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
Frechen Ceramics Award 2025
Competition (EU only)
April 28 – August 31, 2025
Applications are due February 28, 2025
Keramion, Frechen, GERMANY
Ceramic Art London 2025
Ceramics fair
May 9-11, 2025
London, UK
Ceramic Art Andenne 2025
Competition (triennale)
May 17 – June 15, 2025
Andenne, BELGIUM
Featured in Ceramics Now
LOEWE Craft Prize 2025
Crafts competition
Spring of 2025
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, SPAIN
Révélations – International Biennial of Crafts and Creation
Crafts fair
May 21-25, 2024
Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE
International Ceramics Sculpture Triennale Poland
Ceramics Competition
May 23 – August 31, 2025
Applications are due December 31, 2024
Warsaw, POLAND
cerARTmic Madrid 2025
Contemporary ceramics fair
June 5-8, 2025
Madrid, SPAIN
Ceramic Market Andenne 2025
Ceramics fair
June 8-9, 2025
Andenne, BELGIUM
Höhr-Grenzhausen Ceramics Market 2025
Ceramics fair
June 14-15, 2025
Applications are due January 20, 2025
Höhr-Grenzhausen, GERMANY
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
Argillà Argentona International Ceramics Festival
Ceramics festival
July 4-6, 2025
Argentona, Barcelona, SPAIN
Terralha 2025 – European Ceramic Festival
European ceramic festival
July 11-13, 2025
Applications are due January 15, 2025
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE
Young European Ceramics Competition 2025
European ceramics competition
July 11 – August 15, 2025
Applications are due January 15, 2025
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, FRANCE
International Ceramics Market Siegburg 2025
Ceramics fair
July 12-13, 2025
Applications are due January 31, 2025
Siegburg, GERMANY
International Ceramics Fair Oldenburg
Ceramics fair
August 2-3, 2025
Applications are due January 12, 2025
Oldenburg, GERMANY
Austrian Pottery Market
Ceramics fair
August 29-31, 2025
Applications are due December 31, 2024
Gmunden, AUSTRIA
2025 Cheongju International Craft Competition
Crafts Competition
September 4 – November 2, 2025
Applications will open on March 24, 2025
Cheongju, SOUTH KOREA
Latvia Ceramics Biennale – Martinsons Award
Ceramics competition
September 5, 2025 – February 1, 2026
Applications are due April 30, 2025
Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, LATVIA
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
C14 Paris 2025
Contemporary ceramics fair
October 2-5, 2025
Applications are due February 16, 2025
Paris, FRANCE
XVII International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro
Ceramics competition
October 18, 2025 – January 18, 2026
Aveiro, PORTUGAL
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