The Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
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Win Ng, Winfred
1936 Born San Francisco, California
1991 Died San Francisco, California
EDUCATION
—San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1954 City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
1959 BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1960 MFA Mills College, Oakland, California
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1959— Studio artist and designer
1961— Co-founder, Designer, Taylor & Ng
BIOGRAPHY
Win Ng’s early ceramic pieces were abstract non-functional sculptures showing the influence of the work of Peter Voulkos. He often worked in series exploring the relationship of rectangular and circular forms. After meeting the artist Spaulding Taylor he began making functional pieces.
Ng and Taylor co-founded the San Francisco department store Taylor & Win (1961). Ng designed many ceramic pieces for the store and their large wholesale market, these were typically made in Japan. Going forward Ng created book designs and linens in addition to ceramics.
Ng created a large tile mural at the Maxine Hall Health Center, San Francisco, California and a painted mural on the concourse level of the Orinda BART station in Contra Costa County, California. Late in life Ng returned to making one of a kind sculptures.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California
Chinese Historical Society of American Museum
DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Mills College Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Oakland Museum of California Art, Oakland, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Albright, Thomas. Art of the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-1980, An Illustrated History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.
Chang, Gordon, Mark Johnson and Paul Karlstrom, eds. Asian American Art, A History, 1850-1970. Stanford General Bools, 2008.
Hallmark, Kara Kelley. Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.
Hicks, Allen. The Art of Win Ng: A Retrospective. San Francisco, CA: Chinese Historical Society of America, 2005.
Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015.
Nordness, Lee. Objects USA: Works by Artist-Craftsmen in Ceramic, enamel, Glass, Metal, Plastic, Mosaic, Wood and Fiber. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1970.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publishers, 1989.
Reigger, Hal. “The Pottery of Win Ng.” Ceramics Monthly 11, no.4 (1963).
Wechsler, Jeffrey. Asian Traditions Modern Expressions. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1997.
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