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Gwangju Joseon Royal Kiln Museum

Icheon World Ceramic Center

Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery

The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation is also involved in activities and enterprises such as the organization of exhibitions, education, research, marketing and assistance to local ceramic industries for the promotion of world ceramic culture, art and industry.

The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation currently operates Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gwangju Joseon Royal Kiln Museum, and Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, museums that house ceramic art exclusively.


The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea(CEBIKO) International Competition
Ceramists from every corner of the world are invited to take part in the 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition. This grand-scale international event participated by the world's finest ceramic artists focuses on defining new values and creative direction for the 21st century ceramic arts. The international competition exhibition, one of the main events of the 5th World Ceramic Biennale Korea, will be held from April 25 to June 21 in 2009, where ceramic artists from across the globe will compete in categories of "Ceramics for Use" and "Ceramics as Expression." The judging panel is comprised of venerated ceramic experts representing each continent, and the winners of the competition will receive the largest cash prize ever conferred (Grand Prize: KRW 60 million, Total: KRW 213 million) to encourage their spirit of creativity and contribute to the development of ceramic arts. We anticipate talented and innovative artists to take part in the 5th CEBIKO International Competition to open a new horizon for the 21st century ceramic arts.

"Fire" is the essential element in sublimating clay into fine art.
Fire flames blow life into clay and transform it into the ultimate creation of all arts. Adventures of the Fire symbolically represents the venturous and innovative creations of ceramists who ceaselessly explore the substantial element of ceramics, the fire. The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea, entitled Adventures of the Fire, will present the new perspectives and future vision of the contemporary ceramic art.

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