Previous Exhibit: October 6th to November 2nd, 2009

Teapots

Ping Kwong Wong

Artist Statement

Ping-Kwong Wong was born in China, moved to Hong Kong in 1956, and settled in Canada in 1994.

Wong studied art education at Sir Robert Black College of Education and Grantham College of Education from 1969 to 1972 in Hong Kong. He studied studio ceramics at Hong Kong Polytechnic from 1981 to 1983. He graduated from University of Wolverhampton, U.K. with B. Ed degree in 1992.

He was the recipient of the Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Arts Award for Ceramics in 1987 and he has accumulated over 35 years experience in teaching art and ceramics. Now he is a studio potter and pottery instructor.

Teapots and Reliefs

I have turned clay into ceramics for more than thirty years. Aside from making useful utensils, I have also done ceramic sculptures, and in recent years, ceramic reliefs.

Among the utensils I have made, my favourite is the teapot. It is not because of the fact that I am a tea lover, but rather, one who considers the process of creating teapots a challenge. The idea behind making them lies in their usefulness and their unlimited shapes and sizes, and they provide me with such an array of versatility and difficulties that they tickle my creative instinct. The exhibition is the end result of a small accumulation of my recent work and hopefully, it will present the audience with a fresh and distinctive outlook.

In my ceramic reliefs, the subject is "birds" immersed in "Teapot Fantasy". In a way, the combination of teapots and birds to create a surrealistic concept is my expression of concern for the relationship between nature and man, albeit in a fantasy form.

Previous Exhibits at the Seymour Art Gallery:

• June to July 2011
• May to June 2011
• April to May 2011
• March to April 2011
• February to March 2011
• January to February 2011
• November 2010 to January 2011
• October to November 2010
• September to October 2010
• August to September 2010
• July to August 2010
• June to July 2010
• May to June 2010
• April to May 2010
• March to April 2010
• February to March 2010
• January to February 2010
• December to January 2010
• November to December 2009
• October to November 2009
• September to October 2009
• August to September 2009
• July to August 2009
• June to July 2009
• May to June 2009
• April to May 2009
• March to April 2009
• February to March 2009

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver through The Arts Office: