DAISY TOH CV

Daisy Toh graduated with a BFA in Crafts and Design (Ceramics) in 2018 from the National Taiwan University of the Arts on a 2015–2018 NTUA-MOE Taiwan Scholarship for Excellent Foreign Students. She was awarded 2nd place in her cohort exhibition. The 2018 FRANZ Rising Star Award and Scholarship accorded her the opportunity to participate in the 2019 4th Révélations International Fine Craft and Creation Biennial in Paris and the 2019 FRANZ Park Artist-in-Residence Programme in Jingdezhen, China. She has completed a residency at HO-CA clay arts studio in Tajimi, Japan, and recently returned to Jingdezhen on a Jingdezhen Ceramic University International Ceramic Studio Exchange. She has exhibited in Taiwan, China, and Singapore, and is currently enrolled in the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts at the Tainan National University of the Arts on an International Students Scholarship.

Toh's works reflect her patience, practice, and artistry in adapting slip-casting –typically seen as a mass manufacturing process in ceramics – to create unique pieces that underscore the enduring relevance of traditional techniques and processes and impeccable craftsmanship. The potter's fascination with coloured slip, commonly used as a decorative feature in the process of slip-casting, and with the manifold layers of craftsmanship hidden in the intricate, time-consuming process of slip-casting dominates her studio practice. Topographical lines demarcate each layer of exposed slip in her works, with the finished organic forms leading the viewer from one element of interest – the gradations of colour, for example – to another, such as how a dip in the form might correspond to a change in the flow of slip and colour.