Sin-ying Ho

Education Background:

In 1995, Sin-ying Ho received an Honors Diploma in Craft and Design from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. In 1997, Ho obtained a Bachelor's degree from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. In 2001, Ho earned a Master's degree from Louisiana State University in the United States.

Teaching Experience:

From 2001 to 2002, Professor Ho taught at Southeastern Louisiana University in the United States. In 2003, she held a teaching position at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada. From 2004 to 2005, she worked at Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Canada. From 2005 to 2006, she taught at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Since 2006, she has been an Associate Professor of Ceramics Art at Queens College, City University of New York.

Professor Ho has conducted art workshops, lectures, and exhibitions across Canada including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Harvard University, Hong Kong, and Jingdezhen in China, a city with over 1000 years of porcelain history. Her works have been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, France, Germany, Romania, India, Turkey, and Italy. In 2011, Professor Ho was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Fellowship in New York.

Professor Ho's series "Eden" was exhibited at Giovanni Nicelli Private Airport on Lido Island, Venice, during the 2022 Venice Biennale. Her works are included in the permanent collections of various museums, corporate companies, and private collections, such as the American Museum of Ceramic Art in California, the Hood Museum of Art in New Hampshire, the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, the Icheon World Ceramic Centre in Korea, the Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan, and the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong.

Professor Ho serves as an advisor to the Taoxichuan Art Centre in Jingdezhen, China, and is a trustee of the Watershed Centre of Ceramic Art.