A list of contemporary ceramic competitions, biennales, festivals and ceramic art fairs taking place in 2023.
NEW! Check out the 2024 Calendar of ceramic competitions.
Current and upcoming events:
International Ceramics Triennial UNICUM 2023
Competition
May 15 – September 30, 2023
Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
62nd Premio Faenza International Competition
Competition
July 1 – November 26, 2023
Faenza, ITALY
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International Ceramics Biennial of Esplugues Angelina Alós
Competition
July 21, 2023 – January 24, 2024
Esplugues, Barcelona, SPAIN
Latvia Ceramics Biennale – Martinsons Award 2023
Competition
September 8, 2023 – February 18, 2024
Daugavpils, LATVIA
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Cheongju International Craft Competition 2023
Competition
September 1 – October 15, 2023
Cheongju, SOUTH KOREA
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CERCO 2023
Competition
September 21 – November 5, 2023
Zaragoza, SPAIN
British Ceramics Biennial 2023
Festival
September 23 – November 5, 2023
Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Oeiras Ceramic Art 2023
Festival
October 13-14, 2023
Oeiras, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Oxford Ceramics Fair 2023
Ceramics fair
October 28-29, 2023
Oxford, UK
International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro
Competition
October 28, 2023 – January 28, 2024
Aveiro, PORTUGAL
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2023 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale
Competition
December 15, 2023 – June 15, 2024
Jingdezhen, CHINA
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Upcoming in 2024
Past events
International Coffee Cup Competition
Competition
January 6 – April 16, 2023
New Taipei City, TAIWAN
Collect 2023
Art Fair
March 3-5, 2023
Somerset House, London, UK
NCECA 2023
Conference & other events
March 15-18, 2023
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
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CCACA 2023
Conference & other events
April 28-29, 2023
Davis, California, US
Buongiorno Ceramica!
Festival
May 20-21, 2022
Organized simultaneously in multiple cities, ITALY
Ceramic Market Andenne 2023
Ceramics Fair
May 28-29, 2023
Andenne, BELGIUM
The International Ceramic Art Fair 2023
Ceramics fair
June 8-18, 2023
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, CANADA
International Tea Bowl Competition 2023
Competition
June 23-25, 2023
Wroclaw, POLAND
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize
Competition
May 17 – June 18, 2023
Noguchi Museum, New York, US
The Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair
Ceramics fair
June 24-25, 2023
Wakefield, UK
Saint-Sulpice Céramique 2023
Ceramics fair
June 29 – July 2, 2023
Paris, FRANCE
The International Ceramics Festival
Festival
June 30 – July 2, 2023
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK
Argillà Argentona 2023
Ceramics fair
July 7-9, 2023
Barcelona, Catalonia, SPAIN
Terralha 2023 – European Ceramic Festival
Competition
July 14-16, 2022
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE
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International Ceramics Fair Oldenburg
Ceramics Fair
August 5-6, 2023
Oldenburg, GERMANY
Art in Clay Windsor
Ceramics Fair
August 18-20, 2023
Windsor Racecourse, UK
Young European Ceramics Competition 2023
European Competition
July 14 – August 15, 2023
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE
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Claybash 2023
US Triennial exhibition
May 21 – September 3, 2023
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, US
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Gmunden Pottery Market
Ceramics Fair
August 25-27, 2023
Gmunden, AUSTRIA
Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art “Mediterraneo”
Competition
July 2 – September 10, 2023
Grottaglie, ITALY
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Keramikpanorama 2023
Ceramics fair
September 9-10, 2023
Murten, SWITZERLAND
Ceramics in the City
Ceramics fair
September 23-24, 2023
Museum of the Home, London, UK
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