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Catherine Kao (Kao Lien-Hsiu)


When I moved to Yingge and set up my pottery studio, I felt like a salmon returning home to spawn. After traveling around the world, my love for ceramics called me back to my place of birth. 


I have come to know that every path in my life has karma and a particular fate. Fate and karma have birthed and nourished my own practice of pottery for more than 10 years. The history of the world’s art of ceramics mirrors the evolutionary history of human civilization. Scholars and artists agree that this art form has recorded the lives and thoughts of every generation. This might be one of the reasons why this ancient art form has never lost popularity. I am deeply touched by its power for depth and breadth. I feel blessed to enjoy pottery as my life’s passion.I love the rich quality of wood fired pots and I am very grateful to have the opportunity to build and to do wood firing with a few close friends.


Being a volunteer at Yingge Ceramics Museum has been a wonderful experience in my life. My creative process requires me to look deeply into my inner world. It is through this process that I have learned to open myself to share a piece of my thoughts that I usually had kept hidden.The quality of information available at the Museum as well as the exhibitions have broadened my horizons and enriched my life. Most importantly, I have made friends with many good and like-minded people.



Artist Statement


The inspiration for my creations comes from perceptions and fine details of my life, which I have collected in the stillness of my heart. My motto is "doing pottery is life, doing life is pottery”.  I have no esoteric or hidden theory or special subject; I create pottery because of a deep need to create and express myself and this urge is unexplainable to me. As a contemporary potter, I hope to leave traces of my daily life and thoughts and views embedded in the forms the clay takes, through my technique, skill and imagination. I find joy and satisfaction in the creative process and I consider myself to be a happy potter.

 

Pottery is the perfect combination of culture, art and science. The plasticity of clay enables the potter to make many textural changes.  “The Eternal Fashion” – the Tromp l'oeil series simulates realism using a technique which transforms the clay with a semi-matte glaze.  It mimics the texture of leather and expresses fashion which exists in contemporary life. As a multi-faceted representation of ceramic art, this series tries to depict the realm of life art.


Happy Pottery Life

Holding a piece of clay in my hand

It is warm and soft

Musing gives flight to ideas

Time passes briskly, I am lost in joy

My face shining with ecstasy

My heart full of joy

Dream and clay are dancing together

What a wonderful and happy pottery life




Curriculum Vitae


1972  National Taiwan University 

2002  Canada Thompson River University 

          Graphic Design & Ceramics  Major

2009  Set up LIEN TAO

         pottery studio in Yingge


2013  Taipei city Government Police Bureau Yanping gallery solo exhibition

2014  Chu Tong Su-Chi-Lin Culture Centre Group exhibition

2014  Yingge Ceramic Museum Volunteer group exhibition

2015  Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall “Plum Festival” group exhibition

2015  Arts Facilities Management Center, Taoyuan solo exhibition

2015  San-Shia Memorial month for Lee-Mei-Shu group exhibition

2016  Yingge Ceramic Museum Volunteer group exhibition

2017  Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall “Happy Pottery”solo exhibition

2018  Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center group exhibition

2019  Yingge Ceramic Museum “ Eternal Fashion- a trompe l’oeil” solo exhibition

2019  Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center “Happy Pottery” solo exhibition

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