About Us

RESUME(Junya Shao)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Dec. 2007: ¡°Mastery in Clay 2007¡± (The Clay studio of Philadelphia, USA)

Dec. 2006: ¡°Mastery in Clay 2006¡± (The Clay studio of Philadelphia, USA)

Jun. 2006: ¡° 2006 Archie Bray International¡ªResident artist exhibition¡± (Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena MT, USA)

Nov. 2005 "Finding a common language through clay"(Paradise Vallery Community College,AZ,USA)

Oct. 2005 "Mastery in Clay 2005" (The Clay studio of Philadelphia, USA)

Sep. 2005 "Yixing Teapots" (The Clay studio of Philadelphia, USA)

Aug. 2005: "Past, Present and Future: Arizona Ceramic artists" (St. Louis Community College, MO, USA)

Jul. 2005: "Summer Visiting Artist Show" (The Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College, NV, USA)

Jun. 2005: "Annual Summer Exhibition" (Sally D. Francisco Gallery of Peters Valley Craft Center, NJ, USA)

Mar. 2005: "Chinese Art" (Biopharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison Wisconsin, USA)

Oct. 2004: "Thirtieth 30 Anniversary" (The Clay studio of Philadelphia, USA)

Apr. 2004: "The 15th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition" (San Angelo Museum Of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX, USA)

Mar. 2004: "Coffee Tea Aqua Vitae" (Tierra Solid, a clay art gallery)

Feb. 2004: "Tribal & Textile Arts show" (San Francisco USA)

Jan. 2004: "Master Artist Exhibition" (The Armory Art Center of Florida, USA)

Jan. 2004: "100 teapots 2" A National Juried Exhibition (Baltimore Clayworks Ceramic Art Center)

Oct. 2003: "Mastery in Clay 2003" (The Clay studio of Philadelphia, USA)

Sep. 2003: "Drawn From Clay" (Chinese contemporary ceramic artists�fs drawings, Webster University, St. Louis, USA)

Jul. 2003: "The Contemporary Art of Tea 11" (Mesa Art center, AZ, USA)

Mar. 2003: "Arizona Clay Exhibition 2003" (The AZ Clay, AZ, USA)

Oct. 2002: "The seventh National Ceramic Art Competition" ( Longquan, Zhejiang China)

2001: "China International Ceramic Fair and ZiBo Ceramic Culture exhibition" (ZiBo Shandong China )

2001: "World Ceramic Exposition 2001" (Korea)

2000: "Yixing 2K" (Pewabic Society Gallery Detroit, MI, U.S.A.)

1999: "Ceramic Millennium Conference" ( Amsterdam, the Netherlands ) "Clay Studio�fs 25th Anniversary Exhibition" (Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)

1999: "International Symposium on Ceramic Arts of Yaozhou Kiln and Exhibition of Modern Ceramic Works" (Yaozhou Kiln Museum; Tongchuan City, Shanxi Province, P.R. China)

1999: "Tour in the Art World at the End of the 20th Century" (Beijing New Time and Space Club, Beijing, China)

1998: "The Yixing International Ceramic Art Invitational Exhibition". (Yixing Ceramic Art Association, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China)

1997: "The Four New Products Exhibition of Ceramic Arts and Crafts" ( Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Society; Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China)

1996: "Exhibition of Xiaopingstudio" (Suzhou Arts and Crafts School of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China)

1996: "Exhibition of Xiaopingstudio" (Hanguang Ceramic Art Gallery Shanghai, China)

1996: "The Yixing International Ceramic Art Exhibition" (China Ceramic Industry Association, Yixing)

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

Oct. 2006: Gilbert High school, AZ, USA

Jun. 2006: Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena MT, USA

Feb.2006:Paradise Valley Community College, AZ, U.S.A.

Feb 2006 Mesa art center of AZ, USA

Nov. 2005: Paradise Valley Community College, AZ, U.S.A.

Oct. 2005: Paradise Valley Community College, USA

Sep. 2005: The Claystudio, Philadelphia, USA

Sep. 2005: Santa Rose Jr. College Santa Rose, CA, USA

Aug. 2005: Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA,

Jun. 2005: Sierra Nevada College, NV, USA

May 2005: Peter valley Craft Center, NJ, USA

Apr. 2005: Reedley College, Fresno, CA, USA

Mar. 2005: "Chinese Art" Biopharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison Wisconsin, USA

Feb. 2005: North Phoenix High School, Phoenix, U.S.A.

Jan.2005: "Make a collection in teapot" Phoenix Art Museum, USA

May 2004: Blossom Hill Crafts, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

May 2004: CCACA 2004 Conference, Davis CA, U.S.A.

Apr. 2004: San Diego Clay, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Apr. 2004: City college, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Apr. 2004: Paradise Valley Community College, AZ, U.S.A.

