Sami Tsang in NUVO

September 1, 2023

Sami Tsang’s Rule-Breaking Sculptures

By Elia Essen

“Breaking rules is a huge element in my work,” says Sami Tsang, whose development as an artist has been marked by unleashing her own creativity from the conservative Chinese household she was raised in. As a child, she studied traditional Chinese painting, copying every minute detail in other artists’ work, but it did little to encourage self-expression—replication over creativity and realism over imagination. “I felt like I wasn’t even attempting to form an opinion or to go into my imagination,” she says. “It wasn’t until I came to Canada, having that physical distance from my family. And slowly, mentally, I was able to build the space and platform for myself to explore my inner world.”

Now, Tsang works mainly in ceramics, but her pieces often feature other materials, like polymer clay, acrylic paints, ink, fabric, and bits of cord or chain. Her sculptures, usually of people, are whimsical, colourful, cartoonish, and expressive, and she often takes inspiration from the Chinese proverbs of her childhood. […]

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