Zhang Xing, Associate Professor
Born in 1963
PhD
Associate Professor of Department of Ceramic Design, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Master Supervisor
Vice-Director of Department of Ceramic Design, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University
Member of Chinese Artists Association
Research Interest:
Contemporary craft and artistic creation research
Research on the decorative pattern of traditional ceramics
Academic Proposition:
China’s ceramic art has rich cultural and spiritual implications, and should be researched and passed down so that they could enrich contemporary ceramic art.
Tradition and modernity can not be discussed separately. We should not ignore the traditional ceramic art, as it is the core subject that we must research. Confucianism thinks that we should study the nature of things to know the way the universe works, which is also the path for our teaching and academic research.
Chinese believe that knowledge makes a man, and it is the way to develop talents. The education of ceramic design is special, as teachers not only teach knowledge and skills, but also shape students’ characters. I think that the core ideology of modern art teaching is to reshape characters, to advocate humanistic ideas, to care about the nature, and to promote creativity.
Academic Achievement:
Zhang is mainly engaged in teaching, researching and creating Chinese traditional ceramic decoration and modern ceramic craft. He has also published a lot of papers, such as The Analysis of Chinese Traditional Ceramics Decorative Pattern, On the Evolution of Chinaware Dermatoglyphic Pattern in Chenhua of Ming Dynasty, Ceramic Craft in Canada, Ceramic Hall in Connor, The Comment on Ceramic Craft in Modern China, and Formal Language of Modern Ceramic Craft, etc. His doctoral dissertation was A Research on Chinese Traditional Ceramic Decoration. He has also published a series of monographs named Walking Up To the Ceramist Zhang Xing, and has published Ceramic Craft--Fifty People and Ceramic Craft. His ceramic craft works have been exhibited in some important exhibitions at home and abroad, such as the 9th and 11th National Art Exhibition, and his works of Quadrel Series have been collected by National Art Museum of China.
His ceramic craft works have won several awards
In 1999, Inhabiting won the Honorable Mention in the 9th National Art Exhibition. In 2001, Wild Geese Flying Back (cooperating with He Yanming) won the Honorable Mention in the 1st National Artists Association Ceramic Craft Works Exhibition. In 2002, Cheng won the bronze medal in the 1st Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University Teachers’ Works Exhibition. In 2003, Going Afar or Coming Home won the bronze medal in the 2nd National Artists Association Ceramic Craft Works Exhibition. In 2003, Swaying with the Wind won the silver medal in the 3rd Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University Teachers’ Works Exhibition. In 2005, Terrine won the Honorable Mention in the 5th Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University Teachers’ Works Exhibition. And his works have been selected into the 11th National Art Exhibition in 2010.
Academic Teaching:
Ceramic Decoration; Ceramic Shaping; Ceramic Technology; the Creation of Modern Ceramic Craft.
