International Competition

International Competition Exhibition

Aveiro Museu / Santa Joana

Aveiro Museum / Santa Joana

October 18, 2025 to January 18, 2026

 

The international competition is once again a showcase for trends in contemporary artistic ceramics. As a result of the jury’s selection from a total of 782 works and 488 entries, 110 works by 96 artists are presented, reflecting different geographies and concepts, as well as expressing innovative approaches to ceramic techniques and materials.

Color, form, texture, concept, and expression are the themes for an exhibition that reinforces the Aveiro International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics as a benchmark event worldwide.

Artists

Alberto Vieira [PT]; Álvaro Fernández Melchor [MX]; An-An Chen [CN]; Anca Ion [ES]; Anja Seiler [CH]; Aram Hwang [KR]; Atshushi Kitahara [JP]; Bahareh Nehjiri [IR]; Bernadette Martins [PT]; Catherine Sanke [DE]; Cheng-Chung Yu [TW]; Christian Aymard [FR]; Chun Ho Wong [CN]; Danning Xie [CN]; Doron Druckman [RO]; Eduardo Freitas [BR]; Eka Cho [KR]; Katia Terpigoreva [FR]; Fahimeh Heydari [IR]; Fernando Garcés [ES]; Frédérique Fleury [FR]; Hanna Marshava [BY]; Hanna Miadzvedzeva [PL]; Hao Chen [CN]; Heidi Hentze [DK]; Heidi Tarver [US]; Hoi Yi Lam [CN]; Hyojung Yun [KR]; Iliana Scheggia [PE]; Joanna Mortreux [FR]; Jovan Matić [RS]; Juan Sandoval [IT]; Julia Nordholz [DE]; Kimie Ino [BR]; Kirsten Spuijbroek [NL]; Lora Zyuzina [RU]; Lydia SooJin Park [NO]; Magdalena Maros [PL]; Małgorzata Maternik [PL]; Margrieta Jeltema [IT]; Maria Teresa Echegaray Fornes [ES]; Marina Erkovich [RU]; Mariya Alipieva [ES]; Marta Armada [ES]; Márta Radics [HU]; Mateo Pisano di Filippo [AR]; Michael Rice [IE]; Mihaela Vujnovic [HR]; Monica Tong [UK]; Natalia Vasileva [RU], Nathalie Campion [BE]; Nazaré Feliciano [PT]; Noa Chernichovsky [IL]; Nuno Tomaz [PT]; Nuria Figueiredo [ES]; Olga Simonova [DE]; Pedro Lozano [PT]; Philsoo Heo [KR]; Rafael Chacón [ES]; Raquel Terenas [PT], Rebecca Maeder [CH]; Roberto Aponte & Gabriele Boretti (Aponteboretti)[IT]; Sarah Jenkins [UK]; Sérgio Paiva [PT]; Shan Huang [CN]; Shinhye You [KR]; Shiyuan Xu [CN]; Shoshanah Ciechanowski [IL]; Sibongile Shane Mayongo [ZA]; Silvia Tagusagawa [BR]; Simone Negri [IT]; Sinan Avinal [TR]; Sofia Beça [PT]; Stela Ivanova [BG]; Susan Beiner [US]; Susanne Kallenbach [DE]; Takaharu Minowa [JP]; Tatiana Boiko [CH]; Valdas Kurklietis [LT]; Valentyna Prytula [UA]; Velimir Vukicevic [RS]; Viktor Reshetnikov [RU]; Weier Qiu [CN]; Wietske van Leeuwen [NL]; Wisam Alsamad [NO]; Xana Monteiro [PT]; Yana Payusova [US]; Yi Song [CN]; Ying Zheng [CN]; Yoojoo Kim [KR]; Yukiko Kitahara [JP]; Yulia Batyrova & Marat Mukhametov [TM]; Yuriy Musatov [UA]; Zhang Fei [CN]; Zhaojing Wang [CN]; Zoe Theodorou [GR].

Jury

Wan Liya | Ceramist and representative of the International Academy of Ceramics [Jury President]

Patrice Jarque | French Association of Ceramic Cities, representative of the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Ceramic Cities

Nele van Wieringen | Keramikmuseum Westerwald, representative of the European Route of Ceramics

Rui Silva | University of Aveiro DEMaC

Alda Tomás | Vista Alegre Factory

juri

Winning piece

Hanna Miadzvedzeva
[Poland]

Rainy Day

Stoneware, oxide-coloured porcelain, glazed.

2nd Prize

Fernando Garcés
[Spain]

White flowers still life

Jingdezhen porcelain (China). Transparent glaze on the inside.

3nd Prize

Shiyuan Xu
[China]

Hybrid #9

Porcelain, paper porcelain, glazed.

Honorable Mentions

Aram Hwang
[South Korea]

Porcelain basketry series

Porcelain, matt glaze.

Catherine Sanke
[Germany]]

Birches

Porcelain, various clays.

Cheng-Chun Yu
[Taiwan]

Construction of life (2)

Argila Japan 31th, barbotina.

Eduardo Freitas
[Brasil]

Grés, vidrados, óxidos e mesa

Stoneware, glazes, oxides and tableware

Hoi Yi Lam
[China]

Dear Demian

26 min 3 sec [ceramic performance]

Yana Payusova
[Estados Unidos da América ]

Facets

Stoneware, pigments under the glaze, fired to cone 5