ARTIST PROFILE
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Feng Shaoxing, courtesy name Ningbo, is from Duchang, Jiangxi. A Jingdezhen ceramic artist, he is listed in the sixth group of national representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. His work includes creative exchanges at Shandong University of Arts and Central China Normal University. The supplied materials record a live demonstration of traditional porcelain-making on 11 October 2023.
According to the supplied profile, the blue-and-white olive-shaped vase “Eternal Peace”, created with several master craftspeople in 2008, received a Beijing Olympic art creation gold award and was presented as a porcelain state gift to Olympic guests.
The supplied materials state that his carved qingbai stationery set “Harmony and Prosperity” received a Chinese arts-and-crafts cultural creativity gold award at the Shenzhen cultural industries fair in May 2012. That year, his work also appeared in a national exhibition of productive heritage protection, receiving an outstanding contribution award.
The profile records a gold award at Jingdezhen’s first international competition for original ceramic works in 2014. It also lists works held by institutions including Ziguangge at Zhongnanhai, the Palace Museum, the former Museum of Chinese History and Nanjing Museum.
