2021 Alfred

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2021 - “At My Place”




2021 - “Unhanding Heritage”




2021 - “Flustered Youngster”





2021 - “ Well Behaved Timidity





2020 Alfred
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2020 - Zodiac Cup Set













 





2020 - “Sweet Anticipation”



2020 - “Bathtub Story”



2020 - “Back Home”



2020 - untitled





2020 - “I'm An Only Child“



2020 - “Ended On The 15th year”



2020 - “Bob-over”





2020 - Alfred second year 1st Midterm





2020 Covid Summer
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2019-2020 Alfred 1st Year
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2020 - Alfred first year 2nd Midterm




2019 - Alfred first year 1st Final




2019 - Alfred first year 1st Midterm





2019
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2019 - “Boy, Girl”




2019 - “As A Foreigner”



2019 - Sheridan





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2015
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~ Artist Bio ~ 




Sami Tsang is a Toronto based ceramic artist whose work explores domestic encounters and private narratives borne out of the flux amidst two cultures – Chinese and Western. Sami studied traditional Chinese painting for 7 years in Hong Kong, which had a profound effect on her pursuing an arts career.


Sami earned her BA Craft & Design from Sheridan College (2019) and her MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University, NY (2021). Sami has presented solo, group exhibitions and art fair in the United States and Canada, including Sculpture Space, NYC, the Gardiner Museum, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON and Toronto Art Fair.  Tsang’s work is included in private collections and Collection Majudia. Sami was accepted as an Artist-in-Residence (Ceramics) at Harbourfront Centre in 2022.











~ Artist Statement ~





Growing up as the youngest child of a conservative Hong Kong family, my voice was not welcomed. The ability to speak soon faded away. I moved back to Canada at age 12, where the constant flux amidst Chinese and Western cultures created a series of traumatic issues. At 20, I began to resist my traditional role.

Every day, I process my progress.

I gather stories of domestic encounters and private narratives. I find relationships between these stories and the materials I use in my practice, such as clay, resin, rice paper and ball point pen. Is clay actually the old grump? Does making humorous sculpture help me to strip down guilt? Can using ball point pen bring back innocence? Chinese culture forbids speaking of family shame. My ultimate goal is to face head-on this heavy-hearted matter. When my heart allows, I convert these stories through the work of cartoonist-like gesture into bearable, yet straightforward imagery to reveal the raw emotional experiences we share. Over time, I hope the sweet anticipation for mooncake parties will become fruitful.









 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 - Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON

               Upcoming - Solo Exhibition, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
 
               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 - 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