Jino Jeong is an Auckland-based ceramicist. Jino was born in Seoul and trained in ceramics at Kyunggi University in South Korea. He then spent a year at the highly prestigious Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in China, the only dedicated university to ceramic arts in China.

Now living in Auckland, Jino works from his studio experimenting with scale and glaze to create a unique body of work. He now teaches our Pottery for Beginners course

Awards

2018 Portage award, Honorable mention, NZ
2017 Wai Clay National Ceramics Award, Silver prize, NZ
2017 Royal Easter Show Art Award, First Prize, NZ
2016 Royal Easter Show Art Award, First Prize&Merit, NZ
2015 Fire & Clay First Entry Award, NZ
2011 Kyunghang Art Award, Second Prize, KR
2010 Mokpo Ceramics Award, KR
2009 39.5 Ceramics Award, KR
2009 Kyunghang Art Award, KR
2008 Mudeng Art Award, KR

Exhibitions

2019 Portage award 19 Finalist, Teuru, New Zealand
2018 Portage award 18 Finalist, Teuru, New Zealand
2018 Home, Quirky Fox, Hawera, New Zealand
2017 Portage award 17 Finalist, Teuru, New Zealand
2017 Genitics, FoGuangShan temple, New Zealand
2016 Ceramics, White Space, Ponsonby, New Zealand
2015 Fire& Clay, Pha Homestead, New Zealand
2015 Characteristics, ASP, New Zealand
2012 Art Therapy,Insadong, Seoul, Korea

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