Jackson Li
Artist
Jackson Li (simplified Chinese: 李见深; traditional Chinese: 李見深) is aceramics artist from Jingdezhen, China. He received MFA degreesfrom Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and Alfred University.He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) and the founder ofChina Sanbao Ceramic Working Village. For the past ten years,he has served as a professor and research fellow at China Ceramic CulturalResearch Institute, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute.His work is exhibited and collected internationally.ContributionContemporary ceramic artist Jackson Li is the founderof the Post Royal china ware movement. Through deconstructingand reconstructing strategies, Jackson transformed Chinese ceramictraditions, stimulating people to reevaluate and contemplate the meaning of tradition. Jackson's works are categorized as Post Royal china ware after 2000,after then he focuses on reassembling and compressing elements from utilitarian, symbolic,functional, burial, religious, and folk iconography. These free, tactile, spontaneousworks reflect the long traditions of official ceramic art in China, such as Cizhou(known for its painted black pottery) and Yaozhou (known for its incised lines on potterysurfaces) wares. In contrast to the wide range of wares of the common people,the "Royal china ware,"was renowned for its requiring of high firing temperature,elegant, precise, refined character, and quality. In recent years, Jackson devoted himself torediscovering and reinterpreting this classic ceramic art of China. He applied these methods in his works,and the result is his Post Royal china ware.Early days in the United StatesJackson received a strong foundation in ceramic arts in his early days,and earned a Master's degree from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in 1990.In 1993, he enrolled in the prestigious ceramic program at SUNY Alfred Universityto pursue a second MFA.There he caught the attention of his teacherWayne Higby.Jackson's stay at Alfred University coincided with the height of Postmodernism,a movement that profoundly affected his work and outlook. He became dissatisfied withthe order, perfection, and visual purity of ceramic art forms, and with formalism devoid of content in ceramic art.
Personal facts
| Birth date | January 01, 1959 |
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