Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Artist Residency Award
Dehua, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, CHINA
Candy Coated was awarded an Artist Residency by the Quanzhou Porcelain Road Art Development Center, the People's Government of the City of Quanzhou, and the People's Government of Dehua County Republic of China. Candy created work with her favorite material, porcelain in the heart of the 2500+ year old International Ceramic City of Dehua, China at the honorable Master Lin's amazing studio and ceramics factory for the permanent collection of Blanc de Chine which is now on display in Beijing, China.
Established in 2016, this Artist Residency is aimed at selecting/working with outstanding international contemporary ceramics artists and renowned contemporary artist to create artwork in China in a transparent, fair and just way. Aiming to deepen international artists' understanding of Chinese ceramic culture and China's splendid history and culture, so as to promote exchanges, integration, and innovative development of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary art both in China and abroad.
A whole new horizon opens in the East with this three-month porcelain residency where Candy will be until January 2019 creating mind-blowing delicately intricate artworks with pure porcelain clay from the original source. Collaborating with and meeting ceramic artists from Jingdezhen and Dehua, China to promote cross-cultural ties and contemporary interpretations on classical Chinese ceramics.
Selected results of her time in residence at Master Lin's studio in Dehua special, including precious ceremonial tea set designs, to be exhibited in September 2019 in Philadelphia at The Clay Studio to celebrate the close of her Visiting Artist Residency in an installation titled Tea Housing
