Nanxi Jin

Nanxi Jin is an interdisciplinary artist working with clay as a site of fragmentation and reconstruction. Born in Jingdezhen, China, the historical center of porcelain production, and now based in Chicago. Her practice examines how ceramic materials carry cultural memory across geographies. Her work begins with broken forms: shards, discarded vessels, and glaze residues. Rather than restoring these elements, she reassembles them into structures that hover between function and collapse. Through processes such as slip casting, handbuilding, and modular construction, she destabilizes traditional ceramic hierarchies of refinement and perfection, foregrounding the overlooked waste, excess, and residue.

Nanxi received her BFA from Alfred University and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including NYCxDesign (New York), Woman Made Gallery (Chicago), SOIL (Seattle), Ceramic Art Avenue Gallery (Jingdezhen), and Paris Design Week (Paris). She has been awarded residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, Ox-Bow School of Art, Vermont Studio Center, and Anderson Ranch. Her work is included in the Guangdong Shiwan Ceramic Museum’s collection in China.