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Johnson Tsang
Johnson Cheung-shing Tsang devotes 50 to 60 hours per week to creating his illusionistic ceramic sculptures, which run the gamut from lyrically beautiful to arrestingly thought provoking.
For Tsang, who was born in 1960 in Hong Kong and still lives there, sculpting is the language in which he can communicate his observations of the world. His porcelain sculptures are about relationships: the relationships among things, between humans and the things around them, and between humans themselves. Ultimately, they are about love, even when on the surface the subject matter might not...
Johnson Cheung-shing Tsang devotes 50 to 60 hours per week to creating his illusionistic ceramic sculptures, which run the gamut from lyrically beautiful to arrestingly thought provoking.
For Tsang, who was born in 1960 in Hong Kong and still lives there, sculpting is the language in which he can communicate his observations of the world. His porcelain sculptures are about relationships: the relationships among things, between humans and the things around them, and between humans themselves. Ultimately, they are about love, even when on the surface the subject matter might not seem to evoke “love.” To Tsang, love is at the root even of emotions perceived to be negative, such as fear.
Many of Tsang’s pieces are elegant surrealistic representations of struggle—the tension of a bowl that “liquefies,” its edges splashing out; a person pulling off their face as if it is a shirt; babies in uniform—pieces that pose questions rather than providing answers. And yet there is serenity, also, in the smooth curves of a face, the delicate painting. Tsang pays careful attention to his craftsmanship, to ensuring that a piece captures the vision he held prior to its creation.
Tsang creates almost exclusively with clay. While he has sculpted whole pieces in other media, including stainless steel, and occasionally incorporates other materials into his pieces, he loves the feel of clay in his hands, and it is that material to which he inevitably returns. While the material itself is important, equally crucial is Tsang’s openness to being led by his own intuition: he allows himself to be guided by what he sees, dreams and feels. Teaching pottery to children, for example, renewed a child-like approach to seeing the world, and he applied that approach to creating art. And in turn, creating art has shifted how he observes the world around him.
Tsang’s desire to sculpt arose organically from his practice of drawing. Although he’d been drawing since the age of 4, he realized that he always saw the world in 3D, and drawing felt limiting to him: it didn’t allow him to communicate the totality of his observations, and his drawing was centered around reflecting what he observed. After his first pottery class in 1991, he was hooked on the possibilities that clay had to offer. At the time he took this class, he was a police officer. He eventually gave 13 years to that career before quitting to turn his full attention to sculpture. Years later, his wish remains that he stay healthy enough to keep making porcelain sculptures.
Tsang has won numerous awards for his work, including the Grand Prize in the 2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, a Special Prize in the Korea Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011 International Competition, and an Outstanding Workmanship Award in the Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters Competition in 2007, among others. He also received The Secretary for Home Affairs’ Commendation from the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2009 for its outstanding achievements in international art events.
Johnson Tsang in his studio with his ceramic sculpture, titled A Painful Pot.
Johnson Tsang’s debut Australian solo exhibition, Little World, was held at Beinart Gallery in May 2019. This show, inspired by the inner child that informs much of Tsang’s work, continued the use of the expressive baby face motif that has appeared in many of Tsang’s prior works.
Please contact us if you would like to buy an original porcelain sculpture by Johnson Tsang or to be notified when we have new available art for sale.
