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[ about ]
Hong-Ling Wee is a scientist-turned-artist who realized her passion for ceramics during her pursuit of a Ph.D. degree. Her nickname is ※The Doctor Potter.§
Ceramics For Use and Sculptural Ceramics are the two broad categories of her work. She specializes in creating high-end, one-of-a-kind, handmade ceramics for use. Her focus is on making tableware that feels great in the hands, and clever constructions that transform everyday utilitarian objects we often take for granted into delightful, decorative ceramics. She sees successful designs as the union of function and aesthetics.
For her sculptural work, Hong-Ling is developing a series titled, Prayer Houses. These are architectural structures that examine the extremely private and intimate use that is carved out from public sacred spaces. The sculptures reference the hazy transition between private and public spaces, and consociate the interior with the exterior.
In January, the National Arts Council ( Singapore ) gave Hong-Ling an International Touring Grant to participate in the Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award in Australia . This May, Ceramics Monthly selected her as one of the Emerging Artists of 2006. Most recently, she was also awarded a meritorious Freeman Foundation Fellowship by the Vermont Studio Center . Her other past awards include The Irving Sherman Memorial Fellowship ( Haystack School , Maine ), The Patty Babb Fellowship ( Penland School , North Carolina ), The Ogden Pleissner Scholarship (National Academy School of Fine Arts , New York ), and the Makor/Steinhardt Center Artists' Residency.
To date, Hong-Ling has participated in numerous ceramic art exhibitions in the United States , Australia , Japan and Singapore . Her work was also featured in The Straits Times, The Business Times, Singapore (SIF Magazine), Ceramics Monthly, Sing Tao Daily, Ming Pao and The World Journal .
Last year, she organized a monumental first group exhibition for Singaporean visual artists in New York City at the Asian American Arts Center . The event was supported by the Permanent Singapore Mission to the United Nations, the National Arts Council, Singapore International Foundation and Contact Singapore.
Hong-Ling presently lives and works in New York City .
[ resume ]
awards
2006
- Freeman Foundation Asian Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center , Vermont
- Emerging Artists 2006, Ceramics Monthly Publication, The American Ceramic Society, Ohio
- NAC International Touring Grant, National Arts Council , Singapore
2005
- Ogden Pleissner Scholarship, National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York , New York
- Runner-Up Prize, Soda/Salt National Competition, The Clay Studio of Missoula , Montana
- The Hatheway Purchase Award, Lockhart Gallery, Geneseo , New York
- NAC Project Grant, National Arts Council , Singapore
- Makor Artists Residency, Makor/Steinhardt Center, New York , New York
- NAC-Rotary Club Training Grant, National Arts Council , Singapore
- Irving Sherman Memorial Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts , Maine
- Patty Babb Fellowship, Penland School of Crafts , North Carolina
2004
- Singapore Internationale Grant, Singapore International Foundation , Singapore
- M. Bishop & F. Merritt Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts , Maine
- Studio Assistant Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts , North Carolina
- Ceramics Scholarship, Peters Valley Craft Center , New Jersey
2003
- Singapore Internationale Grant, Singapore International Foundation , Singapore
- Fibers Scholarship, Peters Valley Craft Center , New Jersey
- NAC-Rotary Club Grant, National Arts Council , Singapore
- Special Artists' Grant, Lee Foundation, Singapore
- Finger Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center , Colorado
- Lucy Morgan Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts , North Carolina
selected exhibitions (past and upcoming)
2006
- Sept 每 Oct ※Objects D'art: An Invitational Exhibition,§ Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, New York
- Sept ※10 th Annual Tokyo - New York Ceramic Competition,§ Nippon Gallery , New York , New York
- July 每 Sept ※SSS Annual Show 2006,§ Esplanade , Singapore
- June 每 July ※The Useful Teapot,§ AKAR Design Gallery , Iowa City, Iowa
- Apr 每 Jun ※16 th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,§ San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts , Texas
- Apr - May ※Size Matters,§ Woman Made Gallery, Chicago , Illinois
- March ※9 th International Open Art Exhibition,§ Woman Made Gallery, Chicago , Illinois
- Feb 每 Apr ※2006 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award,§ Shepparton Gallery , Victoria , Australia
- Jan 每 Apr ※Skin Deep: National Juried Exhibition§ Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Florence , South Carolina
- Jan 每 Feb ※Wandering: Exhibition of Works by Artists-in-Residence,§ Makor Gallery , New York , New York
2005
- Nov 每 Dec ※75 th Anniversary Juried Exhibition,§ Weill Art Gallery , New York , New York
- Oct 每 Nov ※Fifth Juried Craft Triennial: Craft USA '05,§ Silvermine Arts Center , Connecticut
- Sept 每 Oct ※Remembrance & Renewal,§ Annenberg Conference Center , Wynnewood , Pennsylvania
- Sept ※Soda/Salt National IV,§ The Clay Studio of Missoula , Montana
- Aug 每 Sept ※In Our Cups,§ National Juried Exhibition, Lockhart Gallery, Geneseo , New York
- Aug 每 Sept ※Organized Spaces,§ Asian American Arts Center , New York , New York
- August ※Made By Hand, Meant For Use,§ National Juried Competition, Berrien Springs , Michigan
- Jun 每 Aug ※Pots: Objects of Virtue,§ National Juried Exhibition, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek , California
- May 每 Jun ※ Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show,§ Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge , Mass.
