about
about
EUGENE HÖN was born in Belville in the Cape in 1958. He is a ceramic artist with a passion for drawing, ballpoint renderings. With a master's degree in Ceramic Sculpture, from the University of Cape Town, he has pursued a career as an academic and practicing ceramic artist for the past thirty-seven years. His experience as an academic and commitment to the development of the crafts, has expanded his knowledge and honed his skills in the making of innovative and creative ceramics.
He embraces the advancement in technology and the impact of the digital handmade. His teaching and learning, research and development (practice-led), straddles a broad range of disciplines including, sculpture, drawing, artists books, animated digital projections and ultimately design, especially digital fabrication.
He recently retired from the University as the director/curator of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery - a position he held since 2014. He presently focuses on the the making of bespoke Ceramics fulltime – working from home in a designed for purpose studio – Studio in the Sky.
EXHIBITIONS
most recent
2020 July / August
Manufactured Distractions and Intersections; Digital Ceramic Transferware
Solo Exhibition plus Curator
FADA Gallery
2021 July / August
Interventions as Practice - Windstruck I & II (Ceramic Installations) - showcased as creative output.
Solo Exhibition plus Curator
FADA Gallery (lower ground)
2021 October
CSA Regional Exhibition
Arcadia, Hollard.
2022 September / October
Situated Making - Fragmented Fragments and Fractals - showcased as creative output.
Solo Exhibition Plus Curator
FADA gallery (lower ground)
2022 October
Ceramics SA Regional Group Exhibition
BIGS. Shard.
2024 September
National Ceramics Biennale 2024 - Curious Entanglements X and Debris I & II.
BIGS, Awards Judge and Exhibitor
Work purchased for the Corobrik, Ceramics SA Permanent Collection.
2024 November
Clay Awards Exhibition 2024 (Biennial), Finalist - Curious Entanglements VII.
Rust en Vrede Gallery (Durbanville)
PUBLICATIONS ON MY WORK
2010
Eugene Hon, South African Sculptor.
Article by Ingrid Stevens, Ceramics Art and Perception; Volume 81, pages 59 – 63*.
2011
The Ceramic Surface; A Virtual Crossover.
Article by the artist, Art South Africa. Volume 11, pages 56 - 57 (December 2011 issue)*.
2014
Terra -Nova, Taiwan, Ceramics Biennale Catalogue, And the ship sails on…,
Animated projection of my ballpoint pen drawings onto a ceramic installation. Page 180.
2014
And the ship sails on.
Article by the artist, Research as Practice, Volume 1; pages 26 – 27.
2015
Read Peep Reap.
Article by the artist, Research as Practice, Volume 2; pages*
2018
Ceramics and Drawing: Pioneering Digital Solutions
Cover Article by the artist in Ceramics Art and Perception: Ceramics Technical. page 8*.
2020
Manufactured Distractions and Intersections; Digital Ceramic Transferware - Catalogue
Publication of my solo exhibition at the FADA gallery
2021
Interventions as Practice - Catalogue
Creative Output Exhibition Publication, of my solo exhibition, Ceramic Installation titled, Windstruck I & II (Ceramic Installation) page 99.
2022
Situated Making - Catalogue
Creative Output Exhibition Publication, of my solo Exhibition titled, Fragmented Fragments and Fractals:
Body of Ceramic Shards and an Animated Projection of my ballpoint pen Drawings, projected onto an upscaled Shard, page 113.
COLLECTIONS
Corobrik Collection
South African National Gallery
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Durban Art Gallery
TWR Permanent Collection
Sandton Civic Art Gallery
Constitutional Court of South Africa
Alltech collection
Ginsberg Collection (WAM)
Numerous private collections locally and abroad.
