Jackson Li

Jackson Li is a ceramics artist from Jingdezhen, China. He received MFA degrees from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and Alfred University. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and the founder of China Sanbao Ceramic Working Village. For the past ten years, he has served as a professor and research fellow at China Ceramic Cultural Research Institute, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. His work is exhibited and collected internationally. Contribution Contemporary ceramic artist Jackson Li is the founder of the Post Royal china ware movement. Through deconstructing and reconstructing strategies, Jackson transformed Chinese ceramic traditions, 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, spontaneous works reflect the long traditions of official ceramic art in China, such as Cizhou and Yaozhou wares.