Born in Hong Kong in 1952, Cynthia Sah grew up in Japan and Taiwan. After receiving her Master’s degree in USA, she has chosen to work in Italy where she lives since 1979. She set up a studio in Seravezza,Tuscany in 1998 and co-founded a non-profit Foundation, Arkad, to create an intercultural centre designed to promote artistic projects in 2022. Her sculptres reflect the Chinese philosophy of essential equilibrium, often translated into white marble, which takes shape as lightness and fluidity in space.
Recent projects of monumental works include Nanjing Ritz Carlton, Nanjing; Ting Ho Garden Residential Building, Taipei; Swire Office Building, The Upper House, Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong; Crown Hotel, Macau. The sculpture exhibition Fusion 2 curated by Arkad Foundation will open at Asia Society Hong Kong from March 10 to June 25.
Her artworks have been collected by Farum International Sculpture Park, Denmark; Azuchi-Cho Cultural Centre, Shiga Prefecture, Japan; Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
Biography
1952 Born in Hong Kong
Grew up in Japan and Taiwan
1976 B.A., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA
1979 M.A., Columbia University, New York, USA
Moved to Itlay
1998 Set up a studio in Seravezza, Tuscany, Itlay
2002 Co-founder of Arkad Foundation with Nicolas Bertoux, Seravezza, Italy
2021 Fusion : Italia Mia Festival, collaboration with Arkad Foundation, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Italian Institute of Culture Hong Kong & Macau, & Municipality of Seravezza, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2023 Fusion 2, collaboration with Arkad Foundation, Italian Cultural Institute, Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong & City of Seravezza, Chantal Miller Gallery, Asia Society Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Present Lives and works in Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
2019
2017
1997
1995
1992
1991
1985, 88
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
2022
2019
2015
2013
2012
2011
2007
2005
2004
2002
2000
1993
1983
1982-83
1981-82
Selected Awards
2007 Public Art Award, Porto Levante Polesine, Rovigo, Italy
2000 Public Art First Prize, Chiang Wei-Shui Memorial Freeway Shiding Service Area, Taipei County, Taiwan
1997 Public Art First Prize, Hsinchu Air Force Residence, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1995 First Prize, Cultural Center Azuchi-cho, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
First Prize, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1993 First Prize, Open Competition in Stone Sculpture, Council for Cultural Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
1991 First Prize, Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition 1991, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Public Arts, Monumental Sculptures and Commissions
2020 Grain, Seed, Link, Season, Leaf Variation, Petal Lips, Nanjing Ritz Carlton, Nanjing, China
2018 Ring, University of Guadalajara Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Orchid, La Vetta Club House, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
2016 Waltz, Bosendorfer Residential Building, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Fans / Conversing, Ting Ho Garden Residential Building, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Bench Shell, Gallery Residential Building, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Enlightenment, Swire Office Building, Hong Kong
Axolotl, Private Apartment, Trump World Tower, New York, USA
2009 Grain-Lifted-Face of the Moon, The Upper House, Hong Kong
2008 Involuted, RSL Museum Residential Building, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 Guardiano del Mare, Porto Levante, Polesine, Rovigo, Italy
Dancing in the Wind, Crown Hotel, Macao
Cultivating, Ho Young, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 A Couple, Foundation Utopa, Voorhout, Netherlands
2005 A Couple, Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong
2000 Moebius, Chiang Wei-Shui Memorial Freeway Shiding Service Area, Taipei County, Taiwan
Balance & Counterbalance, Hao Ran Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 Playful Wave, International Sculpture Park, Farum, Denmark
1998 Stage, Tainan Cultural Center, Tainan, Taiwan
1997 Cultivating, Citibank Plaza, Hong Kong
Cultivating, Utsunomiya public art, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Peaceful Breeze, Hsinchu Air Force Residence, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1995 Water Fairy, Cultural Center Azuchi-cho, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Gentle Return, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1993 Relation, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Selected Public Collections
Porto Levante, Polesine, Rovigo, Italy
Foundation Utopa, Voorhout, Netherlands
International Sculpture Park, Farum, Denmark
Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Cultural Center Azuchi-cho, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Council for Cultural Affairs,Taipei, Taiwan
Chiang Wei-Shui Memorial Freeway Shiding Service Area, Taipei, Taiwan
Hsinchu Air Force Residence, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong