Arts in the Flame

Head of Glass and Ceramics Specialty, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Member of China Glass and Ceramics Specialty Committee, Visiting Scholar of Glass and Ceramics Specialty at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. Since 2006, his personal works have been exhibited many times, participated in more than 60 academic joint exhibitions at home and abroad, and won awards many times. His works have been collected by many museums and art institutions. 2016, designed and completed the public art project “Starry Sky” of Shanghai Landmark Architecture  Shanghai Tower. 2018, designed and completed the largest outdoor public glass art work "INK STONE" in China, Win the 12th IDA Silver Award.

In the 1970s, Loretta H. Yang was a prominent film actress in Taiwan who received numerous accolades, including top honors from the Golden Horse Awards and the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. In 1987, building on her accumulated experience and talent in the performing arts, she shifted her focus to Chinese contemporary glass art and founded LIULIGONGFANG. From initial exploration and experimentation to creating acclaimed works, Lorett H. Yang pioneered the lost-wax casting technique in glassmaking, blending it with profound Chinese cultural and philosophical concepts. Her efforts have revived the ancient art of Chinese liuli (glass) on the international stage after a thousand-year hiatus.

Her works are collected by over 23 significant museums worldwide, including the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in France. She is widely recognized as a leading figure in cast glass art expression in Asia.

Born in Montreuil (France) in 1987, King Houndekpinkou is a Franco-Beninese ceramic artist who lives in Paris. As the face of a rising generation of artists from the African diaspora exploring global possibilities, King is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) and works in France, Japan and Benin. King's achievements and career path set him in a lineage of artists that have been exploring creative possibilities with the vessel shape which, to King, "functions" as a universal and timeless canvas to engage in conversations accessible to all beings regardless their gender, social status, generation, skin color and culture.

Ludivine Loursel (b. France, 1994) is an artist who creates pieces that are a mix of lighting, sculpture and art objects. Her creations combine two materials from the arts of fire: metal and Glass. Ludivine uses her skills to create works that glorify the technique through emotions generated by the gesture and the creative intuition it gives her; evoking piece after piece of a moment, a memory, an imprint.