fong choo
biography

Statement

 

These signature miniaturized teapot forms are done utilizing hand built and wheel thrown techniques, using porcelain and stoneware clays.

Pieces are glazed with jewel toned glazes initially using an airbrush and then building up layers of color with a brush.

Many times these pieces suffer the rigors of the fire in the kiln. Glazes can run off the pot and warping is an inherent part of the process. Consequently many pieces are lost in the process.

The stamp on the teapot is the Chinese character CHOO, my last name—used as a symbol to authenticate these clay works of art and also to recognize that I am the first in my family to make a living as a potter.

EXPERIENCE          

1990 - present          

Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, Adjunct Professor/Resident Artist

1985 - Present          

Studio Potter, Louisville, KY

 

EDUCATION          

Master of Arts -- Ceramics

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 1993

Bachelor of Art -- Business/Art

Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC 1988

 

SELECTED AWARDS

2004

Silver Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC

2003

Excellence in Clay, Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pa

Best New Artist, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL

2002

First Prize, American Craft Council Baltimore   

Winter Show, Baltimore, MD

2001

James Renwick Alliance Award, Washington Craft Show Washington DC

Award of Excellence, American Craft Council Baltimore, MD

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003

John Micheal Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI                         Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Andora Gallery, Cave Creek, AZ

Function + Art, Chicago, IL

Steeped In Tea,  Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

14th Annual Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL

WDO Gallery,   “The Nature of Things/ Things of Nature” Charlotte, NC

Del Mano Gallery, “Hot Tea! “ Los Angeles, CA

Contemporary Arts Collective Las Vegas, NV

                                           

2002                                           

The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA

Aaron Faber Gallery New York City, NY

New Talents in Crafts II, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI

“Hot / Ice III: Teapots and Pitchers”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

2000

Crafts National 32, Penn State University, Zoeller Gallery University Park, PA

Tempe Tea Party, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ

Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA

Tea N Trompe,Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

Strictly Functional Pottery Nationa,l Lancaster, PA

1995

Materials Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX          

International Orton Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin, KS

                                

1994          

Ceramics USA, Greater Denton Arts Council Denton, TX

9th National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts 

San Angelo, TX

Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC