Sai-Wai Foo is a Malaysian-born Chinese, Melbourne-based artist. Her training in fashion design influences and informs her practice through technique, finish and materials.
Foo is a bricoleur who collects discarded and redundant items and gives them a new life through her sculptural practice. Working primarily in paper and textiles, Foo’s materiality prompts viewers to consider discarded materials and to reconsider how things are used in our over-curated and insatiable consumer society. Her pieces invite a more intimate engagement, due to their scale and delicacy.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Image above: Inconsequential idol 2022 doll figurine, ceramic bird, pleated book papers, gold leaf, dyed fresh water pearls, glass head …
Image above: installation view of ‘Have You Eaten?’, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 2021. Image by Greg Piper, courtesy of …
Image above: Orest Keywan That Line 2023 steel 168 x 271 x 190cm Congratulations to Orest Keywan, Michael Snape and …
