A list of contemporary ceramic art competitions, biennales, ceramics festivals and fairs that took place in 2022.
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Past events:
Collect 2022
The Leading Fair for Contemporary Craft & Design
February 25-27, 2022
London, UK
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NCECA 2022
Fertile Ground – 56th Conference
March 16-19, 2022
Sacramento, California, US
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Ceramic Art London 2022
April 8-10, 2022
London, UK
Clay Gulgong 2022
April 9-15, 2022
Gulgong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
CCACA 2022
35th California Conference
April 29 – May 1, 2022
Davis, California, US
Buongiorno Ceramica!
May 21-22, 2022
Organized simultaneously in multiple cities, ITALY
Contemporary Ceramics Market Giroussens
June 4-6, 2022
Giroussens, Tarn, FRANCE
Ceramic Art Andenne 2022
May 14 – June 12, 2022
Andenne, BELGIUM
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Ceramic Wales 2022
June 11-12, 2022
Bodrhyddan Hall, Wales, UK
International Ceramic Art Fair
June 9-19, 2022
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, CANADA
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Saint-Sulpice Céramique
June 30 – July 3, 2022
Paris, FRANCE
ACGA Clay and Glass Festival
July 9-10, 2022
Palo Alto, California, US
Terralha 2022 – European Ceramic Festival
July 15-17, 2022
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE
Celebrating Ceramics
July 15-17, 2022
Waterperry Gardens, Oxford, UK
Australian Ceramics Triennale 2022
July 19-23, 2022
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
International Ceramics Fair Oldenburg
August 6-7, 2022
Oldenburg, GERMANY
Art in Clay Windsor
August 19-21, 2022
Windsor, UK
Claytopia Days 2022
August 25-28, 2022
Guldagergaard, Skælskør, DENMARK
Matres International Women’s Ceramic Festival
August 25-28, 2022
Cava de’ Tirreni & Vietri sul Mare, ITALY
Argillà Italia
International Ceramics Festival & Market-Fair
September 2-4, 2022
Faenza, ITALY
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XV International Biennial of Ceramics of Manises 2022
June 10 – September 10, 2022
Manises, Valencia, SPAIN
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Off Center 2022
July 22 – September 17, 2022
Roseville, California, US
50th International Ceramics Academy (ICA) Congress
Melting Pot
September 12-16, 2022
Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Premio Grottaglie 2022
June 26 – September 25, 2022
Grottaglie, ITALY
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3rd International Porcelain Biennale
July 18 – September 25, 2022
Albrechtsburg Castle, Meissen, GERMANY
Parcours Céramique Carougeois
September 17-25, 2022
Carouge, SWITZERLAND
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CERCO 2022
International Festival of Contemporary Ceramics
September 21-25, 2022
Zaragoza, SPAIN
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C-14 PARIS
Contemporary Ceramics Salon
October 6-9, 2022
Paris, FRANCE
Oxford Ceramics Fair 2022
October 29-30, 2022
St Edward’s School, Oxford, UK
International Ceramics Competition Carouge 2022
Sep 17 – Dec 11, 2022
Carouge, SWITZERLAND
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41st Concurs International de Ceràmica de l’Alcora 2022
October 7 – December 30, 2022
L’Alcora, Castellón, SPAIN
XII International Ceramics Biennial in Vendrell
November 12, 2022 – January 14, 2023
El Vendrell, Catalonia, SPAIN
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