Jacques Kaufmann
b. 1954
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 | Clay Stories, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK From Imperial brick kiln to Kaufmann, Baoku Art Center, Shanghai Tower, China |
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2016 | Terres / Earth, Galerie Episodique, Paris, France |
2015 | Jacques Kaufmann, Qi, Gimhae Clayarch Museum, Gimhae, South Korea A blend of civilization, China National Museum of Art, Beijing, China (an exhibition shared with three other artists) |
2014 | An, peace/earth garden, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan Looking for Light, GAFA City Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China Autumn Leaves, Xintiandi Park, Shanghai Biennale, China |
2013 | Loading for Cythera, Châtaignière d'Yvoire, France With one brick, to build a world, Zhaoqing University Museum, Zhaoqing, China Year of the snake, homage to DDM, Musée Baur, Geneva, Switzerland Precious boxes, Galerie Hélène Aziza, Paris, France |
2012 | To raise the veil, installation at Vieux four, Gradignan, France |
2009 | Fragments of memory of the world, Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France Scene of the World, Musée Baur, Geneva, Switzerland |
2008 | Residence's Works, Shigaraki Museum, Japan |
2007 | Floating heads, Abbaye d'Arthous, France |
2006 | To be done, to be followed, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland The flight of the fly, Biennale of Design, St Etienne, France Take, throw away & Strong roots, Chapelle de la miséricorde, Chapelle Picasso, Vallauris, France |
2005 | China feelings 2, Fine Arts College Gallery, Shanghai University, China |
2004 | China feelings 1, Museum of Cantonese Art, China |
2003 | Homage to the little spoon, Musée de Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland |
2001 | The dance of ice and fire, Savitaipale, Finland Mineral memories, mud structure, Forum de Meyrin and Halles de l'Ile, Geneva, Switzerland Site's memories, Musée de Sarreguemines, France Different, logics, objects, Pernet Design showroom, Crissier, Switzerland |
2000 | Mud Structure 2, Kunsthalle Wil, Switzerland |
1998 | Mud Structure 1, Galerie Andata/Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland |
1997 | Material for thinking, Galerie M. L. Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland Project Room, Galerie M. Gass, Bâle, Switzerland |
1996 | Musée Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland Musée d'Art Contemporain de Dunkerque, France |
1995 | Nowhere-Now Here, Maison de la Céramique, Mulhouse, France |
1993 | Opening Night, Centre d'Art en l'Ile, Geneva, Switzerland |
1991 | Hymen & Metamorphoses, Salle Crosnier, Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva, Switzerland |
Public Collections
Art Ichol, Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Auckland Museum for Applied Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Baoku Art Center, Shanghai Tower, China
Beersheba Town Collection, Beersheba, Israel
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
Centre National d’Art Contemporain (CNAC), Paris, France
China Academy of Art, Center for Urban Visual Studies, Shanghai, China
China ASFIM Ceramic Art Museum, Beijing, China
China National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
City Museum of Tangshan, Tangshan, China
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea
Collection BVDE, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Commune of Saint Cergues, Vaud, Switzerland
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York, USA
Fonds Cantonal de Décoration et d'Arts Visuels, Geneva, Switzerland
Frac Alsace, Sélestat, France
Han Yang Lim Ceramic Museum, South Korea
Hu Garden, Yixing, China
International Museum of Applied Arts, Turin, Italy
Itonuki Town Office, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Kunsthalle Wil, Wil, Switzerland
Kunsthandwerkmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Musée Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France
Musée de Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée de l'Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée de la Céramique, Sarreguemines, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée Historique et des Porcelaines de Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland
Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres, Paris, France
Museum of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal
Nau Gaudí Museum, Mataró, Spain
Port of Savona, Savona, Italy
Porvoo Town International Contemporary Collection, Porvoo, Finland
Saga Prefecture AIC Collection, Saga, Japan
Shigaraki Contemporary Ceramic Museum Collection, Shigaraki, Japan
Total Museum for Contemporary Arts, Seoul, Korea
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea
Yingge Ceramic Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Zhaoqing University Museum, Zhaoqing, China
