Thumbelina
“There was once a very delicate and graceful little maiden.
She was scarcely half as long as a thumb, and she was called Thumbelina. ”
She was born of a flower. and called roses her home.
With the first ray of sunlight peeping through layers of colors, an enchanting microcosm comes to life.
ODYSSEUS
Odysseus came home to Ithaca, finally.
but, With time and distance traveled,
differences, gaps and frictions mingled with the comfort and familiarity of Home Coming.
Bygones are of no return.
Alice
“How nice it would be if we could only get through into …..glass…..!
I’m sure it’s got, oh! such beautiful things in it ”
About Cindy
Introduction by Houston Chronicle, 9/18/2022 (Sunday edition), Art & Exhibits:
Houston’s Cindy Shung from Webster city worker to promising artist
Cindy grew up in Taiwan and calls Texas home now. With diverse background, she embraces the world with open mind and curiosity. Cindy’s approach towards photography reflects her independent and adventurous spirit.
James Turrell’s concept of “LIGHT and SPACE” awoke her hibernating artistic instinct to experiment light with roses and glasses.
When the reality wilts under macro lens, shades and shapes transform to surreal storylines. Her photography, instead of being the epilogue of events, is the prologue of fictitious expressions and boundless imagination.
W. Blake perceived a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a flower. Cindy’s mind where memory mingles with fantasy and reality converses with emotion, composes the unique universe she sees and believes.
In the world we live in, TRUTH is only what one chooses to believe.
Exhibitions
2024 Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series "Vision", Glassel School of Art/MFAH
2023 Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series "Purple", Glassel School of Art/MFAH
2023 Beeville Art Museum 2023 Texas Artists Exhibition, Beeville, TX
2023 Ardest Gallery, The Woodland, TX, juried group exhibition "Noun: People, Places, Things”
2022 Solo Exhibition, The Jung Center, curated by Cindy Lisica ( gallery@cindylisica.com )
Participated Space/FotoFest Biennial 2022, Houston, TX 77006
2022 Group Exhibition, Light Around the World/FotoFest, St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Houston
2022 Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, 38th juried open exhibition,
Juror: Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH, Houston
2022 Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, 38th juried membership exhibition,
Juror: Lester Marks, Mayor’s Ambassador to the Arts, Houston
2020 Virtual Exhibition: https://vimeo.com/437456334
2020 FotoFest Biennial 2020 Participating Spaces : Houston, TX
2019 Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, 36th juried open exhibition
Awards
2023 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
2019 Neutral Density Photography Awards
Honorable Mention in Nature: Macro Category
Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Landscape Category
2018 Chromatic Awards – International Color Photography Contest
Honorable Mention in Abstract, Amateur Category
2018 Neutral Density Photography Awards
Honorable Mention in Nature: Macro Category
2018 Don’t Take Pictures
The Photo of the Day, Apr-06-2018
2017 Chromatic Awards – International Color Photography Contest
Honorable Mention in Abstract, Amateur Category
2017 Neutral Density Photography Awards