2023

5 - 9 December 2023

NADA Miami 2023

booth of Cooper Cole Gallery

Talking To You, Self-Betrayal | Stoneware, glaze, colour slip, poly China silk | 30 x 20.5 x 14.5 in (76.2 x 52.1 x 36.8 cm)

Saying Hi Is That Hard | Stoneware, glaze, colour slip, poly China silk | 25 x 11.5 x 15.5 in (63.5 x 29.2 x 39.4 cm)

My Ugly Destructive Shadow | Stoneware, glaze, colour slip, poly China silk, metal rod, grout, red nylon cord | 44 x 32 x 19 in (111.8 x 81.3 x 48.3 cm)

Detail | My Ugly Destructive Shadow

26 - 29 October 2023

Art Toronto 2023

booth of Cooper Cole Gallery

Installation View

Detail| Parts of Me Had to Die | Ceramic, engobe, glaze, chain, resin, faux fur, acrylic | 58" X 24" X 15" (147.32cm X 60.96cm X 38.1cm)

22 June - 4 September 2023, at The Power Plant, Toronot, Canada

in parallel: Ella Gonzales, Micah Lexier, Matt Nish-Lapidus, Erdem Taşdelen, Sami Tsang, and Shaheer Zazai

From The Power Plant website:in parallel is a two-part group exhibition that presents the work of twelve local artists, evoking The Power Plant’s very first exhibition, Toronto: A Play of History (Jeu d’histoire), 1987. Both of the 2023 exhibitions will bring together tensions, hopes, and the transformative spaces artists create in the unfolding aftermath of settler colonialism. Specifically, in parallel highlights the intimate connections between land and body, while expressing each artist’s desire for changes that can lead to an intercommunal future.

I'm an Only Child | Stoneware, glaze, underglaze, resin, fabric, polymer clay, clay epoxy, acrylic, carpet | 30 x 16 x 16 in (76.2 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)

Detail | I'm an Only Child

That Bathroom Nightmare | Stoneware, glaze, colour slip, rice paper, ink, resin, mermaid bubble beads, Chinese nylon cord | 18.5 x 11 x 5 in (47 x 27.9 x 12.7 cm)

Take a Chocolate Mint Moment | Stoneware, engobe, glaze, resin, chain, clay epoxy, enamel, cement paste, polymer clay, acrylic, ballpoint pen | 23" x 11" x 11"

Press release | The Power Plant | NUVOhttps://www.thepowerplant.org/learn-and-explore/features/ella-gonzales-and-sami-tsang-reconciling-with-displacement-through-personal-narratives

https://nuvomagazine.com/daily-edit/sami-tsang-powerplant?srsltid=AfmBOoprhmgTpkiPsvifTK_GFTPndOZXScP2JRE0iy-pxaGA_OnqZyUO

27 May - 8 July 2023, at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada

A Good Hard Look: Solo Exhibition

From Cooper Cole Gallery website:
COOPER COLE is pleased to present, A Good Hard Look, a solo exhibition by Sami Tsang. This highly anticipated solo exhibition marks the artists first presentation at the gallery and will feature a new body of ceramic sculptures, rice paper drawings, and an immersive installation.

Some days I am in the past.
Some days I am fighting the past
How do I merge the difference I feel within
Instead of competing which side I belong to, I feel confident to be as is.

Everyday battle, as usual as eating food.
It never fully goes away, it stays with me, I live with it.
It comes back stronger some days.
Some days I am able to fight it off before it fully develops.

A Good Hard Look, showcases a remarkable collection of sculptures and drawings that not only manifest Tsang’s artistic prowess but also reveal her deep-seated emotions and inner conflicts.

Tsang’s artworks are a reflection of her life experiences, and examine her struggles with the past and the present. Her sculptures are as heavy in emotion as they are in physical form. Through her masterful understanding of ceramic media, and the intimate approach to the illustrative line work found across her body of artwork, Tsang is able to capture a nuanced understanding of how to merge seemingly disparate emotions and thoughts. These artworks act as a tool of survival, and she encourages the viewer to take a good look at ourselves, to identify, pick up, eat, feel, live with, digest, and become a part of our pain.
Photo courtesy of Cooper Cole Gallery

Installation View | A Good Hard Look

Emerging Woman | Ceramic, engobe, glaze, shell chip, chain, resin | 45" X 27" X 17" | 114.3cm X 68.58cm X 43.18cm

Parts of Me Had to Die | Ceramic, engobe, glaze, chain, resin, faux fur, acrylic | 58" X 24" X 15" | 147.32cm X 60.96cm X 38.1cm

Panda for Dinner | Ceramic, engobe, glaze, faux fur, light bulb+socket, ribbon | 49" X 18" X 27" | 124.46cm X 45.72cm X 68.58cm

Detail | Panda for Dinner

A Tiger Mommy’s Path | Ceramic, engobe, glaze, acrylic, resin | 41" X 22" X 18" | 104.14cm X 55.88cm X 45.72cm

Back View | A Tiger Mommy’s Path

A Little Girl’s Life | Ceramic, engobe, glaze, chain, resin | 67.5" X 15" X 18" | 171.45cm X 38.1cm X 45.72cm