We are delighted to announce the 32 artists selected for the first Ceramics Now Annual.
Published in print and digital editions at the end of each year, Ceramics Now Annual presents artists and practices shaping contemporary ceramics today. The inaugural edition, Ceramics Now Annual 2027, will be released in December 2026.
The open call for the first Ceramics Now Annual received more than 950 applications from over 60 countries. The response confirmed the value of open calls in bringing forward artists and perspectives that may not yet be on our radar and giving their work wider visibility.
The artists selected for Ceramics Now Annual 2027 are:
- Sara Parent-Ramos (United States)
- Abraham Kritzman (United Kingdom)
- Judi Tavill (United States)
- Don Nakamura (United States)
- Oleksandr Miroshnychenko (Ukraine)
- Anja Marschal (France)
- Sukanjana Kanjanabat (Thailand)
- Simone Fraser (Australia)
- Chien-Jui Huang (Taiwan)
- Anna Kruse (United States)
- Faye Hadfield (United Kingdom)
- Liu Kim (South Korea)
- Kristina Rutar (Slovenia)
- Marit Kathriner (France)
- Maikol de Sousa (Spain)
- Mingshu Li (China)
- Jessika Edgar (United States)
- Olga Siruk (United Kingdom)
- Virginia Leonard (New Zealand)
- Thomas Schmidt (United States)
- Austyn Taylor (United States)
- YoonJee Kwak (South Korea)
- Christine Coste (France)
- Heejung Koo (South Korea)
- Mirka Drapaniotou (Greece)
- Elif Uras (United States)
- Michael Dela Dika (Ghana)
- Lilach Mileikowski (Australia)
- Lauren Shapiro (United States)
- Janet Macpherson (Canada)
- Rodrigo Torres dos Santos (Brazil)
- Peter Christian Johnson (United States)
































The digital edition of Ceramics Now Annual 2027 will be free to read, while the printed edition will be available to purchase on ceramicsnow.org. The selected artists will also be promoted through Ceramics Now’s web platform, newsletter, and social media channels, and their work will remain permanently available on our website.
We’re sincerely grateful to everyone who applied, and we’re excited to continue following many artists who caught our attention.
Since 2010, Ceramics Now has been an independent, reader-supported publication dedicated to presenting compelling voices in contemporary ceramics. Our mission has always been to champion artistic excellence, experimentation, and critical engagement while building bridges between artists, curators, writers, collectors, institutions, and readers worldwide. Ceramics Now is read by over 70,000 people each month.