Original Art
- Zarina Situmorang - 'It Takes Two' - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - "Peony" - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - "Sharing" - oil on canvas
- Zarina Situmorang - "Support" - oil on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - "Reflection" - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Strawberry' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Imitation' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Rumor' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Artificial Life' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Whisper' - acrylic on canvas
- Kazuhiro Hori - 'Mirror, Mirror' - acrylic on canvas
- Tokyo Jesus - 'The Cabinet' - epoxy putty, wood, brass and mixed media
- Tokyo Jesus - 'Survivor' - resin, acrylic, lacquer and enamel paint, vintage kimono, epoxy putty, glass eyes, synthetic hair, bells and paper
- Tokyo Jesus - 'Catacomb Box (four)' - resin, acrylic, lacquer and enamel paint, epoxy putty and extruded polystyrene in traditional Japanese Kiri wood box
- Julia A. Rich - 'The Puzzle' - acrylic on triangle canvas
- Julia A. Rich - 'The Harvest' - acrylic on canvas
- Julia A. Rich - "Sisters Not Twins - THE ANG3L" - acrylic on canvas
- Julia A. Rich - "Sisters Not Twins - THE D3VIL" - acrylic on canvas
- Julia A. Rich - 'Idol I' - acrylic on canvas
- Adrian Borda - "The Silver Coil" - oil on board
- Adrian Borda - "Beyond The Pleasure Principle" - oil on canvas
- Ed Binkley - "Goblin Incognito, New Haircut" - coloured pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Goblin Incognito, Whiskers" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Sorcerer" - coloured pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Vicar, Bad Hair-Day" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Prophecy Veil"- colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- Ed Binkley - "Werewolf Incognito, Formal Attire" - colored pencil and white charcoal on toned paper
- John Walker - "Boney Bunny From the Heart" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Midnight Musicologists" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Odd Travelers - A Question of Balance" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Hearts Desires" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Gwendolyn and the Very Special Tea" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "Tall Tales Told" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "The Sorcerer's Hat" - acrylic on panel
- John Walker - "The Squonk Hunter" - acrylic on panel
- Alessandro Boezio - "Chaos 2" - white ceramic glazed
- Alex Kuno - "Peace and Quiet" - watercolour on paper and panel, sealed in wax.
- Alex Kuno - "Wait It Out" - oil and graphite on paper mounted on arched panel
- Sam Yong - "Mother" - oil on wood panel
- Sam Yong - "Burial" - oil on wood panel
- Alexia Novella - 'Distant Shores' - oil on panel
- Alexia Novella - 'Alfred' - oil on panel
- Alexia Novella - "Unnatural" - oil on panel
- Andrew Hopgood - "The Bear" - oil on linen
- Andrew Hopgood - 'Arctic Circle' - oil on linen
- Christophe Gilland - "Boletus Edulis with Blue Ringed Octopus" - polymer clay, wood, acrylics, resin and glass dome
- Christophe Gilland - "Veiled Stinkhorn" - polymer clay, wood, acrylics, resin and glass dome
- Luke Chueh - "Target (Hoodie)" - acrylic on canvas
- Luke Chueh - "Shock and Awe" - acrylic on canvas
- Luke Chueh - "That’s a Knife!" - acrylic on canvas
- Luke Chueh - "Yearning to Fly" - acrylic on board
- Luke Chueh - "Angry Bird" - acrylic on canvas
- Luke Chueh - "In the Dark (Live Painting)" - acrylic on canvas
- Luke Chueh - "Self Consumed" - acrylic on canvas
- Larysa Bernhardt - "Soft Resurrection" - textiles, hand embroidery, appliqué, beading, vintage brass frame, and mixed media
- Larysa Bernhardt - "Innocence" - textiles, hand embroidery, appliqué, beading, vintage brass frame, and mixed media
- Larysa Bernhardt - "Eclipse" - textiles, hand embroidery, appliqué, beading, vintage brass frame, and mixed media
- Edith Lebeau - "I'm Trying My Best" - acrylic on panel
- Allison Reimold - "Daydream in the Garden" - oil on board
- Ronit Baranga - "The Intimate Series (2023) #1" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer
- Ronit Baranga - "The Intimate Series (2023) #4" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer
- Ronit Baranga - "The Intimate Series (2023) #5" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer
- Ronit Baranga - "The Intimate Series (2023) #6" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer
- Ronit Baranga - "The Intimate Series (2023) #7" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer
- Ronit Baranga - "The Intimate Series (2023) #8" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer
- Ronit Baranga - "Embraced in Frame #1" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer, wooden frame
- Ronit Baranga - "Embraced in Frame #2" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer, wooden frame
- Ronit Baranga - "Embraced in Frame #3" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer, wooden frame
- Ronit Baranga - "Embraced in Frame #4" - clay, glaze, acrylic paint, lacquer, wooden frame
- Emma Black - 'The Time Before' - oil on board
- Emma Black - "Eulogy" - oil on cradled wood
- Emma Black - 'What Have You Become' - oil on cradled wood panel
- Emma Black - "This Won't End" - oil on board
- Emma Black - 'A Night Like This' - oil on board
- Emma Black - "Chrysalis" - polymer clay and oil paint on vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Richard Ahnert - "Free Stride" - oil on canvas
- Richard Ahnert - "Long Story Short" - oil on canvas
- Andrew Cadima - "Placitum" - oil on panel
- Andrew Cadima - "All of Us" - oil on panel
- Andrew Cadima - "An Endless Well" - oil on panel
- Andrew Cadima - "And It Came for Everything" - oil on panel
- Andrew Cadima - "And No One Survived" - oil on panel
- Andrew Cadima - "Miracle" - oil on panel
- Andrew Cadima - "The Night We Were Judged" - oil on panel
- Erik Sherman - "Perihelion" - oil on panel
- Erik Sherman - "Aurora" - oil on canvas
- Laura Maree Dominic - 'Treading Water' - acrylic on panel
- Laura Maree Dominic - 'An Invitation From the Queen of the Night' - acrylic polymer on wood panel
- Adrian Dominic - 'Capacitor Failure' - oil on cradled birch
- Adrian Dominic - 'Wartooth' - oil on mounted birch panel
- Brian Despain - 'Dreams' - oil on wood panel
- Shaun Tan - Royal Commission (2018) - coloured pencil and ballpoint pen on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Just Do What They Tell You" - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - 'The Forgotten Lesson' - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Foundling" - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Orca" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "A Day in the Life" - coloured pencil and pen on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Bluebell" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Crow Train" (2017) - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Enemies (after Goya)" - pastel and charcoal on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Factory Workers" - acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
- Shaun Tan - 'Love' - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Head: Nocturne" (2012) - oil on board
- Shaun Tan - "Head: Tomb" (2016) - pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Jacaranda" - acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Lungfish" - plaster, acrylic and wax - limited edition of 20.
- Shaun Tan - "On My Way to Paradise" - acrylic and oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Preparations" - pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Tea Ceremony" - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Amorous Dial Duck" - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "The Farm" - pen, pencil, acrylic and collage on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Soothsayer" - pen and coloured pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Terminal" - acrylic and oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "The Harpy" - pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "The Rules of Summer (pencil study)" - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Whisper (Shadowlands)" - pastel and coloured pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Never Eat the Last Olive at a Party (pencil study)" - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Never Ask For a Reason (pencil study)" - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "The Last Day of Summer (colour study)" - pastel and coloured pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Always Bring Boltcutters" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Whisper" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Eat the Last Olive at a Party" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Leave the Backdoor Open Overnight" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Step on a Snail" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Argue with an Umpire" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Forget the Password" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Ask For A Reason" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Never Lose a Fight" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Crow Train: White" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Crow Train: Grey" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Crow Train: Black" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "Kayak" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "The Kingdom" - acrylic, oil and paper collage on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "The Quiet Town" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "The River of Time" - graphite pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "The Shark" - oil on canvas