Ziegelei Museum, Ziegelhütte, Switzerland
Awards
2000 | Sacred Fire prize, Biennale of Swiss Ceramicists, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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1993 | Prize at the 4th Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia 1st Prize, 4th International Biennial of Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland Grand Prize, 1st International Biennial of Ceramics, Sarreguemines, France |
1992 | Honorable Mention, 3rd International Triennial of Ceramics, Mino, Japan |
1991 | Beauty Prize, International Competition of the city of Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland Honorary Diploma, Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia |
1990 | Prize, Orlandi Competition, Geneva, Switzerland |
1984 | Gold metal, Exhibition of the International Academy of Ceramics, Seattle, USA |
1983 | Sculpture prize, Biennial of Swiss Ceramicists, Winterthur, Switzerland |
1982 | Prize, International Exhibition of Furniture, Monza, Italy 1st Prize, 2nd International Exhibition of Crafts, Burgdorf, Switzerland Small plaque, 8th International Biennial of Ceramics, Vallauris, France Federal award funding for the applied arts, Bern, Switzerland |
1981 | Lissignol scholarship, Geneva, Switzerland |
1979 | Young Swiss Ceramicist Award, Lucerne, Switzerland Federal award funding for the applied arts, Bern, Switzerland Lissignol scholarship, Geneva, Switzerland |
1978 | Federal award funding for the applied arts, Bern, Switzerland |
Selected Residencies
2018 | Jaipur Ceramic Triennial, India Fiskars, Finland |
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2017 | Art Ichol, Madhya Pradesh, India |
2016 | Hu Garden, Yixing, China Art Ichol, Madhya Pradesh, India Bangkok University Ceramic Symposium |
2014 | Yingge Ceramic Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan Guangdong Academy of Fine Art Museum, Guangdong, China Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea |
2013 | Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China |
2011 | Waba brick residency in Sonderborg, Peterson Factory, Denmark |
2009-10 | Arctic Clay, Pentik factory, Posio, Laponie, Finland |
2008 | Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea |
2007-08 | Shigaraki ceramic cultural park, Japan |
2005 | FMR, Ville d'Annecy, France White Gold, Ymeris, Cornwall, UK |
2001 | La vague, Port de Savona, Italy Mémoires du lieu, Musée de Sarreguemines, France Ice & fire, Lac de Saivipaitale, Finland Wir bauen eine Stadt, Ville d'Oldenburg, Germany |
2000 | Ferrada, Valle del Ardesia, Italy |
1999-2005 | Residencies in China |
1999 | Yellow Brick Road, Iron Bridge, Wolverhampton, UK |
1998 | Sri Lanka |
1997 | Adobe sculpture, Beersheva, Israel Castellamonte, Italy |
1994 | Porvoo, Finland |
Guest Professor Seminars, Workshops and Lectures
2nd Ceramic Education Conference (2015), Çanakkale, Turkey
Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Ad Art Academy, Tehran, Iran
Akdeniz University, Turkey
Anderson Ranch, Colorado, USA
Art University, Shanghai, China
Australian Triennial, Canberra, Australia
Bangkok University, Thailand
Central Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China
Ceramix, World Ceramic Biennale 2011, Korea
ENSAD, Limoges, France
Experimentation, exploration, examination, Habitat, Delhi
GAFA, Guangdong Academy of Fine Arts, China
Henan Museum, China
IUFM Montpellier, France
Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
Royal College of Art, London, UK
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Soutomaior Castle, Spain
Tainan University, Taiwan
Taiwan Biennale 2012, Taiwan
Tangshan Vocational School, China
University of Architecture and Design, Xi'an, China
University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
USP University São Paolo, Brazil
Zhaoqing University, China
International Jury
2016 | President of the Jury FIFMA, International Film Festival for Applied Arts, Paris, France |
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2015 | Liling China Ceramic Association Competition |
2014 | International Biennale, Vallauris, France Anderson Ranch, Colorado, USA Hangzhou International Biennale Committee Member of the International Committee of the Biennale, Kocef, Icheon, South Korea |
2012 | President of the Jury, Taiwan Biennale |
1999 | Sarreguemines Ceramic International Competition, France |
Lectures Linked to China
Lectures given at the following universities and art schools in China: Beijing, Hangzhou, Jingdezhen, Xi'an, Ixing, Guangzhou, Tangshan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Zhaoqing.
Lectures also given in:
Andenne, Belgium
Baur Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Société d'études de la céramique orientale (SFECO), France
Solothurn, Switzerland
Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Vallauris, France