Marieke Pauwels is currently Head of Department ofCeramics at the PXL-MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, Belgium. For the last sixyears she has been involved in a research program at the same institute. Since1989 Pauwels has run exhibitions at home and abroad, testing the conventions ofher medium by exploring themes such as order and chaos, emptiness and form ormatter and energy. The way these themes are broached is often inspired by avery oriental concern with the perpetual shifts in our dealings with matter.She has won a number of coveted international awards. A welcome guest speakeron the role and the future of Ceramics in Contemporary Art, she has lectured inAustria, China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK. Residencies inJapan, the Netherlands and China continue to inspire her work. Pauwels hasworked for three decades as a teacher in Art Education. A number of articles onher work have been published.

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