Esplugues Ceramics Biennial breaks its record for entries.

The deadline to register for the 21^st Esplugues ceramics competition closed on Sunday 7 May and 129 entries have been received, breaking the record of 119 set in 2016.

In total, 288 pieces have been submitted this year.

The figures confirm the prize’s international reach. For the first time in its history, there are more entries from abroad (67%) than from Spain (33%).

The jury for this year’s edition, made up of leading experts on ceramics and art in general, will shortlist the finalist pieces which are to be announced in the second half of May.

The jury consists of Isabel Fernández del Moral, a historian, a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and curator of the Ceramics Collection at the Barcelona Design Museum; Manel Diestre Marín, a board member at the Association of Ceramists of Catalonia, a founder of the SOT Ceramics Studio and a master craftsman who has taken part in numerous architectural heritage interventions, and Mònica Ramona Navarro, co-director of the Artur Ramon Art gallery, an expert in modern and contemporary art and chair of the Art Galleries Association of Catalonia

The temporary exhibition of the pieces chosen for the 21^st Esplugues contemporary ceramics competition will open to the general public this July and voting for the public choice award will also begin.

The winning entries and the Public Prize  are to be announced on 5 October in a ceremony at the Robert Brillas Cultural Centre.

List of entries by country

Spanish entries by region: