad, Pakistan
  • HO Sin-ying, United States
  • HOETS Digby, South Africa
  • HON Eugene, South Africa
  • HORLIK Veronika, Canada
  • HOSSEINI Elahe, Islamic Republic of Iran
  • HU Haiying, China
  • HU Jun, China
  • HUANG  Shan, China
  • HUANG  Weihong , China
  • HUMBERT Timothée, France
  • IGUAL POVEDA Angel, Spain
  • INO Kimie, Brazil
  • IOANNOU Maggy, Greece
  • ION Anca, Spain
  • ITURRALDE-GRABER Nikolas, Ecuador
  • JI Fan, China
  • JIANG Bo, China
  • JIN Nanxi, China
  • KALLENBACH Susanne, Germany
  • KAMMERLANDER Alice, Austria
  • KANCHEV Ivan, Bulgaria
  • KARAKITSOS Konstantinos (Kostas), Greece
  • KAYMAN KARAGÜL Münevver Berrin, Türkiye
  • KERR Bernard, Australia
  • KHODAEIANARAKI Bahareh, Islamic Republic of Iran
  • KIM Hyeonyoung, Republic of Korea
  • KORNIIENKO Volodymyr, Ukraine
  • KÖSEOĞLU ULUBATLI Sevinç, Türkiye
  • KUENNE Gabriele, Germany
  • KWON Jin Hee, Republic of Korea
  • KWONG Eva, United States
  • LAMBERT Dale, South Africa
  • LEVIN Simon, United States
  • LI Chao, China
  • LI Ruth Ju-shih, Australia
  • LIANG Cheng Zhen, China
  • LILLIGREN Ingrid, United States
  • LIM Sunbin, Republic of Korea
  • LIN Jui Hwa, Chinese Taipei
  • LIU Shicai, China
  • LIU Yingrui, China
  • LIU Zhijun, China
  • LU Ken, China
  • MAJOR Anina, United States
  • MANCHEKAR Sandeep, India
  • MARAIS Ann, South Africa
  • MARTOS Ana Patricia, Mexico
  • MASATO Komai, Japan
  • MAWENI Chuma Morgan, South Africa
  • MCKENNA Moraig, Australia
  • MENDOZA SÁNCHEZ Manuel Enrique, Puerto Rico
  • MEYER Hennie, South Africa
  • MING Gui, China
  • MO Hyeonseo, Republic of Korea
  • MOGRIDGE Andrew, South Africa
  • NEGRE HERZING Nuri, Spain
  • NIE Huimei, China
  • NIEMINEN Merja, Finland
  • NORDMARK Trude Westby, Norway
  • OLES John, United States
  • OLIVER  Edna, Israel
  • PALMIERI Marta, Italy
  • PANG Wei, China
  • PARK Young Mi, Republic of Korea
  • PASHANG Ziba, Islamic Republic of Iran
  • POSWA Zizipho, South Africa
  • POZAS  Nuria, Spain
  • PULLARWAR Neha Gawand, India
  • QANANYAN Ani, Armenia
  • RADICS Márta, Hungary
  • RAMIREZ Polo, Peru
  • RODRÍGUEZ ALBALEJO Aitana, Spain
  • RODRIGUEZ Marina Beatriz, Argentina
  • RONG Sheng, China
  • RUZ Viviana, Chile
  • SACHARCZUK Bozena, Poland
  • SALEM  Jamila, Kuwait
  • SALVI Shayonti, India
  • ŞAN ASLAN Perihan, Türkiye
  • SAN Linh, Vietnam
  • SATO Masayuki, Japan
  • SCHEGGIA Iliana, Peru
  • SCHELL Fleur, Australia
  • SCHLAPOBERSKY David, South Africa
  • SCHMIDT Thomas, United States
  • SERRANO Rosa M, Puerto Rico
  • SHAO Lei, China
  • SHAW Andy, United States
  • SHIRLEY John, South Africa
  • Skuja Braden, Latvia
  • SMITH Leonard, Australia
  • SOLLI ANDREASSEN Eyvind, Norway
  • SONG Danyang, China
  • SONG Jinghui, China
  • Studio DeSimoneWayland, Netherlands
  • SUKHBUREN Narankhuu, Mongolia
  • SUZUKI Hideaki, Japan
  • SWAN Eleanor , Irland
  • SWART Johan, South Africa
  • SZENTE Krisztina, Hungary
  • TAJEDDIN Zahed, Syran Arab Republic
  • TANG Liyu, China
  • TAWAHA Marwan, Jordan
  • TAYLOR Bruce S, Canada
  • TIKVEŠA Lana, Serbia
  • TRAEN C.A, United States
  • TSIRAKOGLOU Theodora, Greece
  • UEDA Mayu , Japan
  • VAN LEEMPUT Guy, Belgium
  • VAN ROOYEN Karlien, South Africa
  • VARELA AGUIRRE Maria Ines, Chile
  • VARGAS Hernan  Dario, Argentina
  • VEPKHVADZE Otar, Georgia
  • VRINS Jeannine, Belgium
  • WALKER Jason, United States
  • WANG Jingye, China
  • WANG Legeng, China
  • WANG Ronghui, China
  • WANG Zhaojing, China
  • WATTERSON Matt, China
  • WEIER Qiu, China
  • WIELAND Mariana, Chile
  • XIE Yuhang, China
  • XU Hongyan, China
  • XU Linfeng, China
  • XU Qun, China
  • YATSUGI Miho, Japan
  • YILMAZ Seyhan, Türkiye
  • YUAN Hailong, China
  • ZARGKLIS Efstratios (Stratos), Greece
  • ZHAN Shaolin, China
  • ZHANG Yue, China
  • ZHAO QIANG, China
  • ZHENCAI Qian, China
  • ZHENG Ying, China
  • ZHONG WanYao, China
  • ZHOU Bin, China

