Tiffany Sia
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Who is Tiffany Sia?
Tiffany Sia is an artist, filmmaker and writer who is based in New York. Born in Hong Kong in 1988, she graduated from Bard College in 2010 with a BA in film studies and Asian studies.
What characterizes Tiffany Sia's art?
Sia expresses her artistic vision through film, video, installation, photography and printed material. She seeks to address the issues of place identity, migration, cultural hybridity and the complexities of contemporary urban life.
Sia is motivated by her own experiences of navigating the intersection of cultures, histories and social circumstances in Hong Kong and other large port cities. She touches upon the social and political implications of globalization, and how this phenomenon has contributed to the formation of individual and collective identities and perceptions of space, using a research-driven approach that blends documentary elements and a poetic introspection that melds fact and fiction.
Where have Tiffany Sia's works been shown?
Works by Sia have been presented at both solo and group exhibitions at a number of institutions, such as: the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Seoul Museum of Art; Fondazione Prada, Ca’ Corner Della Regina, Venice; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark; Maxwell Graham Gallery, New York.
What awards has Tiffany Sia received?
Sia has received the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award in 2022 and the Baloise Art Prize in 2024. She was also awarded a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship in 2009.
What are some of Tiffany Sia's recent projects?
Sia has written several books and essays dedicated to film studies, the politics behind film/photographic practices and the geopolitics of cinema and nationalist narratives. Her first publications, the books Salty Wet (2019) and Too Salty Too Wet (2020), were conceived in the aftermath of the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, as a type of anti-travelogue.
Her newest book, On and Off-Screen Imaginaries (2024), consists of a series of six essays which take a deep dive into the cultural landscapes shaped by national security policies. The book was published by Primary Information in New York. She is currently teaching at The Cooper Union in New York.
Where can I find more information about Tiffany Sia?
Sia is represented by Maxwell Graham in New York and Felix Gaudlitz in Vienna. More information about upcoming exhibitions, publishing and lectures can be found on her artist site.