Selective Memory, A Creative Process

5/12 (Tue) - 7/3/2020 (Fri)

Cynthia Sah

The Sah family has a pride history of over eight centuries, and the renowned 13th-century poet-painter Sah Du-La was one of Cynthia Sah’s eminent ancestors, whose works are included in the collection of the Palace Museum. Other prominent figures in the family include Sah Chen-Ping, the famous admiral that fought in the First Sino-Japanese War; the well-known physicist, Sah Pen-Tung; the pioneer in the field of semi-conductor, Sah Chih-Tang; and the celebrated jurist and political science scholar, Sah Meng-Wu. Born in Hong Kong in 1952, Cynthia Sah grew up in Taiwan in the 60s, and after receiving her MA in Art and Art Education, she moved to and settled down in Seravezza near Mount Carrara in Italy, starting a life of travelling between Taiwan and Italy. Over her more than four decades of sculptor career, Sah has obtained various achievements. She is the recipient of the First Prize of Chinese Modern Sculpture Exhibition and was featured in OPEN 2000—International Exhibition of Sculpture in Venice. Her large-scale public art projects can be found worldwide, and her works have been included in the collections of various prestigious art museums and honored in numerous sculpture awards, among which are Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya and Azuchi-cho in Japan, Polisine in Italy, the International Sculpture Park in Denmark, Venice and more. In recent years, she has been commissioned to create works for famous hotels, residences and corporate headquarters in Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, Mexico, etc.