Goodwill Ambassadors – Cultural Promoters (3)

  • KIMURA Soshin, Japan
  • LI Xiuli, Chine
  • MARCÓ CAMBÓ Jaume, Spain

Curators (2)

  • FITZGERALD Claire, Switzerland
  • PUNANS Tatiana, Russian Federation

Educators (3)

  • FU Leilei, China
  • KAHRAMAN Duygu, Türkiye
  • YIAS María Verónica, Argentina

Writers (3)

  • GREENHALGH Paul, United Kingdom
  • RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ Eva, Spain
  • WANG Jon, China

Gallerist (1)

  • KAWAKAMI Tomoko, Japan

Affiliate members:

Associations (4)

  • Associazione Arte dei Vasai della Nobile Contrada del Nicchio APS, Italy
  • Big Blue Dot – Biennale of Contemporary Keramics, Greece
  • Ceramics Southern Africa, South Africa
  • Inner Mongolia Ceramic Art Society, China

Ceramic centre (1)

  • Creative and Cultural Ceramic Avenue, China

Schools (5)

  • bth Ceramics Education Center, China
  • ElTornBarcelona, Spain
  • Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, China
  • Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, China
  • University of the Arts London, United Kingdom

Foundation (1)

  • Indian Ceramic Art Foundation, India

Gallery (1)

  • Fine Art Gallery Art of Ceramics, Poland

Museums (7)

  • Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, United Kingdom
  • Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum, China
  • Luoyang Sancai Art Museum, China
  • Museum of Contemporary Cuban Ceramics, Cuba
  • Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia
  • Stadtbetriebe Siegburg AöR FB Stadtmuseum, Germany
  • Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria

 

 

 

Srinia Chowdhury (India), “Story of Resilience 1, 2”, 2025.

 

 

 

Femi Akande (Nigeria), “When Grace Speaks”, 2022.

 

 

 

Iva Brkic Walter (Serbia), “People pleaser”, 2025.

 

 

 

Nadine Bell (France), “Silent Erosion”, 2024.

 

 

 

Anca Ion (Spain), “Blu-Xia”, 2024.

 

 

 

Shaomei CHEN (China), “Body”, 2023.

 

 

 

Sandeep Manchekar (India), “CLAY IS CULTURE”, 2024.

 

 

Karina Garrett (Argentina), “MOTHER OF TIME AND MEMORY”, 2024.

 

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