Creating with porcelain

My choice of porcelain stems from a deep respect for Chinese heritage.

My approach is one of transmission: perpetuating the tradition of white porcelain while confronting it with contemporary sculptural expression. Kaolin is, for me, a bridge between cultures, a material whose purity I seek to sublimate through the rigor of high-temperature firings.

It is in this spirit that I maintain a constant dialogue with Chinese masters, notably through my regular residencies (Dehua, Shangyu, Jingdezhen). From East to West, this work of exchange and technical development nourishes my creations, where organic forms—corals and flowers—evoke both the resilience of life and the memory of maritime voyages.

 

 

 

RESUME

  • Originally from the Gard region, born in 1967. Lives and works in Sabran (France).
  • Florence Corbi is a member of  Ateliers d'Art de France and the International Academy of Ceramics.

    EDUCATION

    1995 : Master Économie, comptabilité et gestion
    2006 : Arts décoratifs de Paris, dessin, nu, aquarelle
    2007 : Atelier Chemins de terre - Paris

    MAIN EXHIBITIONS

    2026 : AIC-IAC New members' Exhibition , Jingdezhen – China 
    2026 : AIC-IAC artists in residency Exhibition, Jingdezhen - Chine
    2026 : Art Biennale – Vaux en Beaujolais - France 
    2025 : « Dialogues » French East Indias' Company Museum, Lorient – France
    2025 : Taylor Foundation, Paris - France
    2024 : 4th porcelain biennale, Meissen – Germany
    2023 : International Ceramics Art Award "Blanc de Chine", Hangzhou - China
    2022 : Galerie Laurent Potier, Vendôme - France
    2021 : « Florence Corbi & Michel Folliot » Hotel-Dieu, Belleville en Beaujolais - France
    2020 : Biennale Artceram, Sèvres - France
    2019 : Internationale Biennale of Ceramics, Cluj Napoca - Roumania
    2019 : International Ceramics Art Award ”Blanc de Chine », Beijing - China
    2018 : Galerie Ex Nihilo, Orléans - France
    2017 : « The maritim silk roads» Confluences Museum, Lyon - France
    2016 : Contemporary arts Biennale Maison Albert André, Laudun - France
    2015 : « Rencontre », Bagnols sur Cèze - France
    2014 : « 240 messagers de mémoires », Ceramics Museum, Andenne - Belgium
    2013 : « Les Hivernales », Montreuil - France

    AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

    2026 : Guest artist in residency, Taoxichuan Art Center ; Jingdzehen, Jiangxi - China
    2025 : Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (AIC-IAC), Geneva - Switzerland
    2024 : Guest artist in residency, Celadon International Ceramic Art Center, Shangyu – China
    2024 : Internationale porcelain Biennale finalist Meissen - Germany 
    2023 : Guest artist in residency, ICAA « Blanc de Chine », Dehua – Fujian – China
    2023 until now : Member of Homo Faber - Michelangelo Foundation
    2022 : Grand Prix Charles Malfray of sculpture - Taylor Foundation Paris - France
    2019 : International Ceramic Art Award « Blanc de Chine » 2019 Finalist, Beijing - China
    2019 : International Ceramics Biennale of Cluj-Napoca, Finalist, Cluj-Napoca - Roumania
    2017 : International Ceramic Art Award « Blanc de Chine » 2017 Finalist, Lyon – France
    2017 until now : Member of Ateliers d’art de France (national Art and craft association)
    2014 until now : Member of the Taylor Foundation, Paris

    COLLECTIONS

    Taoxichuan Art Museum - Jingdezhen - China
    French East India's Company Museum– Lorient – France 
    French Embassy in China – Beijing - China
    French Embassy in Estonia – Talinn – Estonia
    Collection Léger – Sacy – France
    Collection Brugnon – Ecueil – France
    Ceramics Art Museum– Shangyu – China
    Collection Berr-Mattei – Paris - France
    Winland Group Center - Xiamen – China
    Collection Miroglio – Milan – Italia
    Collection Julien Cohen – Paris – France
    Collection René et Francie Koering – Gaillac – France
    Collection Denise et Michel Meynet – Lyon – France
    Collection Blanc-Fribourg – Paris - France

    LECTURES, WORKSHOPS

    "The traces of the ephemeral" Taoxichuan Art Center - Jingdezhen - China
    Ceramic creative workshops, primary school classes – Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Lorient, Avril 2025
    Lecture « Florence Corbi, Impressions of Shangyu », Fondation Renaud, Lyon, Mars 2024
    Lecture « Artists in residency in Dehua », Dehua University, Juillet 2023 
    Ceramics creative workshops, Maison des jeunes, Vaux en Velin, Mars 2019 
    Lecture « Il est temps de ... », Dieppe, Juillet 2014

    BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)

    IAC New members Exhibition catalog, Jingdezhen June 2026
    IAC International residencies Exhibition catalog, Jingdezhen June 2026
    « Florence Corbi, sculptrice de la mémoire immergée », Ouest France April 2025 
    « Des céramiques contemporaines au musée », Le Télégramme April 2025
    « Porzellan 2024 », Exhibition catalog, Meissen, December 2024
    « Lauréats 2022 des concours de la fondation Taylor » Exhibition catalog 2023
    « De l’excellence à l’élégance », Exhibition catalog, April 2021
    "Florence Corbi" by B. Vinel in Ceramics Today October 2021
    "Florence Corbi, Mémoires et magies de l'argile", by C. Noorbergen, Atelier d'Art magazine Sept 2021
    The 7th International ceramics biennale ArtCeram2020, Exhibition catalog, Sèvres, september 2020
    « Réminiscence selon Florence Corbi », by M. Manoha, Cité du Faire, Lunéville, May 2020
    « Florence Corbi », by H. Godard, Céramique et Verre magazine, January 2020
    The 4th International Ceramic Biennale Exhibition catalog, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 2019<
    The 2019 International Ceramic Art Award, Exhibition catalog, Beijing, China, July 2019
    The 2017 International Ceramic Art Award Exhibition catalog, Lyon, September 2017
    « Profonds Retournements », Contemporary sacred art biennale, Lyon, by F. Castany, september 2017
    « De chair, de terre, de nacre et de vent » by N. Lamothe, Univers des Arts n°190, july 2017
    « Florence Corbi, Pierre Amiel et Andy Newman explorent le bleu », by T. Allard, Objectif Gard, April 2015
    « 240 messagers de mémoire », exhibition catalog Andenne Ceramic Museum, july 2014
    « Les hivernales », exhibition catalog by Alin Avila, november 2013
    « Florence Corbi sculptor » by Colin Lemoine

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