Artists & Makers
Ying Shengxiang
Ceramic Painter and Falangcai Artist
Ying Shengxiang is a Jingdezhen ceramic artist with more than three decades of experience in porcelain painting. A graduate of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, she is a senior arts and crafts artist and an inheritor of falangcai, an intricate tradition of enamel decoration on porcelain. She serves as President of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Falangcai Research Institute and Vice Chair of the Jingdezhen Artists Society.
She is especially known for her graceful female figures, delicately painted flowers, birds, and fruits, as well as blue-and-white landscapes. Grounded in traditional Chinese porcelain painting and enriched by a fresh sense of composition, her work feels expressive yet quietly elegant, preserving the warmth and individuality of the artist’s hand in every piece.
Huang Yisheng
Painter and Ceramic Artist
Huang Yisheng graduated from Shantou Arts and Crafts School and has spent more than four decades working across painting, illustration, visual design, and editorial art. His practice is rooted in Shantou, a coastal city in southern China known for its distinctive Chaoshan culture and historic port heritage. His experience has shaped an expressive approach to figures, animals, flowers, and scenes drawn from everyday life and cultural memory.
A member of the Shantou Artists Association, Huang has presented a solo oil painting exhibition and contributed to public cultural projects through illustrated historical narratives. In his ceramic work, confident brushwork and a strong sense of storytelling bring warmth, movement, and individuality to each piece.
Yan Wenlu
Ceramic Carving Artist and Representative Inheritor of Jingdezhen Intangible Cultural Heritage
Born in 1985 in Poyang, Jiangxi, Yan Wenlu began studying ceramic carving under master Zhong Fuhong in 2000. Years of practice and exploration have shaped his distinctive approach, combining precise carving, layered relief, and traditional ceramic imagery with a personal artistic language.
Yan is a National First-Class Technician, a Senior Arts and Crafts Artist of Jingdezhen, and a Representative Inheritor of Jingdezhen Intangible Cultural Heritage. His works have received several national and provincial awards, and Pure Rhythm is held in the collection of the Celadon Exhibition Hall at Zhejiang Vocational Academy of Art.
She Wenrong
Ceramic Artist and Designer
She Wenrong began his ceramic practice in Chaozhou, a long-established ceramics center in southern China. Working in a state-owned porcelain studio from the 1970s, he developed a deep understanding of ceramic production and overglaze painting while also learning from his father, an experienced porcelain artist. This combination of family knowledge and hands-on studio practice became the foundation of his work.
He later studied ceramic art and design at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in Beijing. Recognized as a Senior Arts and Crafts Artist and a Chaozhou Master of Arts and Crafts, he is known for finely executed surfaces, balanced compositions, and a fresh, understated visual style. His work has received awards at national, provincial, and municipal levels.