Guangzhen "Po" Zhou’s Resume (Selected)
BIRTH:
1953, Shanghai, P. R. China
EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA;
Master of Arts, University of Minnesota-Duluth. MN, USA;
Chinese Literature, Jingan University, Shanghai, China
SOCIAL ACTIVITY:
2014-2020, Former Council Member of IAC, Representative of China;
2010-2015, Board Member of the Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California;
TEACHING EXPERIENCES:
2020-, Visiting Professor, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, China;
2018-, International Adviser, China Celadon College, Lishui University, China;
2017, Visiting Professor, Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China;
2009-, Visiting Professor, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai China.
JURYING and CURATING
2019, Jury Committee, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale (GICB 2019), Korea.
2019, Jury Committee, the First World Ceramic Teapot Competition, Yixing, China.
2019, Jury Committee Chairman, the 8th Changchun International Ceramic Art Symposium and the Lotus Mountain Prize, China.
2018, Jury Committee, Seres’2018, Fantastic Teapot Exhibition, Turkey.
2017, Jury Committee, 39’International Ceramic Artwork Competition in the City of Gualdo Tadino, Italy.
2017, Curator, Refresh Memory-IAC Chinese Members’ Artworks and Documentary Exhibition, Host by Central Academy of Fine Arts-Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China.
2016, Art Committee Member, the First Central China International Ceramic Biennale, Henan Museum.
2015, Curator, One Humanity Beyond the Diversity – International Ceramic Art Exchange Documentary and Artworks Exhibition – in conjunction with NGO-UNESCO Rapprochement of Cultures-International Decade-Beijing Forum.
2014, Curator, Beyond the Time and Space-Chinese Contemporary Ceramics, – 2014 IAC Dublin Congress.
2013, Curator, the Chinese Decorative Ceramic Art Exhibition at Abu Dhabi, UAE
2012, Juror, Big Fish Small Pot-International Small Teapot Show and Competition, American Museum of Ceramic Arts, California.
2009, Curator, Beyond the Function—Contemporary International Teapots Exhibition at NCECA conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
2004-2010, Juror, Big Fish Small Pot-the International Teapot Show and Competition, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA.
2000, 3. Curator, the Chinese Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, conjunction with NCECA conference, Denver, 2000.
EXHIBITIONS:
2020, Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
2019, The First World Ceramic Teapot Competition, Yixing, China
2018, IAC 2018 New Taipei Members’ Exhibition, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
2017, Refresh Memory-IAC Chinese Members’ Artworks and Documentary Exhibition, Host by Central Academy of Fine Arts-Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China.
2015, One Humanity Beyond the Diversity – International Ceramic Art Exchange Documentary and Artworks Exhibition – in conjunction with NGO-UNESCO Forum,China
2012, Ceramic Sculpture Symposium, Jilin Institute of Art, Changchun, China
2012, the 7th Chinese Youth Contemporary Ceramic Art Biennal, China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
2011, Ceramic Annual of America, San Francisco, California
2011, ISCAEE, Tokyo University of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2003, 5, 14th California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, slides lecture and clay workshop. USA
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
2021 (scheduled by the end of the year), Iconic Ceramics from Around the World, Jiangsu Fine Art Publishing House, China
2018, Electrical Fired Ceramics, Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House, China
2012, Appreciation and Collection of Modern and Contemporary Ceramic Art, Jiangsu Fine Art Publishing House, China
2010, Carrying Clay Art on My Iron Shoulder, Jiangsu Fine Art Publishing House, China
2004, Chinese Ceramic Cultural Sites - a Travelers' Handbook, by Guangzhen Zhou and Guanlu Zeng, English editor Deborah Bouchette, in both English and Chinese, published by Wu-Shing Publishing House, Ltd. Taiwan.
1998, American Ceramic Artists Today, People's Fine Art Publishing House, Beijing, China.