Kang Qing, Zhang Jingjing and Xie Mingjuan，three female modern ceramic artists who share a similar background of studying at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and then abroad in the USA, Europe and Australia, hold a joint exhibit “Three ceramic sisters” in Shanghai Duolun Museum Of Modern Art. As the same style of Shanghai New Ink Painting that breaks away from the traditional art forms and natural patterns, has a strong personality on subjects, medium materials and creations techniques, and becomes the experimental contemporary artistic new schema, whether the large-scale ceramic installation brought by the Kang Qing whose design is based on the patterns of flowers and plants as the source of creation, or Xie Mingjuan’s secret fragrant series “Music Needs No Strings”-Cello and Lute, even a series entitled ‘Arc’ established by Zhang Jingjing, all half-arc slopes crimping ceramic tiles are directly concised into abstract space combinations. In the artistic area of clay and fire, these three young female ceramic artists, of one accord, start with the great tradition, stick to the manual wares and present the rich imagination spread by the city female, resulting in a splendid feast ---Three ceramic sisters

Kang Qing was born in 1960s to a well-known ceramic family. While she was in the States, she met with many ceramic artists, sculptors and critics whose creations focused on nature, flowers and plants. Recalling childhood memories of playing with clay, she returned to the craft of ceramic. She came to Shanghai ten years ago as a ceramic professor at the Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, and she also launched the ceramic brand ‘Humpoo’. Featuring plants in their designs, Humpoo products bring a connection with nature. It represents an elegant life style with its pure quality.

Xie Mingjuan was born in 1970s in Shaoxing, a watertown in Southern China. With her solid background in Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and China Academy of Art, her repertoire of pottery, porcelain paintings and modern paintings is well established. She spent two years in Paris for further studies in painting and came to Shanghai to start her own company in 2005. She employs purely traditional crafts skill and combines with modern shape, to create her own style. In this exhibition, her series “Music Needs No Strings” are colorful ceramic instruments playing beautiful notes in our space, reflecting her pursuit of elegance. 

Zhang Jingjing is an associate professor at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. She represents the school of contemporary blue & white ceramics. Recenty, she began combining the abstract charm of blue & white with contemporary ceramic ideas, resulting in a stylish series entitled ‘Arc’. Half-arc slopes crimping ceramic tiles create overlapping and staggering space combinations. The work is simple, quiet and harmonious. Under the lights, its rises and dips, curves and shadows show the work’s rhythm and simple logic.