Artist / Sara Tse Suk Ting
Sara Tse has obtained the Master of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. She is a ceramic artist living and working in Hong Kong. Her crafted work presents an examination of the fragility of things and everyday experiences with delicacy. Instead of giving the porcelain objects reverence traditionally, Tse tends to challenge conventional concepts through her sculptural gloves, socks, and sweaters. Her transformation of common objects into porcelain and clay often elicit unconscious memories from childhood to motherhood as well as the present to the future. Her recent works also concentrate on narratives of Chinese diaspora, disclosing a deeper autobiographical content.
Her work is in a number of museum institutions internationally, including the Queensland Art Gallery, Australia; Ceramic Art Foundation, Japan; and the Hong Kong Museum of Art, China.
1974 Born in Hong Kong
1997 Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Fine Arts Major, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2003 Master of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia
Selected Awards
2016 Award Winner of the Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2006 Fond des Artistes Grant, Alliance Française, Hong Kong
2003 Award Winner of the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1997 Ceramic Award 97–98 from The Friends of the Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong
1996 Outstanding Performance Award from the Fine Art Department Exhibition, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Selected Collections
Annie Wong Art Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
BIEAF foundation, the Philippines
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
IWCAT Foundation, Japan
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong
21 Space Art Museum, Guangdong, China
M+ Art Museum, Hong Kong
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
Sun Hung Kai Properties Charitable Fund, Hong Kong
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 “Leaves Falling as Songs Coming to My Mind”, Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 “Re Visit”, Touch Ceramics, Hong Kong
2015 “Clay Play II—Recent Series by Sara Tse”, Viridian Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011 “Ceramic Dresses by Sara Tse”, Fang Suo Commune, Guangzhou, China
2010 “Parallel Worlds: Sara Tse and Shirley Tse”, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
“Five Sensations of Life: Sara Tse – Memories and Chatters”, Atelier Muji, Hong Kong
2007 “French Landscape: Collection and Connection Works of Sara Tse”, Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2006 “Conserve Memory—Ceramic Sculptures by Sara Tse”, Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
2004 “Recent Work by Sara Tse”, Art Gallery, Breakthrough Youth Village, Hong Kong
2002 “Egg Carton—Recent Works by Sara Tse”, Studio 1426, Hong Kong
2000 “Double Happiness—Recent Works by Sara Tse”, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong
1999 “PottermaidTM Ceramic Installation by Sara Tse”, Agfa Gallery and the Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong
1996 “Works by Sara Tse”, Hong Kong Culture Centre, Hong Kong
1995 “Sara Tse Solo Art Exhibition”, Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 “Alchemist(s)”, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
“Women’s Touch in Hong Kong”, Touch Ceramics, Hong Kong
2019 “Hong Kong Experiment·Hong Kong Experience”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (2019-2021)
2019 “Together We March Forward: New Asia 70th Anniversary Art Exhibition”, Hart Hall, H Queen’s, Hong Kong, China
2017 “Trace in the Hidden Silence”, Boxes Art Space of OCT Harbour, Shenzhen, China
“Eurhythmic Remixed”, Franc Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“Sparkle! Temperature of Communication”, Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong
“14th Factory”, Los Angeles, USA
“(An)other-Half: Being a Wife/Mother and the Practices of the Self”, Osage Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2016 “Taiwan Ceramics Biennale”, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2015 “Ceramic Arts in Hong Kong”, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong
“Walking in the Dreams”, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
2014 “Traveler”, Espace Louis Vuitton Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011 “Elsewhere”, Osage SOHO, Hong Kong
2010 “Art vs. Art”, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (2010-2011)
2010 “The Next Station…”, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2009 “Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia: Intercultural and Comparative Perspectives”, Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“TADAIMA: Looking for 'Sweet' Home”, Gallery Artlier, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
“Matter & Medium”, My Humble House Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“The China Project”, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2008 “Women’s Work”, Osage Contemporary Art Space, Hong Kong
“Beautiful Journey, Beautiful World”, Art Container Project, Hong Kong
2007 “City Art Square”, Public Art Project, Hong Kong
“Reversing Horizons, Artist Reflections of the Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
“10 Years: Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Ceramic Artists Exhibition”, Pottery Workshop c2 Gallery, Shanghai, China
“The Matter of Confusion”, L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program, Melbourne, Australia
2006 “Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity”, 2006 MOCA Envisage, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
“Works by Contemporary Artists from Macau and Hong Kong”, Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau S.A.R. Government, Tap Seac Gallery, Macau
2005 “In the Box”, Langham Place, Hong Kong
2004 “International Contemporary Woman Artists Works Exhibition”, Citic Square, Shanghai, China
2003 “Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
“Illuminated Objects” (Design Exhibition series two), Habitus, Hong Kong
“Fotan Gathering”, Studio 1426, Hong Kong
1999 “Open/ Close”, 1a Space, Hong Kong
1997 “Tokoname Pottery Festival Exhibition”, Tokoname Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tokoname, Japan
“The International Workshop of Ceramic Art at the Tokoname Exhibition”, Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan
1996 “The Finalists’ Exhibition from the 11th Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition”, Ocean Terminal, Times Square and City Plaza II, Hong Kong