Siu Yu Hang

Siu Yu Hang joined St. James' Creation in 2008 and enjoys observing and seeking creative inspiration in the city. Among his works, the "HK 18 Districts" painted ceramic plates captures the areas and landscapes he cherishes. Yu Hang names his figure series "All Walks of Life" and it includes nearly a hundred remarkable artworks such as "The Accountant", "The Chef" and "The Fish Stall". Additionally, his work "Paddling the Dragon Boat" has been exhibited in Japan and Korea, making it Yu Hang's representative piece.

Exhibition:

2009	Clay Gives Characters Pottery Gives Joy Pacific Place, Hong Kong
2010	The City Germinates St. James’ Creation Gallery, Hong Kong
2012	Clayfunland Harbour City, Hong Kong
	Lantern Luminos The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong
2013	The Various Walks of Life St. James’ Creation Gallery, Hong Kong
	Outdoor Ceramic Sculpture St. Stephen’s Girls’ College, Hong Kong
2014	Being II The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong
	Clay Story Central Library, Hong Kong

2015	Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2015 Icheon, South Korea
2016	The Wind Blows From Shigaraki Tai Wan X Japan X Macau X Hong Kong Art Exhibition The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan Taipei City Shilin Public Assembly Hall, Taiwan St. James’ Creation Gallery, Hong Kong
	Of this World Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong Art Brut Exhibition New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum ,Taiwan
2018	Echigo-tsumari Art Field - Gift from Land Tsunan-machi Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata, Japan
2019	Gift from Land X Gift from Earth CC Wu Building, Hong Kong
	Our Stories – Memories in Clay Tai Yau Plaza, HK Tram, Local shops, Hong Kong
	Design Inspire Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

Project:

2009	Workshops series by Labour and Welfare Bureau Hong Kong
2012	Library Etiquette, Central Library Hong Kong

Coperate Collaboration:

2012	LOVERAMICS Hong Kong

Award:

2015	Award of Appreciation – Social welfare organization Korea Rehabilitation Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale

The Back Story

Mid-autumn festivals are especially tense times for Yu Hang, for he would join the dragon boat race every year, and his team would make haste to practice as the race draws near.

Before the mid-autumn festival in 2013, Yu Hang gave himself a new challenge to document scenes of himself and his teammates at the race through clay. However, time was short, and as Yu Hang grew desperate, he rushed through the estimations. The dragon boat broke during the firing. A disappointment it sure was, but so was it a precious lesson for Yu Hang.

The dragon boat was constantly on his mind. Came the second year of the mid-autumn festival, Yu Hang brought up the challenge again but two months earlier this time. This time, he made elaborate plans, and, building upon the experience last time, attained a firmer grasp of the dampness (need to verify term?) of the clay boat and the thickness of the slabs. In anxious anticipation, he waited during the firing. At last, the work was a success, completed in time for the festival. He named it - Paddling the Dragon Boat.

The work was subsequently exhibited at the 2015 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale. It was Yu Hang's first set of artwork to be exhibited overseas.

Then came 2017, when Yu Hang learned that his work was to be exhibited at the Echigo-tsumari Art Field exhibition. At once, he added sea waves to the dragon boat work; Taking reference from the different shapes and forms of waves, he created different kinds of waves and injected this new element to his work. In 2018, the work was displayed at the Echigo Tsumari Cultural Hall, Tokamachi, Japan, during which Yu Hang's family made the trip over to visit the work and support him.

"Paddling the Dragon Boat" was exhibited at the followings,
2015 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Korea
2018 Echigo-tsumari Art Field - Gift from Land, Japan
2019 Gift from Land X Gift from Earth, Hong Kong
2019 Design Inspire, Hong Kong

The work My Father Is a Chef is Yu Hang's record of the scene of his chef father cooking for the family's reunion dinner. At the mention of the work during an interview with Yu Hang's father, it was revealed that Yu Hang does not talk to his father often, but in his mind, his father was an incredible figure, capable of creating many elaborate, masterful dishes all by himself to craft an extraordinary dinner. Everything that his father did Yu Hang remembered by heart, and with clay and words, he re-enacted the reunion dinner, all the while smiling in blissful recollection. When his father learned of the work to be exhibited, he brought a camera over to photograph it.

Art transcends barriers. The father and the son saw each other with renewed appreciation, and as they looked at each other, nothing was left unsaid.

They were proud of each other from the bottom of their hearts - we are both Masters Siu.