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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*Shipping includes shipping cost, material and handling.
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Approximately 2.5" h x 2.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
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Approximately 2" h x 2.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
l i ' l s h o t h e a d
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Approximately 2.5" h x 2.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
l i ' l s h o t h e a d
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Approximately 2.25" h x 2.25" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
f a c e c u p
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Approximately 4" h x 4" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
s n o t t y f a c e c u p
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Approximately 5" h x 4.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
s n o t t y f a c e m u g
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Approximately 5" h x 4" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe, nail art, enamel
s n o t t y f a c e m u g
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Approximately 6" h x 5.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe, clay epoxy
s t i f f - n u m b f a c e c u p
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Approximately 4" h x 4" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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stoneware, glaze, engobe, underglaze pencil, resin
r i c e b o w l
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Approximately 4" h x 6" w
Food safe (hot and cold)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
stoneware, glaze, engobe
s a v e t h e p o t a t o
( c u p & h o l d e r )
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Approximately 6.5" h x 7" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
c h i n e s e z o d i a c m u g
🐭 ( rat ).
Approximately 5" h x 5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe, resin
stoneware, glaze, engobe, resin
c h i n e s e z o d i a c c u p
🐴 ( horse ).
Approximately 4.5" h x 4" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
stoneware, glaze, engobe
c h i n e s e z o d i a c c u p
🐶 ( dog ).
Approximately 4.25" h x 4.25" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe
stoneware, glaze, engobe
c h i n e s e z o d i a c c u p
🐰 ( rabbit ).
Approximately 5.75" h x 5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, engobe, resin
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stoneware, glaze, engobe, resin
stoneware, glaze, engobe, resin
f a c e c u p
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Approximately 3.25" h x 3.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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porcelain, glaze, underglaze
f a c e c u p
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Approximately 3" h x 3.5" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
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porcelain, glaze, underglaze
f a c e & b o d y w a l l h a n g (both)
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top: Approximately 5.5" h x 1" w
bottom: Approximately 5.25" h x 1" w
needs one nail/screw for each pieces.
(example: see pic #4 below)
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
f a c e & b o d y w a l l h a n g
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top: Approximately 5.75" h x 1" w
bottom: Approximately 5.25" h x 1" w
needs one nail/screw for each pieces
(example: see pic #4 below)
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
f a c e c u p
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Approximately 4.5" h x 4.25" w
Food safe (hot and cold beverages)
Not microwave/dishwasher safe
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze
f l o w e r s a u c e d i s h 🌸
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Approximately 1.75" h x 2.75" w
Food safe (hot and cold)
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stoneware, glaze, chinghwa
f a c e s p o o n
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Approximately 7.5" h x 1" w
Food safe (hot and cold)
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stoneware, glaze, chinghwa, underglaze
f a c e s p o o n
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Approximately 7" h x 2" w
Food safe (hot and cold)
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stoneware, glaze, chinghwa, underglaze
j e w e l r y h o l d e r
h o m e t h i e f
p o l y m e r c l a y
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Approximately 6" h x 2.5" w
needs one nail/screw.
Jewerlry not included.
(example: see pic #3 below)
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polymer clay, acrylic, resin
j e w e l r y h o l d e r
h o m e t h i e f
c e r a m i c c l a y
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Approximately 4.75" h x 4" w
Jewerlry not included.
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze, acrylic, gloss finishing, resin
h o m e t h i e f
t h i n s l a b
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Approximately 21" h x 0.25"w
Has to lean against something (wall)
cannot stand on its own
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stoneware, glaze, underglaze, ink, acrylic
b a o b a o b a t h
( drawing with frame)
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Approximately 13" h x 15"w
needs one nail/screw.
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Paper, acrylic, ballpoint pen
s i m p l y a m e a l
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Approximately 24" h x 24"w
needs one nail/screw.
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Canvas painting, acrylic
About Sami ︎
~ Artist Bio ~
I am a Canadian-born Chinese and was raised in Hong Kong. The most impactful experience I had there was studying traditional Chinese painting for 7 years. At age 12, I returned to Canada to pursue my passion for art.
From a young age, expressing myself through art has always felt essential. I decided to move from Hong Kong to Canada for the specialized art program at H. B. Beal Secondary School. Beal introduced me to a wider range of visual arts, including painting and ceramics.
In 2015, I continued to study Ceramic Art at Sheridan College. At Sheridan, I was introduced to the clay community, and I was given lots of guidance from my professors and peers for the next steps in my career. In 2021, I obtained my MFA degree from NYSCC at Alfred University.
~ Artist Statement ~
Growing up as the youngest child of a conservative Hong Kong family, my voice was not welcomed. The ability to speak faded away. At 12, I moved back to Canada, where a series of traumatic issues were created by the constant flux amidst two cultures - Chinese and Western. At 20, I began to resist my traditional role.
Every day, I process my progress.
I gather stories of domestic encounters and private narratives. Simultaneously, I find relationships between these stories and the materials I use in my practice, such as resin, rice paper and ball point pen. I ask: Is clay actually the old grump? Does making a humorous sculpture help me to strip down guilt? Can using ball point pen bring back innocence?
In Chinese culture, it is forbidden to speak of family shame. My ultimate goal is to face head-on the heavy hearted matter. When the heart allows, I convert these stories through the work of cartoonistic gesture into bearable, yet straightforward imagery to reveal the raw emotional experiences we share. Overtime, I hope the sweet anticipation for mooncake parties will become fruitful.
MFA Thesis Exhibition
‘Mooncake Party’ Opens April 17th, 2021
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Virtual tour of exhibition
Date: Sunday the 18th
Time: 1 - 2pm EDT
Zoom Link ↓
Click Here to REGISTER :)
Instagram Live with Make And DO !!!
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 12 - 1pm EDT
Sami Tsang
Exhibition Work in Fosdick-Nelson Gallery
WORK
Curriculum vitae ︎
EDUCATION
2021 MFA Candidate, Ceramic Art, Alfred University, NY, USA
2019 Honours Bachelor of Craft and Design, Ceramics, Sheridan College, Canada
2015 BealArt Secondary Art School, London, ON, Canada
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming ︎︎︎
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY, USA
2021 Sami Tsang: Gardiner Museum Award Winner, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
2021 New Clay Conference, Demonstrating Artist, Ottawa, Canada
2021 Alfred MFA 2021 Group Exhibition, Sculpture Space, Long Island City, NY
2021 Solo Show, Charlie Cumming Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2022 Solo Show, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, USA
2022 Duo-Show, Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC, USA
Invitational & Group Exhibitions ︎︎︎
2020 Crafts in the Art: International Virtual Exhibition, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
2020 Y’all Virtual Sale, Houston Center of Contemporary Craft, Texas
2020 Americano 2020, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA, USA
2020 14th Yunomi Show, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA, USA
2020 Confluence, Robert C.Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY, USA
2019 The Intimate Object XV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, USA
2019 The Functional Canvas IV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, USA
2019 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019 Bonspiel Mug Show, Hennepin Made, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019 Sheridan Ceramics Graduate Exhibition, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019 All Year Ceramics Exhibition, Craft and Design, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada
2018 Liquids Cream and Gels, Online Exhibition, The Gynocratic Art Gallery, Canada
2018 Breakthrough Exhibition, Fusion, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Made in Canada, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Year End Exhibition, Craft and Design, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada
2016 All Year Ceramics Exhibition, Craft and Design, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada
2015 Graduate Art Show, BealArt, London, ON, Canada
2014 Year End Art Show, BealArt, London, ON, Canada
AWARDS/HONOURS