Artist / Sara Tse Suk Ting
Sara Tse (b. 1974) 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.
Education
1997 Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Fine Arts Major, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2003 Master of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia
Grants Awarded
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
1999 Hong Kong Arts Development Council exhibition grant for Double Happiness—
Recent Works by Sara Tse, Hong Kong
1997 Ceramic Award 97-98 from The Friends of the Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong
1996 Outstanding Performance Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publications
2002 Hong Kong Arts Development Council publication grant for ClayPlay-Ceramic Art
Handbook, Hong Kong
Artist-in-Residency
2022 “Self-made residency’, Kwai Chung Public School and artist’s studio, Hong Kong
2008 “Bagasbas International Eco Art Festival 2008’, Bagasbas, the Philippines
“4 X 4” Hong Kong International Artists’ Workshop, AiR, Hong Kong
2005 “America Art Foundation Project”, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
1997 “International Workshops of Ceramic Art in Tokoname”, Tokoname, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 “Of Being there…”, Wyndham Social, Hong Kong
2019 “Leaves Falling as Songs Coming to My Mind”, Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 “Re Visit”, Touch Ceramic, 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
“Ceramic Dresses by Sara Tse”, Fang Suo Commune, Guangzhou, China
2010 “Parallel Worlds: Sara Tse and Shirley Tse”, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, China
“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
2006 “Conserve Memory—Ceramic Sculptures by Sara Tse”, Art Beatus Gallery, Hong
Kong
2004 “Recent Work by Sara Tse”, Breakthrough Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2002 “Egg Carton”, Studio 1426, Hong Kong
2000 “Double Happiness—Recent Works by Sara Tse”, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong
1999 “Pottermaid—Recent Works by Sara Tse”, Agfa Gallery & Pottery Workshop, Fringe
Club, Hong Kong
1996 “Works by Sara Tse”, Hong Kong Culture Centre, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 “Hong Kong: Here and Beyond”, M+ Museum, Hong Kong
“NOT a fashion store!”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2020 “Alchemist(s)”, Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Experience·Hong Kong Experiment”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong
Kong
“Women's Touch in Hong Kong”, Touch Ceramic, Hong Kong
2019 “New Asia 70th Anniversary Art Exhibition”, Hart Hall, H Queen’s, Hong Kong
2017 “(An)other-Half: Being a Wife/Mother and the Practices of the Self”, Osage Gallery,
Hong Kong
“Eurythmic Remixed”, Franc gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“Trace in the Hidden Silence”, Boxes Art Space, Shenzhen, China
“Sparkle! Temperature of Communication”, Gallery 1,Oi!, Hong Kong
“14th Factory”,14th Factory,LosAngeles,USA
2016 “Taiwan Ceramic Biennale”, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2015 “Walking in the dream”, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
2015 “Ceramic Arts in Hong Kong”, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong
2014 “Time Traveler”, Espace Louis Vuitton, Hong Kong
2013 “Shaping- New Figurative Sculpture Exhibition”, 21 Space Art Museum,Guangdong,
China
2012 “The Room of Her Own”, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2011 “Elsewhere, Osage Soho”, Hong Kong
2010-11 “Legacy and Creations-Art vs Art”, Hong Kong Museum of Art; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2009 “The China Project”, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
“Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia Intercultural and Comparative Perspectives”,
University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“TADAIMA: Looking for 'Sweet' Home”, Gallery Artelier,Fukuoka Asian Art Museum,
Japan
“Matter & Medium – Group exhibition of Contemporary Sculptures”, My Humble
House Art Gallery, Taiwan
2008 “City Art Square”, Public Art Project, Hong Kong
“Women Works”, Osage Contemporary Art Space, Hong Kong
“Beautiful Journey”, Beautiful World. Art Container Project, Hong Kong
2007 “Reversing Horizons”, Artist Reflections of the Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
2006 “Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity”, MOCA Envisage, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Shanghai
2006 “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 Women Artists Works Exhibition”, Citic Square,
Shanghai, China
2003 “Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
“Illuminated Objects”, Habitus Gallery, Hong Kong
1999 “Open/ Close”, 1a Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 “Tokoname Pottery Festivial’s Exhibition”, Tokoname Convention and Exhibition
Centre, Japan
“International Ceramic Art”, Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan
Selected Collections
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
IWCAT Foundation, Japan
BBIEAF foundation, the Philippines
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong 21 Space Art Museum, Guangdong, China
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Aspac Developments Ltd ., Vancouver, Canada
Sun Hung Kai Properties Charitable Fund, Hong Kong
Annie Wong Art Foundation, Hong Kong
Fang Suo Commune, The Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, China