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Ka Kwong Hui, also known as Hui Ka-Kwong (1922–2003) is a Chinese-born American potter, ceramist and educator.[1] He is known for his fine art pottery work, a fusion of Chinese and American styles, and his work within the pop art movement.[1][3]
Ka Kwong Hui was born in 1922 in Canton (now Guangzhou), China.[1] He attended Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (SAFA), and the Kwong Tung School of Art.[1] He apprenticed in sculpture under Cheng Ho.[1]
In 1948, Hui immigrated to the United States to study art at Pond Farm Workshop under Marguerite Wildenhain and Frans Wildenhain.[1][3][4] After a period of study with Wildenhains, Hui moved to attend ceramic classes at Alfred University. He graduated from Alfred University (BFA 1951, MFA 1952).[1]
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After graduate school, he moved to the New York City-area to teach at Brooklyn Museum Art School (BMAS).[1] Hui later became the head of the ceramics department at BMAS.[1] He also taught art courses at Douglass College, Rutgers University, and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.[1][5] He had notable students, including Jim Agard,[6] and Stephen De Staebler.[7]
From 1964 to 1965, Hui collaborated with pop artist Roy Lichtenstein on a series of ceramics.[1][3] Hui and Lichtenstein had worked at Rutgers University together.[4] Hui created six bisque female mannequin heads with Ben Day dots for Lichtenstein.[8][9] The ceramics work with Lichtenstein influenced Hui's own artwork, and resulted in his own explorations within the pop art movement.[1] Unlike Lichtenstein's work within the pop art movement, Hui did not make commercial products, but rather focused on using bright colors and symmetry.[4]
In the 1990s, Hui created a series of bird-shaped sculptures in a green glaze, in reference to the Shang dynasty.[1]
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When Hui retired, he moved to Caldwell, New Jersey. He died on October 17, 2003.[1]
Hui's work can be found in public museum collections including Brooklyn Museum,[10] Everson Museum of Art,[11] The Newark Museum of Art,[12] Alfred Ceramic Art Museum,[13] and Museum of Arts and Design.
In 1997, he was honored as a Fellow by the American Craft Council (ACC).[1] Hui's work was part of the notable Objects: USA 2020 traveling art exhibition, which highlighted the American studio craft movement and paid tribute to the groundbreaking Objects: USA (1969).[3][14][15]
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