- Shaun Tan - "The White Road" - charcoal and pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "The World Without Us" - charcoal and pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Theoretical Physicist" - pencil and coloured pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - "True Self" - charcoal and pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - "Underworld" - charcoal and pastel on paper
- Shaun Tan - Lost Thing film TV ad - Troublesome artifacts of unknown origin (2009) - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - Lost Thing film TV ad - Unclaimed property (2009) - pencil on paper
- Shaun Tan - Lost Thing film TV ad - We’ve got a pigeonhole to stick it in (2009) - pencil on paper
- Rhys Knight - 'Agnus Dei' - charcoal on Stonehenge paper
- Rhys Knight - 'Ascension' - charcoal on Stonehenge paper
- Rhys Knight - 'Futile Worship' - charcoal on Stonehenge paper
- Rhys Knight - 'To Decay' - charcoal on Stonehenge paper
- Rhys Knight - 'Bygone Relics' - charcoal on Stonehenge paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Muse Blade' - coloured pencil, acrylic gouache and oil on 280 gsm paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Eternal Love' - coloured pencil, acrylic gouache and oil on 280 gsm paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Whispering Field Fae' - graphite on 280 gsm paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Garden Pod Fae' - graphite on 280 gsm paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Amphibious Fae' - graphite on 280 gsm paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Woodland Root Fae' - graphite on 280 gsm paper
- Audrey Benjaminsen - 'Spiny Nettle Fae' - graphite on 280 gsm paper
- Olga Vyshnyvetska - 'Tadhg Antlerweft' - polymer clay, acrylic paint, threads and beads
- Olga Vyshnyvetska - 'Marlo' - resin, polymer clay and acrylic paint
- Olga Vyshnyvetska - 'Gil-Asar' - polymer clay, acrylic paint, threads and beads
- Olga Vyshnyvetska - 'Llwynsy' - polymer clay, air-dry clay, acrylics and wire
- Gabriela Rhinier - 'Overgrowth' - watercolour and acrylic paint on paper
- Kirk Roda - 'The Bowl' - Walnut shells, epoxy clay, polymer clay and gold leaf
- Mono Cieza - 'The Immature Royal Apples 3' - porcelain, bronze, fabric cushion
- Mono Cieza - 'The Immature Royal Apples 2' - porcelain, bronze, fabric cushion
- Mono Cieza - 'The Immature Royal Apples 1' - porcelain, bronze, fabric cushion
- Ana Luna - 'Ghost Things' - acrylic on canvas
- Ana Luna - 'Weird Fishes' - acrylic on canvas
- Ana Luna - 'Falling Eye' - acrylic on canvas
- Callan Morgan - 'Latrodectus' - stainless steel sculpture
- Brad Gunn - 'Vanity Fairgame' - resin, synthetic fibres - limited edition of 30
- Brad Gunn - 'Flight of Fancy' - resin and synthetic fibres on oak/brass base
- Brad Gunn - "Flopsy (emerald)" - resin, synthetic fibres
- Brad Gunn - "Flopsy Centrefold (emerald)" - resin, synthetic fibres
- Brad Gunn - "Flopsy Hang (Sunset)" - resin, synthetic fibres
- Brad Gunn - "Flopsy Large (eggplant)" - resin, synthetic fibres
- Brad Gunn - "Voog (Emerald)" - gypsum polymer, synthetic fibres & resin
- Brad Gunn - "The Lush (Wine)" - resin, synthetic fibres, acrylic paint
- Brad Gunn - "Stigmartyr" - resin, synthetic fibers & paint
- Brad Gunn - "Mope-head (teal)" - Resin & synthetic fibres with light fitting
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - "Crowbebeh" - ceramics, fabrics, wire, thread, handmade chainstitched lace, buttons & vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - "Green With Envy" - Various fabrics, threads, wire, wading, ceramics, ceramic base, glass cloche, pins
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - "Intestines" - Various fabrics, wading, ceramics, thread, wire, handmade chainstitched lace and wool felt backing
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - 'The Collectoress' - ceramic, various fabrics, various threads, wire, dowel, polystyrene, hand made chain-stitched lace and wool felt.
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - 'Snake Eyes - Gunmetal and Rust' - ceramic, various threads, various fabric, wire, hand-made chain-stitched lace, wading with felt backing
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - 'Deer Royale - ceramic, various fabrics, various threads, wire, hand made chain-stitched lace with wool felt backing.
