SHIYONG ZHU - China
Contacts: megaartassociation@gmail.com
His Biography
Born in 1974 by Dongping Lake which is located in Dongping County,
Tai’an City, Shandong Province, I spent my childhood in joy.
Unfortunately, at the age of 7, I was misused too much streptomycin for
my illness, and then turned deaf and mute, unable to hear the voice from
outside or shout out my inner words.The voiceless years that followed
witnesses the process of my medical treatment, upon which my parents
based their desperate hope, during which how many doctors were visited
was even rather obscure to both of them. Watching the kids of my age or
even younger go happily to school, I envied them so much so that tears
came down my face. I didn’t cry when I sought medical care. I didn’t cry
either when I was given an acupuncture treatment. However, that time I
couldn’t help crying loudly: Why couldn’t I attend school like others?
After I had calmed myself down, I had a new perspective of my fate. As
to me, ceramic art is the only way I can communicate with the outside
world and the single language I can use to express my soul. Pottery is
my life, and that is all of me.
In 1987, aged 13, I was admitted into Laihu School of Deaf-mutes. In
1995, I furthered my vocational study of crafts and arts in Shandong
Special Education School. This laid a solid foundation for my later
development of ceramics.
I am keenly interested in art, devoting all of my heart and soul to the
study of pottery works. Many years after arduous work and everlasting
efforts, I have made some achievements: a number of works have been
exhibited in pottery exhibitions at home and abroad, many of them even
published in professional journals.
Representative Works:
The Voice of Flute and Kung Fu
Displayed in the pottery works exhibition held by Shandong Celebrity
Gallery in1998, and redisplayed in the exhibition of Chinese art works
held by Shandong Museum in September 1999 and meanwhile were published
in Jinan Daily.
Barefoot Running and Thousands of Words
Respectively published in Qilu Evening and Hong Kong Evening News in October 1999.
LifeSeries, Untitled Series, Fish Shape, and Pottery Jar
Shown in Jinan Shungeng International Convention and Exhibition Center
and reshown in the Zibo International Convention and Exhibition Center
in August 2010.
Untitled
Exhibited in the 2rd China Yixing Ceramic Art Festival and also in the
3rd Yixing International Ceramic Festival (Yixing, Jiangsu Province) in
2012.
After Bath
Displayed in the 10th Chinese Art Festival Pottery Exhibition, and also
exhibited in Shandong Museum, and finally collected into the 10th
Chinese Art Festival Pottery Works book (Shandong Art Publishing House)
in October 2013.
A Female Model
Shown in the Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition held by Shanghai Liu Haisu Art Museum in November 2013.
The Living Fossil of Gong Chun
Exhibited among the series of activities entitled “Most Like Gong Chun,
Different Lifestyles of Gong Chun, and Taste in Zen: which was held by
the Chinese Pottery Network in April 2015.
Awarded the bronze medal in the activity by both Jiangsu Porrty Association and the Chinese Pottery Network in October 2015.
Hmong Village, Midsummer Night, and Sunday
Shown in the 4th Creative Ceramic Art Exhibition entitled “Ibo Cup” in November 2015, and was awarded the Bronze medal.
Fruit
Displayed in the Danton Contemporary Comprehensive Art Exhibition in
September 2017 which was held by the Chinese Sculpture Museum.
Zen World
Shown in the 2nd Contemporary Purple Clay Sculpture Exhibition entitled
“Reconstruction of the Purple Clay” which was jointly sponsored by the
Jiangsu Province Sculptor Association, Jiangsu Province Ceramic Industry
Association, Wuxi Federation, and the Design Institute of Jiangnan
University in October 2017.
Inkstone
Shown in the 5th Creative Ceramic Art Exhibition entitled “Yibo Cup” in October 2017 , and was awarded the Bronze medal.
Taihu Stone
Awarded the excellent prize in the 2nd Jiangsu Ceramic Art Exhibition in October 2017.
Exhibited at the ceramic exhibition entitled “The Future of Asia” which
was jointly sponsored by the Korea International Cultural Exchange
Center and the Korean Ceramic society, and also collected by the
International Ceramic Culture Exchange Center of Dankook University in
November 2017.