Artists
B.1930
| 2007- age87 | Held the Wang Hsiu-kung 12th Solo Exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Fine Arts. Held the "Taiwan Ceramic Master Wang Hsiu kung's Exhibition" in the Garden of Beijing Prince Kung's Mansion |
| 2004~2005 -age84~85 | Visited Jingde Township (China) several times to produce ceramic ware with traditional techniques, using the commercial glaze formula that he acquired locally and remixed himself |
| 2002- age82 | .Invited by the Art Center of National Chiao Tung University to hold his 11th ceramic solo exhibition, displaying unconventional traditional pottery jars and innovative new artworks that depict colors, space and vigorous imagery. |
| 2001- age81 | Invited to Shiwan, Canton, for the 2001 Cross-Straits Art Exchange, and lectured on"My Observations on Shivan Pottery and Wood-Fire Kilns" |
| 2000- age80 | The Chinese Pen, a purely literary quarterly published in English, devoted 16 full-color pages, including the front and 2000 back covers, of its Spring 2000 issue to Shirley Fung's "The Life and Pottery of Wang Hsiu-kung". Invited by Jingdezen's Folk Kiln Art Institute to the International Seminar on Folk Kin Art in October, and presented a paper: "Remarks on Ancient Pottery: Some Observations on the Development of Folk Kiln in China". Invited to the seminar for National History Museum's Chinese International Pottery Biennial 2000, and presented a paper: "Post-Judgment Remarks for This Pottery Biennial". Listed in Hu Xiaojun's Learning Pottery from the Masters (China Academy of Art Press), under the heading "Vang ing"Via Hsiu-kung: Pioneer of Taiwan's Pottery Art" . |
| 1999 - age79 | Invited to Beijing's Chinese Cross-straights Pottery Exchange Exhibit, and lectured on "The Development of Contemporary Pottery in Taiwan" at the College of Arts and Crafts, Changhua University. Started issuing the annual The Wangs' Almanac, in collaboration with daughters Hsiao-lan, Ying-lan and Chi-lan; this publication of a general nature is presented to relatives and friends of the Wangs on the eve of the Lunar New Year, as season's greetings . |
| 1982~1995 - age62~75 | Six Wang Hsiu-kung Pottery Exhibits were held at the Spring Gallery, the most prestigious gallery for modern art in Taipei. Four more solo exhibits were held at the National History Museum, Taipei; the Ching Pottery Works, Kaohsiung; and the Cultural Gallery of the Council for Cultural Planning & Development, Roc. One group exhibit worth mentioning was that at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Wang has been pottery reviewer and judge for countless cultural centers and art museum |
| 1986~1989 - age66~69 | Juded ceramics for the following organizations: National Museum of History, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei County Cultural Center. Essays on paintings, people and ceramics were published in magazines and newspapers, such as: Artist, Hsiung Shih Art Monthly, Art Monthly, The Man Magazine, China Times. Ceramic works were featured in magazines, newspapers and television and broadcasting prog rams such as: Artist, Sinorama, Free China Review, China Times Weekly, United Daily News, Central Daily News, Min Sheng Pao. |
| 1989 - age59 | Held his sixth solo exhibition in The Earth Gallery (formerly the Spring Art Gallery) operated by Chin Show Cultural Enterprise. Works shown in Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics in R.O.C, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung |
| 1988 - age58 | Invited by the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture to participate the Sympo. ium and Exhibition on Traditional and Modern Chinese Ceramics. Participants included Chinese potters from Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States and Canada. Delivered two essays: "Ceramic art, is ceramic art Recollections of Potting. |
| 1987 - age57 | Four works were selected by R.O.C Council for C Planning and Development, for special exhibitions of Contemporary Cera. mics in Europe. |
| 1986 - age56 | Eight works were selected for exhibition entitled "creating from Tradition-A Taste of our Mod ern Arts" in the Recent Arts Gallery of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Several works were selected for each exhibition in Recent Arts Gallery of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Participated in the First, Second and Third Chinese Ceramics Biennial Exhibi. tions, National Museum of History, Taipei |
| 1985 - age55 | Two works were selected for International Ceramics Exhibition, Taipei Fine Art Museum. Taipei
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| 1984 - age54 | Works won the special awards in catagory of nonpractical potery and catagory of practical pot tery, Contemporary Pottery Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei. Works elected for the Ninth International Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, vallavris, France. |
| 1982~1987 - age52~57 | Held five solo exhibitions in the Sring Art Gallery in Taipei, for exhibiting comtemporary art. Participated many times in group exhibitions of ceramics. |
| 1982 - age52 | Works selected for the Eighth International Ceramics Biennial Exhibition in Vallauris, Franee. |
| 1980 - age50 | From this year, works no longer for commercial purpose, creating ceramics with his comprehen- sion in ceramic art. |
| 1979 - age49 | Works selected for XXXVII Concorso Internazionale Della Ceramics, in Museo Internazionale Delle Ceramiche in Frenza, Italy |
| 1973 - age43 | Works selected for the Exhibition of Contemporary Art in the Republic of China in Paris, France. Works were recognised by awards from St. John's University in New York, United States. |
| 1972 - age42 | Invited with individual works to participate the Exhibition of Chinese Modern Pottery, National Museum of History, Taipei. |
| 1971 - age41 | organized, with Chu Ko and Chang Kung-ping, the First Modern Artists Ceramic Exhibition in Tan'g Ware Company, including 41 leading artists from Taiwan. This is a very unique in history of Chinese ceramics. Works selected for XXX Concorso Internazionale Della Ceramics, in Museuo Internazionale De- lle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy. |
| 1957~1979 - age27~49 | 1957 Learned the techniques of glazing from Mr. Lee Show-pai, former director of a Peitou ceramics 1978 factory of the Taiwan Provincial Mineral Company, and then became the factory supervisor of China Ceramic Company. Establishedo "Chinese Art Ceramic Company" and "Dragon Ceramics Company Supervised ceramic factories for both the ang Ware Company and ang Factory, Part-time lecturer at Natioal Taiwan Art Academy. |
| 1950~1957 - age20~27 | Worked as a manager for commercial company . Taught at Shi-chi High School, Tainan Agricultural School and Kung-shan High School . |
| 1949 - age19 | Because of the war between Kuomintang and Communists, was forced to travel throughout the Mainiand before finally arriving in Taiwan |
| 1947 - age17 | Entered the National (Hangchou) Art Academy |
| 1930 - age01 | Born in Cheng-ning, Kansu Province, 1930 |
