RAN Xiangfei 冉祥飞
Reborn the Chinese Imperial Kiln of Jingdezhen since 1.000 years
Nature into Glaze
• Ran Xiangfei uses the old Chinese process of throwing, glazing, firing, and painting, that is as refined and complex as the artwork itself. All his works are handmade in the full ancient Chinese imperial kiln process of Jindezhen since 1.000 years.
• His porcelains are pristine, grace and fine, disarmingly simple, contemplative objects whose finishes reflect the panoply of the natural world — spring flowers, mountain under clouds, moonlight, star-filled nights, undulating ocean waves, and fiery sunsets.
• Stemming from the artist’s interest in rare ancient Chinese tea set glazes, Ran Xiangfei seeks to create glazes that have a three-dimensional quality and convey purity and peacefulness. His forms can be characterized as classic, calm, and balanced in aesthetic.
• Based on his many years of research into Song-dynasty ceramics, he has mastered them so successfully and created a series of fine porcelain of his own unique style combined with new innovations and new technologies, that abound with cultural and aesthetic meaning.
• Porcelains created by Ran Xiangfei won numerous significant international awards like Best of Best of Red Dot in Germany at age of 23, and are included in significant museum collections as Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Expatriate Artist in Royal Delft
International Awards & Expositions
Born in 1987 in China
2005~2009 BA in school of design , Jiangnan University, China
2009~2013 MA in school of design , Jiangnan University, China
2014 Artists-in-residence progam in Royal Delft, the Nerthlands
• Prizes & Awards:
2007: JDF2007 International Design Competition
Silver Prize (Govenor of Osaka Prefecture Prize)
2008: LITEON AWARD, Silver Prize
2009: Excellent Graduation Design
2010: National Fine Arts Exhibition, Nominated Award
2010: Roche Bobois Design Award, Nominated Award
2010: Pan Tianshou National Stationary Design Competition, Copper Prize
2010: DongGuan Ming Furniture Design Competition, Silver Prize
2010: The Rodo Young Design Prize 2010 100%Design Shanghai “DESIGN IN CHINA",
Excellent Award
2010: Best of Best of Red Dot
2012: Best tableware design from EDIDA of ELLE DECORATION MAGZINE
2020: Taiwan jingdian awards
• Exhibitions:
2010: “Unhidden Design”, National Fine Arts Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
2010: “The Shape of Temperature” lamp and “Bag Napkin”, Fat Art, Beijing, China
2010: “ Moon in Shadow”, MiLano Design Week, Italy
2010: “Xuanpaper Notebook”, 100% Design Shanghai, China
2011: “Sothing”, 100% Design Shanghai, China
2012:“Sothing”, 100% Design Shanghai, China
2012:“Sothing”, 100% Design Shanghai, China
2012: “Sothing”, 100% Design Shanghai, China
2012:“Sothing", MASON&OBJECT, Paris, France
2014:“YiYangYiSheng”, The 20th China International Furniture Expo, Shanghai, China
2015:“YiYangYiSheng”, The 2th DesignShanghai, China
2015: “Inspired by Barcelona” , HongKong
2016:“YiYangYiSheng”, The 3th DesignShanghai, China
2017:“Verboden Porselein”, Exclusief Voor De Keizer, Delft, Holland
2018:“YiYangYiSheng”, The 5th DesignShanghai, China
2018:“YiYangYiSheng”, 1th DesignBeijing, China
2018: “YiYangYiSheng” &”Royoko”, Tokyo, Japan
2019:“YiYangYiSheng”, The 6th DesignShanghai, China
2019:“YiYangYiSheng”, The SHENZHEN CREATIVE WEEK, China
2019:“Bungee Pop-up Store & Events”, New York, the U.S.A.
2020:“YiYangYiSheng”, Guangzhou, China
2020: “YiYangYiSheng” &”Royoko”, Shenzhen, China
2020:“Maza", solo exhibition , Hangzhou, China
2021:"Timeless", group exhibition, Art Thema HéYī gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2022: "Nakare • Sakura", group exhibition, Art Thema Héyī Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
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"Bamboo Leaves" Tea Set 金盘竹叶杯手绘茶具, 2021
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"Blowing Breeze" Gold Plate 微风吹过镀金盘, 2021
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"Camellia" Porcelain Gold Bowl 茶花描金碗, 2021
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"Eggs" 卵, 2021
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"Kamo-gawa in April" Tea Set 四月的鸭川, 2021
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"Mountains Under Moonlight" Tea Cup 山水月光杯, 2021
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"Mountains" Tea Set 山水刷银手绘茶具, 2021
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"Sea of Clouds" Paired Bowl 云海刷银碗一对, 2021
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"Summer Sun" Tea Cup 夏日杯, 2021
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"WuShan Mountain" Gold Famille-Rose Porcelain Paried Vase “巫山”流金粉彩瓷对瓶, 2021
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Ceramic Table, 2021