Education
2016-2018 MFAH Glassell School of Art BLOCK studio program
2016 Certificate achievement in sculpture, The Glassell school of Art, MFAH
1991 BA in Finance, Arizona State University, AZ
Solo Exhibition
2022 Pursuit of Oneness, Redbud Arts Center, Houston, Texas
2020 Awakening, Glade Gallery, Woodlands, Texas
2018 Matters of the Heart, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, Texas
Selected Group Exhibition
2023 Crosscurrent Yokohama - Texas Exchange 2023, Wichita Falls museum of art at MSU TX
2023 Journeys to Oaxaca, Leslie and Brad Bucher Gallery, Houston, Texas
2023 Good idea online art museum, goodideaart.com/繪畫-華祥貽
2023 Paperworks 2023, An International Juried Competition, B.J.Spoke Gallery, New York. Juror: Emily Olek
2023 Crosscurrent exhibition, Redbud Cart Center, Houston, Texas
2022 CRAFTTEXAS, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, Juror: Andres Payan Estrada
2022 Texas Sculpture Group, Art Museum TX, Sugar Land, Texas
2021 The State of Sculpture, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
2021 The Big Show 2021, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2021 On The Bayou, Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
2020 2020 Texas Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Kristen Gaylord
2020 Metal Complexions presented by the Houston Metal Arts Guild, The Jung Center, Houston, TX, Juror: Anna Walker
2019 Celestial Space, Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series, Houston, TX
2019 The 1st Crosscurrent Yokohama-Texas 2019, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2019 The 3rd Annual National Flower Show, Splendor Gardens, Cleveland, Texas
2018 Making Moves, Goldmine Gallery, Pittsburgh
2018 BLOCK XVIII, Levantine Foundation Gallery, MFAH, Glassell school of Art, Houston, Texas
2018 Time Gallery, Artrue Gallery, Taipei 101, Taiwan
2018 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Juror: Anna Katz
2017 Known and Underknown, ArtsBrookfield, Houston, Texas
2017 THE BLOCK, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
2017 Natural Flexibility, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, Texas
2017 BLOCK XVI Spring Show, Interspace Gallery, MFAH Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas
2017 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2017, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
2016 Certificate exhibition,Glassell School of Art MFAH, Houston, Texas
2015 Kinder Morgan, Houston, Texas
2014 Departmental Focus exhibition, Glassell Mezzanine Gallery, MFAH, Houston, Texas
2011 Juried student exhibition, Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, Texas
2010 ProsperityBank, Houston, Texas
Public art
2023 2023 Richmond Ave Art Trail, Houston, Texas
Award
2020 Honorable mention, 2020 Texas Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Kristen Gaylord
Art Fairs
2018 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Cindy Lisica Gallery, George R. Brown Convention center, Houston, Texas
2017 Art City Austin, represented by Cindy Lisica Gallery, Palmer Event center, Austin
2016 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Tally Beck Contemporary, George R. Brown Convention center, Houston, Texas
Press
2018 Molly Grenzer, Art Daybook: An 'Abundant' view, Houston Chronicle
2018 'Cindy Lisica Gallery presents Shang-Yi Hua:"Matters of the Heart" opening reception, Houston.culturemap.com
2018 Voyagehouston.com, May 2
2017 Colleen Blackard, A Curated View of Art City Austin, Hiconcept Magazine, hiconceptmag.com
2017 Becker, Chris, 'Art Of Survival', CityBook Houston, March, p.60
2017 'Cindy Lisica Gallery presents "Natural Flexibility" opening reception', houston.culturemap.com
About
Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Shangyi Hua (b. 1967) currently lives and works in Houston, Texas,
Hua explores the concepts of merging and extension to demonstrate opposition, contrast and harmony. Her work transcends East and West cultures, employing organic and artificial materials, often in the same piece.
Hua’s spiritual experiences and daily reflection inspire her work to new horizons. Beauty, mystery, the inner journey of the pilgrim all play a role in her meditation and her sculpture. She also references Chinese calligraphy and conceptualized images, exploring different perspectives of the same objects in three-dimensional space.