ChengOu Yu, Window | Shadow

The Ceramic Student Organization presents demos by visiting artists ChengOu Yu and Jing Huang at 10 am - noon and 1 - 3:30 pm. The demos are preceded by a lecture from 9 - 10 am.

About ChengOu Yu

Originally from China. ChengOu Yu received his BA in Ceramic Design from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (China) in 2012 and his Advanced Diploma with honor in Crafts and Design - Ceramics from Sheridan College (Canada) in 2015. In 2020, he graduated from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University with an MFA in ceramic art.

His trans-national experience impacts his role as an artist. His work and research focus on iconography, culture contract and conflicts, system and logic, and the concept of space. His interest in the representation and assumption of objects and ideas under different cultural contexts comes from his educational background and life experience from east to west. He addresses how experiences reflect on the thinking and making process by analyzing the system that is used to construct the work physically and conceptually.

Yu has exhibited his work at numerous venues in the United States, Canada, and Asia and has works in public collections, including Alfred Ceramic Art Museum (Alfred, NY, USA), Art Gallery of Burlington (Burlington, ON, Canada), Liling Ceramic Valley Museum (Liling, Hunan, China), Belger Art Center (Kansas City, MO, USA) and Jingdezhen Ceramic University (Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China). Recent major exhibitions include the 2022 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale at New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum; Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale at Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic University; 2023 NCECA Annual Exhibition.

About Jing Huang

Born and raised in Guilin, China, Jing Huang is a ceramic artist currently living and working in Charlotte, North Carolina. She received degrees from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in China (BA, Ceramic Art, 2012), Sheridan College in Canada (Diploma, Crafts and Design - Ceramics, 2015), and Alfred University in the US (MFA, Ceramic Art, 2020).  

Jing has lectured, curated exhibitions, conducted workshops and exhibited extensively throughout the US, Canada, China and the UK. The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), and Ceramics Monthly Magazine featured Jing as an Emerging Artist in 2023. Jing’s work is included in private and public collections including the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Durham University Oriental Museum, and Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections Museum.