Artist CV
EDUCATION
2021 MFA, Ceramic Art, Alfred University, NY, USA
2019 Bachelor of Craft and Design: Ceramics, with Honours Sheridan College, Canada
ARTISTS RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2022 Artist-in-Residence: Ceramics, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2023 Upcoming - Solo Exhibition, T293 Gallery, Rome, Italy
Upcoming - Solo Exhibition, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
A Good Hard Look, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON
Sami Tsang, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, USA
2022 Disgraceful Me, Project Booth, Art Toronto, Canada
Know Your Place, Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of Burlington, Toronto, ON
Sami Tsang, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, USA
2021 Sami Tsang, Charlie Cumming Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Mooncake Party, Gardiner Museum Award Winner, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
Mooncake Party, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Group
2023 Upcoming - Different States of Matter, Nceca, Richmond, VA
Upcoming - group exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
In Parallel - Group exhibition, The Power Plant, Toronto
Other Tigers, The Lost & Found, Toronto
Annual Artstream Spring Tour and Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO
2022 Every Answer is Correct, Ernst & Young, organized by the Powerplant
Award Exhibition, Craft Ontario, Toronto
Plenty, Black and Smith Gallery, Jerseyville, ON
What a Cup Knows, Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Material Mugs VII, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Off-site Exhibition, organized by The Power Plant, Toronto
SMASH, Gardiner’s annual art party, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
Two-Person (Sami Tsang & Sasha Barrett), Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Breakthrough PLUS 2022, FUSION Clay & Glass Ontario, Toronto
Above Board Tableware exhibition, Above Board Ceramics, virtual
Earth Oracles, Mayten’s Project, Toronto
Separate/Together, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto
2021 Award Exhibition, Craft Ontario, Toronto
Alfred MFA 2021 Group Exhibition, Sculpture Space, Long Island City, NY
Above Board Tableware exhibition, Above Board Ceramics, virtual
Canadian Exhibition, curated by Carole App, The Ceramic School, USA
15th Yunomi Show, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA, USA
2020 Crafts in the Art: International Virtual Exhibition, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Americano 2020, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA, USA
14th Yunomi Show, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA, USA
Confluence, Robert C.Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY, USA
2019 The Intimate Object XV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, USA
The Functional Canvas IV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, USA
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bonspiel Mug Show, Hennepin Made, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sheridan Ceramics Graduate Exhibition, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
All Year Ceramics Exhibition, Craft and Design, Sheridan Gallery, Canada
2018 Liquids Cream and Gels, Online Exhibition, The Gynocratic Art Gallery, Canada
Breakthrough Exhibition, Fusion, Toronto
2017 Made in Canada, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
Year End Exhibition, Craft and Design, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 OAC, Skills and Career Development Grant
Pottery Supply House Grant, Craft Ontario, Toronto
Emerging Clay and Glass Artists, FUSION Clay & Glass Ontario, Toronto
2021 Tucker’s Pottery Supplies - Clay Supply Grant, Craft Ontario, Toronto
2019 Clifford Scholarship, for Exceptional Personal Achievement, Sheridan College
Gardiner Museum Award Winner, You Know What I Mean, Toronto
Mudtools Merit Award, NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Minneapolis
FUSION Scholarship Award, Fusion, Toronto
2018 Joan Bennet Award, for Outstanding Achievement, Sheridan College
2017 Best In Show Award, Made In Canada, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Related Work, Presentations)
2023 Canadian Clay Symposium, Demonstrating Artist, Burnaby, BC
Visiting Artist, Demonstration and Artist Talk, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2022 Guest Artist Presentation, Mississauga Potters' Guild, Canada
New Clay Conference, Demonstrating Artist, Ottawa, Canada
Earth Oracles, Panel Discussion, Mayten’s Project, hosted by Gardiner Museum
2021 Craft Ontario, Artist talk, Award Exhibition, Toronto
Renaissance Venice, exhibition installation, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
2020 Make and Do Ceramics, From the Personal to the Universal, Artist talk/Demo, virtual
2017-2019 Studio Assistant (summer) Timothy Smith, Gleason Brook Pottery, Wiarton, ON
TEACHING
2021 Introduction to Hand-building (TA), Brooke Cashion, Alfred University, NY
2020 Sophomore Intro to Hand-building (TA), Meghan Smythe, Alfred University, NY
2020 Ceramic Pottery II (TA), John Gill, Alfred University, NY
2019 Observational Drawing (TA), Alfred University, NY
COLLECTIONS
Private collections
Collection Majudia
ON-LINE MEDIA
CBC ARTS October 24th, 2022
NOW PLAYING TORONTO - Shaping Personal and Universal Narrative
Globe & Mail February 27, 2022
ARTE FUSE February 2022
GARDINER MUSEUM
GARDINER MUSEUM - 15 Canadian women ceramic artists to follow
ALFRED UNIVERSITY
CRAFT ONTARIO
ART KUNST MATRIX
ART VIEWER February 16, 2022
Art Toronto 2021
Contemporary Art Daily
Demo and Conversation with Sami Tsang - From the Personal to the Universal (YouTube)
LIQUIDS, CREAMS & GELS | Curated by Mariko Paterson (Exhibition)
LANGUAGES
Cantonese, English, Mandarin