Artist of the day: December 2023

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Artist of the Day, December 23, 2023: Johnson Tsang, a Chinese ceramist (#1991)

Born in Hong Kong, Johnson Tsang’s works mostly employ realist sculptural techniques accompanied by surrealist imagination. In 2002, Johnson started to represent versatile splashes with ceramics. He created the Yuanyang series, which were then collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Yingge Ceramics Museum of Taiwan.

During the past decade, Johnson has developed his techniques in capturing the instantaneous moment of splashes with white porcelain. In 2011 and 2012, Tsang’s works, “Bowls of Fantasy” and “Splash of Wonder”, were awarded the Special Prize of Korea Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011 International Competition and Grand Prize of 2012 Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale respectively. Johnson is the first Chinese artist who has received both of these two prestigious international ceramics awards.

Apart from ceramics, Tsang has worked on stainless steel sculptures and public art projects since 2004. He has been commissioned by a number of private and public organisations. In 2009, Tsang received “The Secretary for Home Affairs' Commendation” from the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for his outstanding achievements in international art events. Since 2014, Tsang has been appointed as the Museum Expert Advisor of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

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Johnson Tsang

Circle Game

A touch of smile, from Lucid Dream I Series

Documented, from Lucid Dream I Series

Powerful Speech, from Lucid Dream I Series

Re-mind, from Lucid Dream I Series

Shaping Love, from Lucid Dream I Series

Soul Shopping, from Lucid Dream I Series

Lucid Dream ISoul Talk, from Lucid Dream I Series

Two in One, from Lucid Dream I Series

Comfort Zone, from Lucid Dream II Series

Dreamland, from Lucid Dream II Series

Lawful custody, from Lucid Dream II Series

Out of Mind, from Lucid Dream II Series

Peace of Mind, from Lucid Dream II Series

Remembrance, from Lucid Dream II Series

Scorched Earth, from Lucid Dream II Series

The Moment, from Lucid Dream II Series

The Shelter, from Lucid Dream II Series

The Source, from Lucid Dream II Series

Under the Ground, from Lucid Dream II Series

Under the skin, from Lucid Dream II Series

Mirror mirror, from Lucid Dream II Series

Open Mind I

Open Mind II

Open Mind V

Open Mind VI

Open Mind VII

Protection

Room for Two

Friday, December 22, 2023

Artist of the Day, December 22, 2023: Anne Buckwalter, an American painter (#1990)

Anne Buckwalter’s creative practice explores female identity and the coexistence of contradictory elements. Inspired by the folk art traditions of her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, her work arranges disparate objects in mysterious domestic interiors and ambiguous spaces. By imagining obscure narratives that embrace paradoxes, her paintings delve into questions about the body, femininity, sexuality, and intimacy.

Anne is the recipient of a 2020-2021 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a 2020 Idea Fund Grant, and a 2016 Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Galveston Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Studios at Mass MoCA, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Her exhibition history includes the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA; The Painting Center, New York, NY, and others.

Her paintings have been highlighted in New American Paintings, Juxtapoz, Hyperallergic, and The New York Times, and included in the collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami; Aishti Foundation, Lebanon; Zuzeum, Latvia; X Museum, Beijing; Art Museum of West Virginia, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. She is represented by Rachel Uffner Gallery (New York, NY), Micki Meng (San Francisco, CA), Rebecca Camacho Presents (San Francisco, CA), and Pentimenti Gallery (Philadelphia, PA).

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