Jacqueline Tse

I am an emerging visual artist, based in Tucson, Arizona, working primarily in clay, metal and wax.

Born 1984 in San Jose, California, raised between Hong Kong and the US, I received my BFA from New York University in Studio Arts in 2006.

Right out of college I went onto a career in design. I worked in the fashion industry in New York City for a decade, designing jewelry for a variety of established American brands. I really enjoyed it, but working a full time design job and the stress from climbing the corporate ladder eventually caught up with me. I no longer wanted to contribute to fast fashion and corporate greed. Being laid off in 2015 was a blessing in disguise, that's when I returned to my passion of sculpting as a form of self therapy.

My work is highly influenced by my anxieties of being human, particularly the dilemmas of everyday urban life. It is an ongoing exploration of my fascination with American society of excess and shameless consumerism, social media overstimulation, greed and gluttony as a remedy for emotional disconnection. Meanwhile still celebrating the beauty and flaws of these fragile human conditions.

BFA, Studio Arts, New York University 2006

Solo Exhibitions
2020
Death by Sugar, Talon Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Group Exhibitions
2021
“Happiness is”, House of Novogratz, Venice, California
”NCECA Multicultural Fellow Exhibition,” DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

2020
What was said to the rose, Dominique Gallery, Other Places Art Fair, Los Angeles, California
Everything but the Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Small Favors XV, Expanding the Field, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saccharine, SHIM Art Network curated by Echo Art Initiative, New York, New York
Conjoined 10, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California
LA Art Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2019
Annual Holiday Show, Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, California
Anonymous Brooklyn, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, New York
NYU Art Alumni Show, Curated by Martha Wilson, New York, New York
Affordable Art Fair, Contempop Gallery, New York, New York
LA Art Show, Contempop Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2018
Affordable Art Fair, Contempop Gallery, New York, New York
On the Table, Gasworks NYC, Brooklyn, New York
2017
Brooklyn Clay Tour, Bklyn Clay, Brooklyn, New York