- April ※ Tokyo 每 New York Ceramic Competition,§ Nihonbashi Plaza Exhibition Hall, Tokyo , Japan
2004
- Dec ※Via Penland,§ Rebus Works, Raleigh , North Carolina
- Nov 每 Dec ※Cup: The Intimate Object III,§ Charlie Cummings Clay Studio , Fort Wayne , Indiana
- Aug 每 Sept ※For The Table,§ Celadon: The Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons , Water Mill, New York
- July 每 Sept ※Mugs, Jugs and Bottles,§ The Saratoga Clay Company, Saratoga Springs , New York
- May ※ New York 每 Tokyo Ceramics Competition,§ Nippon Gallery , New York , New York
- Apr - May ※12 th Annual Strictly Function Pottery National,§ Lancaster , Pennsylvania
2003
- Aug 每 Sept ※Crafts National,§ Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster , Pennsylvania
- Apr 每 May ※Life From Earth,§ Group exhibition, Utterly Art Gallery, Singapore
2002
- Sept 每 Oct ※Ebb Tide,§ John Holt Gallery , New York , New York
- July 每 Sept ※Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition,§ HEREart Gallery , New York , New York
education
2005 Ph.D., Geography, Rutgers University , New Jersey
1997 M.Sc., Geography, Rutgers University , New Jersey
1995 Diploma, Space Studies, International Space University , Sweden
1992 B.A. (Honors), Geography, National University of Singapore , Singapore
bibliography
2006
- Sherman Hall , Emerging Artists 2006, on Ceramics Monthly website (ceramicsmonthly.org), May issue.
- Upfront Column in Ceramics Monthly, May issue.
2005
- Qin Li (host), In The Spotlight, TV interview at Sino-TV Station, New York City , October 16.
- Shamala Kandiah , Singapore Artists in New York , The Sunday Times ( Singapore ), September 18.
- Leo Wan (host), Behind the Applause, Radio interview at AM1480 Station, New York City , Sept 17.
- Work featured on the cover of the 92 nd Street Y School of the Arts catalog.
- Amanda Chen , Ambassador Supports Singapore Art Exhibition, World Journal, September 9.
- Min-Yi Wu , Ambassador Visits Exhibition at the Asian American Arts Centre, Sing Tao, September 9.
- Rowais Wong , Exhibition as Testimony of Artist's Passion, Ming Pao (Chinese), August 30.
- Sophie Lee , Singapore Artists: Organizing Spaces, Provoking Thoughts, World Journal, August 27
- Chen Wan , Singapore Art Exhibition Opens This Friday, Sing Tao (newspaper in Chinese), August 24.
- Sheryl Quek , My Singapore : Home from the Outside , Singapore Magazine, July 每 September.
2004
- Suk Wai Cheong , The Mould Breaker , The Straits Times ( Singapore ), December 11.
- Hong-Ling Wee , Lots to Munch on in The Big Apple , The Business Times ( Singapore ), September 11.
- Sherwin Loh , Ceramic Art Is For Me, Life! Arts in The Straits Times ( Singapore ), January 5.
2003
- Upfront Column in Ceramics Monthly, October issue.
- Lara Parpan , S'poreans in US Celebrate N-Day with Fund-raiser, The Straits Times, August 9.
- Clara Chow , Growing Ideas , Life! in The Straits Times ( Singapore ), April 24.
