Puls is the only gallery in Brussels exclusively dedicated to ceramics. The gallery stages around eight exhibitions annually, showing the best of international contemporary ceramics, with a special focus on Denmark. The gallery is divided into two spaces, whereby the main space will typically show works of established artists. The second space is where young, promising talents are given a platform, people who will put their stamp on the next generation of ceramics. in both spaces, Puls contemporary ceramics is committed to pressing its finger firmly against the thumping pulse of the 21st century.
Gallery Besson has a world-wide reputation for exhibiting ceramics and has been in existence since 1988 in the heart of London's West End.
The gallery runs mainly one-person shows of contemporary ceramic artists from all over the world. We also carry a permanent stock of ceramics - including a significant collection of works by 20th Century ceramic artists Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. Current, past and future exhibitions are listed on our Exhibitions page, which is updated regularly. In addition to these gallery exhibitions, our website now features an online showcase of works from our Cupboard. Our Artists page features artists by whom we are likely to have pieces available in our permanent stock. The website also now presents information about the Fairs that we attend in New York, Chicago and Palm Beach. Information about other gallery projects can be found on our Newspage.
Ceramic Crafts people represented on their website include the following artists of note. Jennifer Lee, Bodil Manz, John Maltby, Claudi Casanovas and of course the work of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. The various ceramists are divided into the following two groupings, classical and contemporary.
Jennifer Lee. Each ceramic artist is given significant space and presents a detailed historical overview of their careers. The layout is simple but effective and professional. Galerie Marianne Brand. This site is simple and stylish with excellent images. I found the entry page informative and effective. The gallery is truly representative of all forms of ceramics - the owner progressive in her thinking. Artists include a diverse range of contemporary ceramists including Arnold Annen, Tony Franks and Lynda Draper. 
The Frechen Historical Museum for Ceramics.
The Frechen Historical Museum for Ceramics was founded in 1985 and shows the centuries-old unique pottery tradition of Frechen. Mention should be made of the world-famous Bellamine jugs. In 2002 the Cremer Collection and the Historical Ceramic Museum of Frechen were merged into Foundation KERAMION. Since this time they have been trading under the name of Centre of Modern + Historical Ceramics Frechen in the characteristic building on Bonnstra�e. The director of the museum is Gudrun Schmidt-Esters.
Icheon World Ceramic Center Korea. for more information access link below.
Centres of Excellence.
The following sites focus on centres of excellence; claiming supremacy in terms of global status as the leaders in the ceramic sector on all levels. These centres have their origin out of the foresight R&D programme embraced by countries (late eighties) to determine their leading economic industry sectors (Agriculture, Manufacture, Health and or Tourism). Countries as a result of the study boosted the infrastructure of the sector (in this case the Ceramic Sector) with resources on all levels, including education, labour and assets to ensure they became the world leaders in the field. A major Ceramic Competition, Museum, Conference and Educational Centre promoting ceramics on all levels within the heart of the Ceramic's Industry, Community and or Cultural Hub was developed and is being maintained. The following sites provide insight and access into the worlds major Ceramic Centres of Excellence.
The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, located within the Ceramics Park Mino industrial and cultural complex, a facility that highlights ceramic items of which Gifu is justifiably proud. The museum building, designed by Arata Isozaki, harmonizes with its natural surroundings and gives visitors a feeling of being close to nature. Focused on the theme of modern ceramic arts, the museum collects modern and contemporary ceramic works from within Japan and around the world. The museum's goal is to hold a variety of exhibitions in future. In order to promote a new culture of ceramics, the museum also plans to collect and exhibit utilitarian ceramics, an area overlooked by most other museums, as well as industrial ceramics from the realm of modern design. Have a look at the ceramic time line. Oribe Square. In the Ceramics Park Mino, the other area apart from the museum is called Oribe Square. Here, a multitude of delights and possibilities are on offer: commercial fair facilities enabling exchanges of creative ideas between professionals, as well as a restaurant and tea rooms, a pottery practice studio, educational amusement facilities, and last not least a promenade and viewing platform.The Sanbao Valley had for countless centuries been the source of Chinastone for the studios of Jingdezhen and was dotted with numerous old water-powered hammer mills for crushing the stone. A group of farm houses and an adobe building were chosen as the site for the future art center. Tours of China began in 1995 through the offices of Alfred University. Later the tours were organized by China Ceramic Cultural Exchange, created to facilitate educational and cultural exchanges between China and the western ceramic world.
Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen China.Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen was officially inaugurated in June of 2000. The institute has since been very busy hosting Porcelain Symposiums, organizing customized and personalized tours and visits throughout China to areas of interest to artists and artisans, establishing university level ceramic instruction, summer school ceramic courses, celebrating the 1000 years of porcelain in Jingdezhen in 2004, participating in in the NCECA student scholarship program, offering residencies and fellowship programs to the international artists and artisans, as well as organizing many other international artistic and cultural activities in China. The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation (WOCEF) was founded for the purpose of pioneering new fronts for ceramic art in the 21st century, as well as providing a basis for the Icheon, Gwangju and Yeoju regions to grow and develop into the centers of the international ceramic community. An important means of such growth would be the World Ceramic Biennale Korea (CEBIKO) that is to be held in Gyeonggi Province on a regular basis.
The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation is also involved in activities and enterprises such as the organization of exhibitions, education, research, marketing and assistance to local ceramic industries for the promotion of world ceramic culture, art and industry.
From national awards to international artists from business support to contemporary design � and from Stoke-on-Trent, the centre of the British ceramics industry, to the world�s creative community: this is the British Ceramics Biennial.
John Shirley, South African Member of the International Academy of Ceramics. Each individual member has a page with direct access to their website, blog and or a link, be it a gallery or shop. Access to the personal sites are conveniently provided in the maroon block below the artist's name.
Ceramic Organisations.
There are numerous ceramic specific organisations, operating internationally, on various continents and regionally in various countries (either by state, province and or pertaining to the type of work) each with their own aim and objectives; furthering the cause of ceramics on all levels. For your convenience I have incorporated a few organisations whose services to ceramic sector is highly commendable and beneficial to both its members and the consumer respectively. Their websites are well designed, maintained and very informative from a research and development perspective. The site provides direct access to websites, blogs and links to a wide range of ceramic interests internationally. It is interesting to note that not many members have websites and or make use of the facility to provide direct access to their personal sites and or links to promote their work.
The International Academy of Ceramics is the principal organisation representing the interests of ceramists worldwide. Its membership consists primarily of individual makers, supported by writers and critics, Museum and gallery curators, and private collectors. Correspondent membership is available to professional associations, ceramics work centres and educational institutions, which considerably extends the networking capacity of the Academy. Current membership consists of nearly 440 makers, a further 75 individual members, and about 25 correspondent groups, representing a total of 55 nations from all continents.
The aims of the Academy are to present international contemporary ceramics at the highest level, to encourage cultural cooperation through ceramics around the world, and to facilitate communication between ceramists and museum curators, private galleries and collectors, art schools and other professional Institutions.
We strive for the best possible conditions for the creation and the propagation of Swiss ceramist's work. Our support is not only through presenting prizes and financial contributions, but also through giving advice, mediating contacts, and providing logistical help. We promote exchange and discuss cultural and professional issues amongst our members across language barriers and we network with ceramists both inside and outside of Switzerland. We maintain connections to various ceramic organisations in Europe, the USA, and Asia and are members of the AIC (Academie International de la C�ramique) and the WCC-Europe (World Craft Council Europe). We encourage the debate of ceramics in theory and practice. Our goal is a lively dialogue both among and with our members based on personal contacts.
Arnold Annen and Philippe Barde sites are worth seeing. Arnold Annen and Marek Cecula are both ceramic mavericks whose work I appreciate and whose contribution to ceramics (as ceramists) are a cut above the rest. The International Ceramics Studio(ICS) is a ceramic art centre located eighty kilometres south of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. The ICS was created in Kecskem�t on the initiative of Hungarian artists who had felt culturally and ideologically isolated. It was the wish for freedom and the desire to work alongside international artists that led to the founding of the centre.
The mission of the studio is to promote the formal, aesthetic and technical development of ceramics and to help foster creative skills. The studio is open to all challenges of ceramic research, design and experiment. With this in mind the ICS offers modern facilities and kilns, ample studio space and technical support.
