Jade Snow Wong | Also Known As: Constance Wong, Connie Wong
Jade Snow Wong is known for wheel thrown functional stoneware, fired in reduction in a gas kiln. According to Wong, “Incised design through slip is a favorite way of decorating (for me).”1 ...
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Jade Snow Wong is known for wheel thrown functional stoneware, fired in reduction in a gas kiln. According to Wong, “Incised design through slip is a favorite way of decorating (for me).”1 Wong worked in clay from the early 1950s though 1985.
F. Carlton Ball was her instructor at Mills College. In addition, Wong attended a seminar with guest instructor Bernard Leach. She is known to have collaborated with Katherine Choy, founder of the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York, while both were students at Mills College.
Wong is also well known for functional work in copper and enamel.
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1985-2005
Travel Agent
1952-1985Potter, Travel Agent
Other
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
- Bibliography
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Wong, Jade Snow. Fifth Chinese Daughter. New York NY: Harper and Brothers, 1945.
Wong, Jade Snow, Maxine Hong Kinston, Kathleen Hanna, and Forrest l. Merrill. Jade Snow Wong: A Retrospective (catalog). San Francisco CA: Chinese Historical Society of American, 2002.
Wong, Jade Snow. No Chinese Stranger. New York NY: Harper & Row, 1975.
- CV or Resume
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McGee, Donna
- Website(s)
Citation: McGee, Donna Jade Snow Wong, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/jade-snow-wong
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