Selected Awards
| 2010 |
Honorable Mention, 12th Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition, New York City |
| 2009 | Honorable Mention, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju-si, Korea Brooks Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado, USA Award of Excellence, “3rd China-ASEAN Youth Creativity Competition,” Guangxi National Art Center, Nanning, China |
| 2008 | Nanette Laitman Scholarship in Ceramics, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine Urban Artists Initiative Fellowship Finalist, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York City Artist-in-Residence Program, The PWS Experimental Factory, Jingdezhen, China |
| 2007 | Nicholas Markatos Scholarship, National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, New York Artist-in-Residence Program, The Shigaraki Ceramic Institute, Japan Manhattan Community Arts Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York |
| 2006 | First Prize, “Ceramics Biennial 2006,” New Hampshire Institute of Art, New Hampshire. Freeman Foundation Asian Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Emerging Artists 2006, Ceramics Monthly Publication, The American Ceramic Society, Ohio |
| 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 Irving Sherman Memorial Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine Patty Babb Fellowship, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina |
| 2004 | 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 |
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Jan – Feb “4th Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics,” Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2012 Jan – Feb “Eight Fluid Ounces 2012,” LSU Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2011 Sep – Nov “19th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National,” MHCC, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2011 Sep – Oct “Teapots: Formal to Fanciful,” Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
2011 Jul – Aug “Hong-Ling Wee: No Place Like Home,” Sculpture Square, Singapore, Singapore
2011 Jan – Feb “100 Teapots V,” Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
2010 Sept – Oct “History In The Making V,” Genesee Arts Center, Rochester, New York
2010 Aug “Hong-Ling Wee: That House I Go Back To,” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York
2010 May – Jun “Contemporary Clay 2010 Biennial,” The Art Center, Grand Junction, Colorado
2010 Apr – May “The National Juried Cup Exhibition,” Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2010 Mar “10th Annual National Juried Cup Show,” Downtown Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
2010 Feb – Mar “Eight Fluid Ounces 2010,” LSU Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2010 Jan – Feb “3rd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics,” Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2010 Jan – Feb “Functional Relationships,” Mississippi University for Women Art Gallery, Columbus, Mississippi
2009 Dec – Jan “Objects of Virtue,” National Juried Exhibition, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
2009 Sept – Nov “Cheongju International Craft Biennial 2009,” Cheongju-Si, South Korea
2009 Sept – Oct “17th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National,” MHCC, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2009 Sept – Oct “History In The Making IV,” Genesee Arts Center, Rochester, New York
2008 Nov “Essence of Absence – Emerging Artists 2008,” Gallery Korea, New York, New York
2008 Oct “3rd China-ASEAN Youth Creativity Contest,” Guangxi National Art Center, Nanning, China
2008 May – Jun “Contemporary Clay 2008 Biennial,” The Art Center, Grand Junction, Colorado
2008 Apr “The 2008 International Cone Box Show,” Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas
2008 Mar – Apr “2008 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award,” Shepparton Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2008 Feb “Diverse Devotion – A Public Art Display,” Chase Bank (Chinatown Branch), New York, New York
2008 Jan – Feb “2nd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics,” Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2007 Nov – Dec “The ICMEA 2007,” FuLe International Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, Shannxi, China
2007 Sept – Oct “Hong-Ling Wee: Sculptural Vision, Functional Forms,” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York
2007 Apr – May “15th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National,” MHCC, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2007 Mar – Jun “NCECA 2007 Clay National Biennial,” Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
2007 Feb – Mar “3Dc2: Discover, Define and Discuss Contemporary Craft,” Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Oct – Nov “Ceramics Biennial,” New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire.
2006 Sept – Oct “Objects D’art: An Invitational Exhibition,” Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, New York
2006 June – July “The Useful Teapot,” AKAR Design Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2006 Apr – Jun “16th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
2006 Apr - May “Size Matters,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 March “9th International Open Art Exhibition,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Feb – Apr “2006 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award,” Shepparton Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2006 Jan – Apr “Skin Deep: National Juried Exhibition” Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Florence, South Carolina
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
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Public Collections
National Art Gallery, Singapore
National Heritage Board, Singapore
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
FuLe International Ceramic Art Museum, China
Guangxi National Art Center, Nanning, China