Hong Kong–born, California– based artist Shirley Tse works in the media of sculpture, installation, photography, and text. She at once deconstructs the world of synthetic objects that carry paradoxical meanings and constructs models in which differences might come together. To visualise heterogeneity, Tse conflates different scales, fuses the organic with the industrial, moves between the literal and the metaphorical, merges narratives, and collapses the subject and object relationship.

Tse received a Master of Fine Arts degree from ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at venues including: M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong (2020); the Pasadena Museum of California Art (2004/2017); Osage, Hong Kong (2010/2011); K11, Hong Kong (2009); Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge (2009); the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (2005); Para Site, Hong Kong (2000/2005); the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (2003); the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2002); the Bienal Ceará América, Fortaleza (2002); the Biennale of Sydney (2002); Capp Street Project, San Francisco (2002); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2002); MoMA PS1, New York (2002); the New Museum, New York (2002); Palazzo dell’Arengo, Rimini, Italy (2002); the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2001); TENT, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam (2001); and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand (2000). 

At the 58th Venice Biennale, Tse was the first female artist to represent Hong Kong in a solo exhibition. Her work is featured in many articles, catalogues, and other publications including ‘Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life’ (2015) and ‘Sculpture Today’ (2007).

Tse received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2009 and has been on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts since 2001, where she held the Robert Fitzpatrick Chair in Art from 2018 to 2021. 

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謝淑妮（Shirley Tse）（b.1968）生於香港，現居洛杉磯。她的創作致力於運用各種媒材，包括雕塑、裝置藝術、攝影和文字。其藝術實踐經常解構了帶有矛盾意義的人工物品，並同時建立了一個模型，讓差異與分歧得以相互融合。為呈現異質性，謝淑妮混合不同比例與尺度，雜揉有機物與工業製品、遊走於字面意義及隱喻之間，並將各種敘事融為一體， 試圖瓦解主體與客體之間的分野。

謝淑妮曾獲加州帕薩迪納藝術中心設計學院藝術碩士學位（ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California, Master of Fine Arts），與香港中文大學藝術系文學士學位（Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts）。她的作品曾在世界各地展出，包括加州帕薩迪納藝術博物館（Pasadena Museum of California Art）（2004、2017）；香港奧沙藝術基金（Osage, Hong Kong）（2010、2011）；香港K11開幕展（K11, Hong Kong）（2009）；劍橋大學凱特爾畫廊 （Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge）（2009）； 康乃爾大學Herbert F. Johnson藝術博物館（Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University）（2005）；香港Para Site藝術空間（Para Site, Hong Kong）（2000、2005）；高雄市立美術館（Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts）（2003）；多倫多安大略美術館（Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto）（2002）； 巴西福塔萊薩美洲塞阿拉雙年展（Bienal Ceará América, Fortaleza）（2002） ；雪梨雙年展（Biennale of Sydney）（2002）；舊金山卡普街藝術中心（Capp Street Project, San Francisco）（2002）；波士頓當代美術館（ the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston）（2002）；紐約現代藝術博物館PS1當代藝術中心（MoMA PS1, New Yor）（2002）；紐約新當代藝術博物館（New Museum, New York）（2002）；意大利里米尼的阿倫戈宮（Palazzo dell’Arengo, Rimini, Italy）（2002）；舊金山現代藝術博物館（San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ）（2001）；鹿特丹TENT視覺藝術中心（TENT, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam）（2001）以及紐西蘭布魯斯特藝術畫廊（Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand）（2000）。 其創作多次受國際媒體報導，包括《Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life》 (2015) 和《Sculpture Today》(2007)。

謝淑妮（Shirley Tse）曾於2009年獲古根漢基金會獎（John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship）。 自2001年起，任教於加州藝術學院（California Institute of the Arts）， 並擔任羅伯特・菲茲派翠克藝術講座教授（Robert Fitzpatrick Chair in Art）。