Complex Worlds examines Sin‑ying Ho’s ongoing inquiry into the intersections of ceramics, digital culture, and the material life of information. In this series, clay operates not simply as a medium of form but as a site where data, memory, and cultural lineage converge. Ho hand‑paints traditional patterns, motifs, and symbols, then overlays them with digital decal transfers featuring contemporary signifiers—AI, @, binary code, G5, and microscopic imagery of the Covid virus. These collisions generate hybrid surfaces that expose the frictions and continuities between ancient craft and digital systems, grounding immaterial information within the physical, enduring language of ceramics.
About
Sin-ying Ho
Sin-Ying Ho, born in Hong Kong and based in New York City, is an associate professor of ceramics at Queens College, CUNY. She holds an MFA from Louisiana State University, a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and a High Diploma from Sheridan College. Ho was the first off-campus student from NSCAD to study at Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, China, in 1996.
An influential educator, she has taught and led workshops globally, including at Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and numerous institutions across North America and Asia. Ho’s honors include a Merit Award from the San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, multiple Canada Council Grants, and a PSC-CUNY Grant. Her works reside in permanent collections worldwide, such as the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Hood Museum, Gardiner Museum, and Yingge Ceramics Museum.
Exhibited internationally, her series Eden was showcased at the Giovanni Nicelli private airport on Venice’s Lido Island during the 2022 Venice Biennale, and her piece Afterglow is currently on display at the Official Kiln Museum in Jingdezhen. Her work Music served as the cover of Utopic Impulses: Contemporary Ceramics Practice, and Beyond Borders – Passage of Time is the cover image of New Export China (2023). Ho is an advisor of Taoxichuan Art Centre, Jingdezhen, and Trustee of Watershed Centre of Ceramics Art, Board member of Museum of Ceramic Art New York (MoCA-NY) and Director at Large of The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Ho was accepted as a AIC-IAC member in 2026