Mar. 2004: Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Sep. 2003: Washington University, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Sep. 2003: Webster University, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Jul. 2003: Nevada Clay Guild of Las Vegas

Jul. 2003: Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, USA

Jul. 2003: Duluth Art Institute, USA

Jun. 2003: Culture Center of Medicine Hat, Canada

Apr. 2003: Gilbert Unified high school, AZ USA

Mar. 2003: Eastern Michigan University, USA

Mar. 2003: Bowling Green State University, USA

Feb. 2003: City College of San Francisco (Fort Mason Art Center) USA

Feb. 2003: AZ Clay Association USA

Apr. 2002: Paradise Valley Community College, USA

Apr. 2002: Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, USA

Mar. 2002: Mesa art center of AZ, USA

Feb. 2002: Northern Arizona University, USA

Jan. 2002: Mesa Community College of AZ, USA

Oct. 2000: Red Deer College of Canada

Oct. 2000: Banff Art Center of Canada

1998: Demonstration on "The Traditional Hand-Making Techniques of Teapots" for Susan Peterson (famous American ceramic art theoretician) others artists from U.S.A. at Xiaopingstudio

1998: Demonstration on "The Traditional Hand-Making Techniques of Teapots" for American potters, including Wayne Higby, John Stephenson etc. and ceramic art critics including Judch Schwartz at Xiaopingstudio

1997: Demonstration on "The Traditional Hand-Making Techniques of Teapots" for over twenty Canadian artists including Ann Mortimer, the former Chairman of the National Arts and Crafts Association of Canada at Xiaopingstudio.

1996: Suzhou Arts and Crafts School, China

AWARDS

Apr. 2004: ¡°Selected Award¡± The 15th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum Of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX, USA

Jan. 2004: ¡°Selected Award¡± ¡°100 teapots 2¡±The National Juried Exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks ceramic art center,USA

July 2003: Three works got ¡°Selected Award¡± The National Contemporary Art of Tea 11 Mesa Art center, AZ, USA

Jul.2003: Three works got ¡°Selected Award¡± The National Contemporary Art of Tea 11 Mesa Art center,USA

Mar 2003: ¡°Special Merit¡± All Arizona Clay Competition 2003,USA

Oct. 2002: ¡°The Second Prize¡± The Seventh National Ceramic Art Competition, China

Aug. 2001: ¡°Selected Award¡± The World Ceramic Exposition 2, Korea

COLLECTION

Sparta Teapot Museum, North Carolina,USA

De Young Museum, CA, USA

The Phoenix Airports Museum, AZ, USA

Museum of The World Ceramic Exposition,Korea

Art Gallery of Alfred University, U.S.A

ZiBo Art Museum, Shaidong, China

AUCTION

2008:ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Center,USA

2007:The Clay studio of Philadephia,USA

2007:Peter valley Craft Center,NJ,USA

2006:Archie Bray Foundation,Helena, MT, USA

2006:ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Center, AZ, USA

2006:Peter valley Craft Center,NJ,USA

2006:The Clay studio of Philadephia,USA

2005:The Clay studio of Philadephia,USA

2004:ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Center,USA

2004:The Clay studio of Philadephia,USA

PUBLIC ART

March-Nov.2004: "Hands" Ceramic brick, set into Mesa Community College, USA

REVIEWS

2007.11:¡±Junya Shao: Yixing and Beyond¡±-¡¶Ceramic Monthly¡·

2006.11: ¡¶The Arizona Republic ¡·USA,

2006.3:¡¶Phoenix Home & Garden ¡· USA

2004.9.6:¡±Tools of trade:What works best ¡°-¡¶The Arizona Republic ¡·USA

2004.5:¡±Junya Shao with her teapot¡±-¡¶The Potters Press¡·USA

2003.1/2:¡¶Clay Time ¡·USA, Volume 9, Number 1, January/February 2003¡±

2003:¡¶Mesa Art and Cultural ¡·Spring 2003

WORKS IN PUBLICATIONS

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¡¶Chinese Contemporary Ceramic Art ¡·200

"Art and Design" No. 2, 1999

"Selected Works from Contemporary Famous Ceramic Artists of Yixing"

"World Modern Ceramic Art (China)"

"Labour Daily", No. 3526, December 1996

TAIWAN, CHINA

"Chinese Crafts"

"Chinese Arts" No. 30, April 1996

"Purple Sands" No. 63, December 1998

USA:

"American Craft" Aug/Sept.2005

¡¶The craft and art of clay¡· by Susan Peterson

"Working with Clay" by Susan Peterson,2003

KOREA:

"World Ceramic Exhibition in Plaza"

"World Ceramic Exposition 2001, Korea"

MEDIA

Apr.2004: Channel Eleven, Cable TV in Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Mar.2004: Channel Eleven, Cable TV in West Plam Beach,FL,USA

Mar.2002:Channel Eleven, Cable TV 11 in AZ,USA