Shau Tzu

Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Shau Tzu received her BA in Crafts & Design from the National Taiwan University of Arts in 2016, followed by eight months at TAMA Art University in Tokyo as an exchange student. In 2019, she undertook an artist residency in Jingdezhen’s Sanbao ceramic institute. Shau Tzu lives and works in Taipei.

Awards 

2014 Hsinchu City Golden Glass Award, Student Group - Honorable Mention 

2016 National Taiwan University Crafts&Design Department Graduation Exhibition, first prize. 

2017 The 3rd Taiwan Young Pottery Artist Award & Biennale - Selected artist. 

Exhibitions 

2015 Yiyeo, Craftsman Exhibition, Taiwan. 

2015 J1003, Ceramics workshop group exhibition, Taiwan.

2015 Group exhibition, Zhong Yaru × ShauTzu × Hsu Yuting, Taiwan.

2017 White, The 3rd Taiwan Young Pottery Artist Award & Biennale, Taiwan. 

2017 Group Exhibition, Re, TAMA Craft Department Waste Recreation, Japan.

2019 Material Statements Exhibition, Dyson Gallery, UK. 

2019 Across Borders, experimenting with ideas and process, Jingdezhen, China.

2020 24:4, Royal College of Art C&G exhibition, UK.  

RICE LIST 

For prices and commissions, please contact Shau.tzu@network.rca.ac.uk   

My practice is often inspired by collecting people’s emotions and observing the vivid moments in my own life. My work explores human relationships and connects to the viewer’s life experience, aiming to trigger their own individual thoughts and responses. My works are usually constructed by building with numerous clay coils. Fingerprints will be left when pressing the coils into place, layer by layer, perfectly reflecting the time spent undertaking this process, when there is only clay and myself.