Thomas Tsang
Born on the Island of Borneo in Sabah, Malaysia, 1974. He studied at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) in Los Angeles and received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, 2000.
He was recipient of the coveted fellowship 2006-2007 Marion O. and Maximilian E. Hoffman Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome, where he conducted his project research entitled ‘Dichotomy of Urban Nature in Rome.
His works focus on interdisciplinary approach to architecture, immerse in etymology how the origin of architectural text and imagery, influences one’s subconscious. Previously, exhibited at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Biennale, Center for Architecture in New York, Chicago Architectural Club, SpaziAperti with MARCO Museum in Rome, Ke Center for Contemporary Art in Shanghai, Stazione Leopoida at the University of Florence, Jyosui-Kaikan in Tokyo and solo exhibition at the American Academy in Rome “Rome in 50 Pieces: Department of Lost and Found.” In summer of 2012, he is artist-in-resident, part in this intercultural diaglogue in visual forms with Tsinghua University, Columbia University and Masschusetts College of Art and Design, exhibition held at the Inside-Out Art Museum. With the same institution, he is currently working on permanent structure for sound, the world’s smallest museum with collaboration architect Cui Kai, to be completed by late 2012.