Shuyi Cao

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Shuyi Cao. Courtesy of the artist.

Shuyi Cao. as they folded in and breached out (tentacular), 2023
Glazed stoneware, 43 x 25 x 28 cm | 17 x 10 x 11 in (left)
Shuyi Cao. as they folded in and breached out (sprout), 2023, Glazed stoneware, 30 x 18 x 18 cm | 12 x 7 x 7 in (right)
Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shuyi Cao. as they folded in and breached out (bursting), 2022, glazed stoneware, 47 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (18.5 x 12 x 12 in) Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Shuyi Cao, Odont, Spine, Foram, 2023, stoneware, phosphorite, dimensions variable. Photo: Courtesy of Aranya Art Center and the artist

Shuyi Cao, Odont, Spine, Foram, 2023, stoneware, phosphorite, dimensions variable. Photo: Courtesy of Aranya Art Center and the artist

Shuyi Cao, Odont, Spine, Foram, 2023, stoneware, phosphorite, dimensions variable. Photo: Courtesy of Aranya Art Center and the artist

Shuyi Cao, Begin with the End of What Comes Before, 2023, 8k video with sound, 8 minutes 45 seconds. Photo: Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Studio Beijing and the artist

Shuyi Cao, Begin with the End of What Comes Before, 2023, 8k video with sound, 8 minutes 45 seconds. Photo: Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Studio Beijing and the artist

Shuyi Cao, Begin with the End of What Comes Before, 2023, 8k video with sound, 8 minutes 45 seconds. Photo: Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Studio Beijing and the artist

Installation view of the exhibition ‘Strange Strangers’ at Para Site, 30 June—13 August 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Para Site, Hong Kong.

Installation view of the exhibition ‘Strange Strangers’ at Para Site, 30 June—13 August 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Para Site, Hong Kong.

Installation view of ‘Weirding Worlds’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 23 March—04 May 2024. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Installation view of ‘Weirding Worlds’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 23 March—04 May 2024. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography
Shuyi Cao (b. 1990, lives and works in New York) explores alchemical approaches to material, matter, and osmosis of knowledge. Through archeological speculation and ecological fiction, she contemplates the porous plurality of relations between science, technoculture, mythology, and cosmology. Her multi-medium sculptures and installations synthesise various organic and inorganic materials, and natural and artificial processes. Combining hand-crafted and digital artefacts, moving images, and sounds, the assemblages suggest heterogeneous material temporalities. She has exhibited in acclaimed institutions, including He Art Museum, Foshan (2023), Aranya Art Centre, Beidaihe (2023), Para Site, Hong Kong (2023), Hyundai Motorstudio, Beijing (2023), Chronus Art Centre, Shanghai (2022), Today Art Museum, Beijing (2021), NARS Foundation, New York (2021). She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute, faculty at Parsons School of Design, alumni of NEW INC New Museum, New York. She received her MFA from Parsons School of Design, New York, and her MPA and LLB from Fudan University, Shanghai.

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Works

Shuyi Cao
Said N’ba N’ga, as they surfaced and cleft the waters
2021
Aqua resin, acrylic paint, glass
58.4 x 35.6 x 7.6 cm | 23 x 14 x 3 in

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Shuyi Cao
Said N’ba N’ga, whose eyes as round and inexpressive as stones, meet her oblong eyes
2021
Aqua resin, acrylic paint, glass
71.1 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm | 28 x 15 x 4 in

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Shuyi Cao
as they folded in and breached out (bursting)
2022
Glazed stoneware
47 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm | 18.5 x 12 x 12 in

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Shuyi Cao
as they folded in and breached out (sprout)
2023
Glazed stoneware
30 x 18 x 18 cm | 12 x 7 x 7 in

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Shuyi Cao
pabulite (primordial bliss)
2023
Glazed stoneware
78.7 x 96.5 x 10.2 cm | 31 x 38 x 4 in

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Shuyi Cao
The Other Writing (Crystalline joints and fibrous limbs)
2024
Aqua resin, aluminum, oyster shell fragment, crushed abalone shell, opal, stone, wood
94 x 79 x 19 cm | 37 x 31.1 x 7.5 in

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Exhibitions

Weirding Worlds
Artists: Shuyi Cao, Anastasia Komar, So Young Park
Hong Kong
23 March—04 May 2024

News

Artist Shuyi Cao is featured on the newest issue of City Magazine

30 April 2024

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Artist Shuyi Cao is featured on newest issue of Art Basel

28 Feburary 2024

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