Solo Exhibition Programme
August 2025
Circulation of Life:Tradition in Bloom
Linyao Cheng(Lin Zi)
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Linyao Cheng(Lin Zi)
Lin Zi (birth name: Cheng Linyao) is a visual artist and ceramicist from Jingdezhen, China, renowned for her mastery of traditional Qinghua (blue-and-white) porcelain techniques.
Coming from a distinguished family of ceramic artists, she is a cultural inheritor of Jingdezhen’s porcelain heritage and has been featured by major media including CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, and If National Treasures Could Talk.
Holding a PhD in Visual Arts, Lin Zi integrates classical underglaze and overglaze brushwork with contemporary aesthetics, creating works that bridge tradition and innovation. Her practice embodies the spirit of Chinese craftsmanship—elegant, meticulous, and deeply rooted in cultural continuity.
Flowers
35 × 35 cm
Immersed in the natural world, this series traces the life of flowers through a reconstructed, close-up visual language. Each bloom is treated as a living entity—capable of emotion, expression, and resonance.
Through the diverse forms of flowers, the works evoke the quiet strength and unique rhythm of feminine life—delicate yet powerful, like blossoms in full bloom: beautiful, mysterious, and deeply alive.
Four Seansons
25 × 15 × 25 cm (L × W × H)
This ceramic series reinterprets the traditional Qinghua “Fen Shui” (ink-wash gradient) technique to capture the vitality and rhythm of nature. Each vessel features five hand-painted panels depicting fruits and vegetables—dragon fruit, carrot, apple, tomato, and pomegranate—rendered in layered cobalt tones that reveal delicate textures and shifting light. Through precise brushwork and balanced composition, Lin Zi transforms everyday organic forms into poetic studies of time, space, and harmony. The series continues the Ming Dynasty’s tradition of “one brushstroke dividing light and shadow,” while infusing it with contemporary sensibility and a quiet reverence for nature’s enduring beauty.
Sequence
28 cm (diameter)
This piece draws inspiration from flowers, cardiovascular structures, and the free-flowing forms found in nature. I embedded the image of a heart within the bloom, where blood vessels intertwine with plant veins—symbolizing the cyclical rhythm of life and the continuity of cultural heritage.
For me, this collaboration transcends the traditional boundaries of Qinghua (blue and white) porcelain painting, imbuing the work with a strong sense of contemporaneity and innovation. It reflects the boundless potential of Eastern aesthetics when reimagined through a modern lens.
Lin Zi (birth name: Cheng Linyao) is a visual artist and ceramicist born in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China. She holds a PhD in Visual Arts and is a nationally certified Skilled Worker in Light Industry, a Senior Level 1 Ceramic Product Designer, and a Senior Level 1 Tea Master. Lin Zi is also a certified national judge for professional skills competitions.
She is recognized as a cultural inheritor of Jingdezhen's Qinghua (blue and white porcelain) and has been included in the city's “3+1+X” High-Level Talent Program. She is a Craft Artist and Fine Artist of Jiangxi Province, as well as an honoree of titles such as Jingdezhen Youth Post Expert and Jingdezhen Women's Model Worker.
Lin Zi is affiliated with numerous professional organizations, including the Jiangxi Arts and Crafts Association, Jiangxi Fine Arts Society, Women Ceramic Artists Association of Jingdezhen, the New Literary and Artistic Groups of Jingdezhen, and she serves as a committee member of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Youth Committee.
Coming from a well-known family of ceramic artists, Lin Zi is the descendant of the Cheng family of shallow-color painters and the Wu family of Qinghua porcelain masters. Influenced by her family’s artistic legacy, she has been devoted to painting and ceramic arts from a young age.
Her practice focuses on underglaze Qinghua brushwork, overglaze gongbi (meticulous-style) painting, and ceramic sculpture, integrating traditional techniques with a contemporary artistic vision.
She has been featured by major national media including CCTV, CCTV International, Xinhua News Agency, and the documentary series If National Treasures Could Talk, where she promotes the cultural heritage of Jingdezhen porcelain to a wider public.
More About Linyao Cheng(Lin Zi)
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April 2008 – “Heavenly Elegance” — Silver Award, 43rd National Craft & Arts Competition (Jiangxi Provincial Selection)
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April 2008 – Sculpture “Penetration” — Excellence Award, 43rd “Golden Phoenix” Innovation Product Design Competition
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December 2008 – “Golden Lotus” — Bronze Award, 1st Jiangxi Craft Design & Creation Competition
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December 2010 – Porcelain Panel “Guanyin on Lotus” (3.6 ft) — Excellence Award, 9th National Ceramic Art Design Innovation Evaluation
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May 2012 – “Prosperity and Abundance” — Gold Award, “Hundred Flowers Award” (Putian), China Arts & Crafts Competition
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June 2012 – Porcelain Panel “Drunken Beauty” — Silver Award, “Ceramic Blossoms” Women Ceramic Artists Exhibition, Jingdezhen
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August 2012 – “Longevity and Prosperity” — Silver Award, 2013 Shanghai International Creative Design Exhibition
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August 2013 – Porcelain Panel “Mother and Son” — Gold Award, 2013 Shanghai International Crafts Innovation & Design Exhibition
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October 2013 – Porcelain Vase “Drunken Beauty” — Honorable Mention, 2nd China Gaoling International Ceramic Art Competition
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2022 – “Evolution” — Excellence Award, 5th China Ceramic Art & Design Exhibition
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September 2022 – “Lovely Flowers” — Excellence Award, 5th Arab Art Festival
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November 2022 – 1st Place (Ceramic Designer), 2022 Jiangxi Provincial Ceramic Vocational Skills Competition
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December 2022 – 3rd Place, 8th National Vocational Skills Competition (Ceramic Industry Division)
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April 2023 – 3rd Place (Tea Art, Worker Group), 2023 “Fuliang Teacup” Vocational Skills Competition, Jiangxi Province
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June 2023 – Awarded “National Skilled Worker in Light Industry”, issued by the China National Light Industry Council