Song, Anna Danyang

1998
Shenyang Liaoning China
Anna Danyang Song (b. 1998, Shenyang, Liaoning, China) holds a BFA from Tsinghua University and an MFA in Ceramics, along with a Collegiate Teaching in Art & Design certificate, from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her professional journey includes working at the Institute of Tea Ceremony Art at Tsinghua University, and she currently serves as Ceramic Studio Manager at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Song’s artworks have been featured in numerous exhibitions at prestigious institutions and galleries worldwide, including the RISD Museum (Providence), The Blanc Gallery (New York), The Ely Center of Contemporary Art (New Haven), and the Kathryn Schultz Gallery (Cambridge, MA).

Her work has also been added to the collection at Tsinghua University.
Song has received several awards, including the NCECA 2024 Multicultural Fellowship, the Craftsmanship Innovation Award at the 1st Dehua Chinese Traditional Ceramic Biennial, and the Emerging Artist Award from the Cambridge Art Association.

In 2025, Post-Natural Oasis at Alisan Fine Arts New York marked the gallery's first collaboration with the artist.

 


BIOGRAPHY

1998   Born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China
2018   Ceramic Arts Summer Program, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo Japan
2020  B.A. Ceramic Art & Design, Tsinghua University, China

2023   
M.F.A  Ceramics Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA

Collegiate Teaching in Art & Design Certificate, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

  • Harmony, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (Forthcoming)


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

2024

  • Object, Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair, Guangzhou, China
  •  NetiNeti, Fine FineArt, Changsha, China
  • Beyond the Pink, Beijing, China
  • 6th Sense of Jin Xi, Jinxi Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China
  • Ubiquitous Technology: The Science of Aesthetics, London, UK 
  • Form+Space 2024, Museum of Art Deland, Deland, USA
  • VOL.1:VOLUME, Black Brick Project, New York, USA
  • On the Broadway Street, A Space, New York, USA
  • All-Staff Art Show 2024, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, USA
  • Calibration, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Boston, USA
  • Mapping the multiverse, Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Richmond, USA
  • Safe Space, The Blanc Gallery, New York, USA
  • Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, USA

2023

  • Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Yibo Gallery, Online, China
  • Blue, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Boston, USA
  • (be)longing, Latela Curatorial, Washington D.C., USA
  • Materiality Unleashed, Li Tang Gallery, New York, USA
  • Name, Place, Animal, Thing, The Blanc Gallery, New York, USA
  • Embodied Knowledge, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, USA
  • The Power of Art, MIT Next Jump, Boston, USA
  • The Power of Art, Harvard University, Boston, USA
  • Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
  • Hand Me Down, Gallery 263, Boston, USA
  • Metcalfé Exhibition, Carrhous, Providence, USA
  • Field Work, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, USA
  • The Space in between, Memorial Hall, Providence, USA
  •  2023 Member Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Boston, USA (Cambridge Art Association)
  • Bittersweet, Gallery 263, Boston, USA
  • Go Tither, Gelman Gallery, Providence, USA
  • Ceramics Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, USA

2022

  • Sustainable Futures, Hyundai Research Collaborative, RISD Prov-Wash Building, Providence, USA
  • Cultural Context: International Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Online, China
  • Residual Hauntings, Gelman Gallery, Providence, USA
  • Overdyed, Dye House, Providence, USA
  • The stories that objects tell, Brown University Joukowsky Institute, Providence, USA

2021

  • 9th International Tea Culture Exchange Exhibition, Beijing, China
  • Ask: Our Diverse World, Online Graduate Ceramics Biennial, Graduation Exhibition of International Art & Design Institutes, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, USA
  • Graduation Exhibition of International Art & Design Institutes, Beijing, China
  • About "My" Space, 1911 Cafe Exhibition Space, Beijing, China
  • Impressions Covid: Thoughts in Pandemic Online Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA

2020

  • 1st Dehua "China White" Chinese Traditional Ceramic Biennale, Dehua, China
  • Journey of a Thousand Miles: 10th Graduates' Excellent Works Exhibition of Chinese Key Fine Arts Colleges and Universities, Hubei, China

2019

  • 2018-2019 Academic Year Selected Design Exhibition, Beijing, China
  • 7th International Tea Culture Exchange Exhibition, Beijing, China

2018

  • 2017-2018 Academic Year Selected Design Exhibition, Beijing, China
  • Outstanding Coursework Collection, Beijing, China
  • 6th International Tea Culture Exchange Exhibition, Beijing, China


SELECTED AWARDS

2024    NCECA 2024 Multicultural Fellowship (NCECA: The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), USA

MyMA Grant honorable mentions, online platform

2023    SheShapes Art+ Fellow, SheShapes Committee

CACR Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards Committee, Hong Kong\
Emerging Artist Award, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, USA

The Climate Creatives Challenge, Commended Entry, Supported by WWF (World Wild Fund for Nature), Switzerland

2020    Technology Innovation Award, 1st Dehua "China White" Chinese Traditional Ceramic Biennale, Dehua, China

Excellent Undergraduate Graduation Project of Beijing Universities in 2020, China

2020    Excellent Graduation Achievements of Tsinghua University in 2020, China

2018    Winsor Newton College Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2024 The Divide Magazine, Bejeweled & Bejeweled-2

CanvasRebel, Artist interview

Royal College of Art China Forum, Artist interview

The Curator’s Salon, Artist studios

2023  New Visionary Magazine, Featured Artist: Floating & Finding the balance-7

Li Tang, Maintain the Passion, Sustain the Persistence

Chinese Ceramics Artists Magazine, Tracing ceramics in Rhode Island School of Design

ISCAEE ISSUE 1, Blind Worship

Ceramics Now, Bleaching-1

2021  The INDY Newspaper, Blind Worship

2020  ZHUANGSHI Magazine, I’m fine and you?

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