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - 'Deer - Champagne and Royal Purple' - ceramic, various fabrics, various threads, wire, hand made chain-stitched lace with wool felt backing
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - 'Witch Queen' - ceramic, various fabrics and threads, wool felt
- Selene Mauri Cochrane - 'Wallflower: Breast' - handmade chain-stitched lace, wire, cotton wading, various fabrics and threads, ceramic and wool felt backing
- Dan Lydersen - "I Was Born and I Was Dead" - oil on round cradled wood panel
- Dave Lebow - "The Request" - oil on linen board
- Dos Diablos - "The Savage Child" - oil on aluminum
- Dos Diablos - "Demon With A Golden Fork" - oil on aluminum
- Dos Diablos - "The Conjure for the Resurrected" - oil on aluminum
- Dos Diablos - "The Conqueror (Jaibo)" - oil on aluminum
- Dos Diablos - "Disolución" - oil on canvas
- Dusty Ray - "Offering" - oils on cradled birch panel
- El Gato Chimney - Untitled 02A - watercolour and gouache on paper
- Jai Raphael - "Chrysalis" - oil on canvas
- Jai Raphael - 'Oraculum' - oil on canvas
- Jai Raphael - "Seed" - oil on canvas
- Jai Raphael - 'Orb' - oil on canvas
- James Bonnici - 'Poke' - oil on birch panel
- James Bonnici - 'Cyclops' - oil on birch panel
- James Bonnici - "Composition in Green and Yellow" - oil on linen
- James Bonnici - 'Saturn Devouring His Son' - lumograph pencil on paper
- Xue Wang - "Forget Me Not" - oil on board
- Tracie MacVean - 'Amanita Dreaming' - oil on aluminium panel
- Hirabayashi Takahiro - "Source of the World" - oil on panel
- Jason Briggs - "Picasso" - porcelain
- Jason Briggs - "Tera" - porcelain and steel
- Dan Seagrave - "Atrophy-Harvest" - acrylic on clayboard
- Dan Seagrave - "Carbonised Karma" - acrylic on clayboard
- Jason Stewart - "Untitled" - graphite on paper
- Liz Gridley - 'How Do We Change Death Ritual Now to Enable Death Rituals in Future?' - oil on aluminium with metal lace frame
- Liz Gridley - 'Have You Discussed Your End of Life Plans With Family and Friends?' - oil on aluminium
- Liz Gridley - 'How Do We Make Death Ritual Sustainable?' - oil on aluminium
- Liz Gridley - 'Do You Fear Decomposition?' - oil on aluminium with metal lace frame
- Liz Gridley - 'What Do We Learn From Death?' - oil on aluminium
- Liz Gridley - 'Where would you like to be when you die?' - oil on aluminium
- Liz Gridley - 'Is Cremation Right for You?' - oil on aluminium
- John M. Lally - "Night Pangs" - oil on board
- John M. Lally - "Slumber" - oil on ACM
- Kim Evans - 'Insomnium - Specimen B' - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - "Moon Tales" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - "Mother Tongue - Dialogue" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - "Mother Tongue I" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - "Mother Tongue II" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - 'Lumanimal' - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - "No Words" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Kim Evans - "Re-Connection" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Laurie Hogin - "Addiction Medicine" - oil on panel
- Laurie Hogin - "The Warmth of the Sun" - oil on linen canvas
- Laurie Hogin - "Winter is Coming" - oil on linen canvas
- Mark Seabrook - 'My Little Workhorse (The Prospector Cart)' - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - 'My Little Workhorse (The Auction)' - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - 'My Little Workhorse (The Pack Pony)' - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - 'My Little Workhorse (The Cowboy II)' - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - "Easy Rider" - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - "Rumble Fish" - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - "The Great Escape" - oil on cradled wood panel
- Mark Seabrook - "The Wild One" - oil on cradled wood panel
- Izzy Faith V - 'Cupidity' - acrylic and enamel on custom layered board
- Masao Kinoshita - "Half Bone Panda" - acrylic paint on terracotta
- Masao Kinoshita - "Half Bone Rabbit" - acrylic paint on terracotta
- Masao Kinoshita - "Metanatomy Boxer" - acrylic paint on terracotta
- Masao Kinoshita - "Metanatomy Mi-Ke" - acrylic paint on terracotta
- Masao Kinoshita - "Parrot Woman Torso" - acrylic paint on terracotta
- Masao Kinoshita - "Rabbit Woman Torso" - acrylic paint on terracotta
- Masao Kinoshita - "Corpse Bride - Parrot Woman" - Pencil on paper
- Kat Young - 'In Confidence' - acrylic on canvas