Ceramic Art Competitions, Biennales, Festivals and Fairs in 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Ceramics Calendar — A list of contemporary ceramic competitions, biennales, festivals and ceramic art fairs taking place in 2025.

Upcoming events:

(the calls for entries are marked in bold lettering)

Ceramic Brussels 2025
Contemporary ceramics fair
January 22-26, 2025
Brussels, BELGIUM

NCECA 2025 – Formation
Conference & other events
March 26-29, 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah, US

CCACA 2025 – California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art
Conference & other events
April 25-26, 2025
Davis, California, US

Ceramic Art Andenne 2025
Competition (triennale)
May 17 – June 15, 2025
Applications are due October 13, 2024
Andenne, BELGIUM
Featured in Ceramics Now

LOEWE Craft Prize 2025
Crafts competition
Spring of 2025
Applications are due October 30, 2024
Madrid, SPAIN

Révélations – International Biennial of Crafts and Creation
Crafts fair
May 21-25, 2024
Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE

cerARTmic Madrid 2025
Contemporary ceramics fair
June 5-8, 2025
Madrid, SPAIN

Ceramic Market Andenne 2025
Ceramics fair
June 8-9, 2025
Applications are due December 8, 2024
Andenne, BELGIUM

63rd Faenza Prize – International Competition of Ceramic Art
Ceramic competition
June 28 – November 16, 2025
Applications are due December 17, 2024
Faenza, ITALY

The International Ceramics Festival 2025
Ceramics festival
June 27-29, 2025
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK

Terralha 2025 – European Ceramic Festival
Ceramic competition
July 11-13, 2025
Applications will open in October 2024
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE

Young European Ceramics Competition 2025
European ceramics competition
July 11 – August 15, 2025
Applications will open in October 2024
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE

42nd International Ceramics Fair Oldenburg
Ceramics fair
August 2-3, 2025
Applications will open in November 2024
Oldenburg, GERMANY

2025 Cheongju International Craft Competition
Crafts Competition
September 4 – November 2, 2025
Applications will open on March 24, 2025
Cheongju, SOUTH KOREA

British Ceramics Biennial 2025
Ceramics festival
September – November 2025
Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Australian Ceramics Triennale 2025
Ceramics triennale
October 2-5, 2025
Walyalup (Fremantle), AUSTRALIA

XVII International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro
Ceramics competition
October 18, 2025 – January 18, 2026
Applications are due November 30, 2025
Aveiro, PORTUGAL

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