Yixue Yang 🫖
YIXUE YANG (CERAMICS & GLASS)
Yixue Yang
Artist (Ceramics & Glass)
Yixue Yang, born in Wuhan, China, and currently based in Sunderland, UK, is a contemporary artist working with both ceramics and glass. She is pursuing a PhD in Glass and Ceramics at the University of Sunderland, where her research centres on the Daoist concept of “Wu” (non-being) and its multifaceted expression in contemporary art.
Yixue’s practice explores the dynamic interplay between “non-being” and “being,” using clay and glass as parallel material languages to articulate the tension between absence and presence, solidity and fragility. Through ceramics, she examines how negative space and form co-construct meaning; through lampworked and flame-shaped glass, she captures the ephemerality, transparency, and boundary-like qualities of Wu.
Guided by the Daoist notion of “effortless action” (Wu Wei), her process embraces both precision and surrender—allowing fire, flux, and gravity to participate in shaping the final work. Her glass often becomes a medium of subtle containment or poetic exposure, encasing found objects or revealing inner voids.
Her works have been exhibited in the UK, Spain, Italy, and China, bridging Eastern philosophy with Western contemporary art. By reflecting on the fluidity of culture and the shifting nature of identity, Yixue invites viewers to engage with the quiet rhythms and latent tensions that emerge where matter, thought, and transformation converge.
2024, Infinite Origin, Porcelain and Glazes, 58*16*15
2021, Echo, Glass (Collaborative work with Wei Ding)
2021, To My Grandfather, Glass and Porcelain
About:
Exhibitions:
2016. ‘ BA Degree Show’ Sculpture Department. Hubei Institute of Fine Art. Hubei. PRC.
2017. The 2nd ‘CHINA China’ Jingdezhen Song Dynasty Qingbai Porcelain Theme Ceramic Innovation Design Competition. Jingdezhen Art Gallery. Jingdezhen. PRC.
2017. New Words of Ceramics–The 2nd Triennial Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Ceramic Artists, China Museum Of Contemporary Ceramics. Guangzhou. PRC.
2017. The 5th Western China Ceramics Biennale. Sichuan Art Museum. Chengdu. PRC.
2017 ‘Golden Sunflower Cup’ The 2nd Jingdezhen Original Ceramic Art Competition. Jingdezhen Art Gallery. Jingdezhen. PRC.
2017 ‘Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the Army’ theme art exhibition. Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Jingdezhen. PRC.
2017 The 5th Hubei Sound Modern Ceramics Exhibition. Wanlin Art Museum. Wuhan University. Wuhan. PRC.
2018 The 11th Graduate Academic and Cultural Festival of Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Jingdezhen. PRC.
2018 The 3rd ‘CHINA China’ Blue and White porcelain theme ceramic product Innovation Design Competition. Jingdezhen Ceramic University Art Gallery. Jingdezhen. PRC.
2019 ‘Fine Arts MA Degree Show’. Jingdezhen Ceramic University Art Gallery. Jingdezhen. PRC.
2021. ‘Glass & Ceramics MA Degree Show’. National Glass Centre. University of Sunderland. Sunderland. GB.
2022. 2022 British Glass Biennale. Ruskin Glass Centre. Stourbridge. GB.
2024. Baltic Open Submission 2024. Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. Newcastle. GB.
2024. 2024 British Glass Biennale. Ruskin Glass Centre. Stourbridge. GB.
2024. Ceramics Exhibition Castellamonte 63rd Edition 2024 International Competition “Ceramics in Love – Marco Polo”. Piero Martinetti Congress Centre. Castellamonte. ITA
2024. Tactile Sublime. Dodomu Gallery. Brooklyn. NY.
2024. XIII Biennal Internacional de Ceràmica of El Vendrell, Sala Portal del Pardo. Tarragona. Spain.
2024. Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight, Arts Centre Washington. Sunderland. GB.
2024. Southwark Park Galleries // Annual Open 2024. Southwark Park Galleries. London. GB.
Collections:
China Museum Of Contemporary Ceramics. South China University of Technology. PRC.
Drug Control Educational Base. Jingdezhen. PRC.
Jingdezhen Art Gallery. Jingdezhen. PRC.
Museum Of Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. Jingdezhen. PRC
Contact:
Email: yixue.yang@qq.com
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Instagram: yixue__ceramics