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1954Born Hong Kong, China
EDUCATION
1975BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1977MFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
PresentAssociate Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1974OxBow Summer School of Painting, Saugatuck, Michigan
1980Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
1981Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1983Omaha Brickworks, Omaha, Nebraska
1997Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
1999Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
2004, 2007Fule International Ceramics Art Museum, Fuping, China
BIOGRAPHY
Eva Kwong is known for sensuous, colorful, large and small scale ceramic sculptures, vessels and installations inspired by her longtime interest in the organic forms and colors she sees in nature. Kwong’s glazes can range from subtle greens and browns to bright primary colors. Her thrown and hand built stoneware pieces are often provocative exploring the concept of opposites.
Kwong is most well known for her ceramics but she has also made prints.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Finnish Craft Museum, Helsinki, Iceland
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Japan
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adamson, Glenn, and Davira S. Taragin. Tea, Anyone? The Donna Moog Teapot Collection. Racine, WI: Racine Art Museum, 2003.
Bonansinga, Kate. “Pairing of Opposites, Eva Kwongʼs Sculptural Vase.” Ceramics Monthly, November 1998.
Brown, Glen. “Ceramics Pluralism.” Ceramics: Art and Perception 78 (2009).
Cooper, Emmanuel. Contemporary Ceramics. London, England: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 2009.
Hall, Sherman, ed. “Intensity and Surrender-Eva Kwong, Workshop Handbook.” Ceramics Monthly, 2005.
Hoffman, Roald. “Love Between the Atoms: Eva Kwong.” Sculpture Magazine, April 2006.
James, Elizabeth Ann. “Love between the Atoms: Eva Kwong.” Short North Gazette, October 2005.
Kopp, Linda, and Julie Hale. Ceramic Sculptures. Asheville, NC: Lark Crafts, 2011.
Kwong, Eva. “Celadon.” Studio Pottery, December 2006.
__________. “Inner Immensity: Ceramics and Places.” NCECA Journal, 2006.
Lee, Saly. “Eva Kwong.” Ceramic Art Monthly, February, 1999.
Mathieu, Paul. Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003.
Taylor, Louisa. Ceramic Tools and Techniques for the Contemporary Maker. Australian ed. London, UK: Atrium Press, Jacqui Small Publishing, 2011.
____________. Ceramics Bible, US edition. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2011.
Tuner, Anderson. “Eva Kwong: Biomimicry.” Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine, March/April 2009.
Utter, Douglas Max. “Super Natural-Richard Hunt and Eva Kwong Rediscover Elemental Forces.” Cleveland Scene, October 8-14, 2008.
Wandless, Paul Andrew. 500 Prints On Clay. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2013.
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Source: School of Art, Kent State University
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"Eva Kwong" incised signature in clay, painted on glaze or slip, underneath the work or on the side.
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