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
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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
2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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~ Artist Bio ~
Sami Tsang was born in Canada and raised in Hong Kong. She studied traditional Chinese painting for 7 years, until returning to Canada to pursue her passion for art. She began her study of ceramic sculptures in the specialized art program at H. B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario. In 2015, she enrolled in the ceramics program at Sheridan College, where she was introduced to the broader clay community and guided attentively by her professors and peers. Tsang earned a Master of Fine Art degree in Ceramic Art at Alfred University (NY) in 2021. She has relocated to Toronto where she is an Artist-in-Residence at Harbourfront Centre.
~ 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 Show, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, USA
2022 Upcoming - Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of Burlington, Toronto, ON
Solo Show, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, USA
2021 Solo Show, Charlie Cumming Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Mooncake Party, Gardiner Museum Award Winner, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
Group
2022 Upcoming - Plenty, Black and Smith Gallery, Jerseyville, ON
Upcoming - What a Cup Knows, Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Upcoming - Material Mugs VII, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Upcoming - 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
Mooncake Party, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
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 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 Upcoming - Canadian Clay Symposium, Demonstrating Artist, Burnaby, BC
2022 Upcoming - New Clay Conference, Demonstrating Artist, Ottawa, Canada
Upcoming - Guest Artist Presentation, Mississauga Potters' Guild, 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
ON-LINE MEDIA
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
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