tokyo
When An Encounter Takes Place
solo show
Born in 1990 in Yuanlin City, Taiwan
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Steph Huang is a London-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores themes of labour, value, and commerce through the cultural biographies of everyday objects and spaces. Working across sculpture, installation, film, and sound, she transforms mundane materials into minimalist yet poetically resonant installations. Her work uncovers the historical and transcultural narratives embedded within consumer culture while critically examining its environmental and human costs.
By merging handmade elements with readymade objects, Huang illuminates the surreal contradictions of capitalism and invites viewers to reexamine their relationship to consumption. Having grown up in Taiwan and lived in London for over a decade, she offers nuanced critiques of globalization and belonging—proposing alternative perspectives that challenge mainstream narratives. Through thoughtful recontextualization, Huang’s work delivers a subtle yet powerful commentary on contemporary life.
Huang received her MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art in 2021. Recent solo exhibitions include Lili Deli, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025; Property for Sale, Hong Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 2024; See, See Sea, Tate Britain, London, UK, 2024; There Is Nothing Old Under The Sun, Standpoint London, UK, 2024; The Water that Bears the Boat, E-WERK Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 2024; I Will See You When the Week Ends, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2023; A Great Increase In Business Is On Its Way, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2022.
In 2023, Huang was awarded the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award and was a recipient of the Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award. In 2022, Huang was awarded the Grand Prize at the Taipei Art Awards.
education
2018-2021
MA in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
solo shows
2025
Lili Deli, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2024
Property for Sale, Hong Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
See, See Sea, Tate Britain, London, UK
There Is Nothing Old Under The Sun, Standpoint London, UK
The Water that Bears the Boat, E-WERK Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2023
I Will See You When the Week Ends, Public Gallery, London, UK
2022
A Great Increase In Business Is On Its Way, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK
“蒸蒸日上”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Deep Shadow, Volt, Eastbourne, UK
Everything and Nothing, Mother's tankstation, London, UK
2020
I Never Promised You a Wonderland, Barbican Arts Trust, London, UK
group shows
2025
Sounds of Babel, C-Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
00:00:01, Public Gallery, London, UK
2023
Jupiter Walk, Sherbet Green, London, UK
Short Term Pleasure, Long Term Pain, Public Gallery, London, UK
The Splendour of the Sun, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
2022
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Humber Street Gallery / South London Gallery, UK
Between You and Me, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
bag, pedestal, rabbit, potato, Staffordshire St, London, UK
SupaVenezia, AplusA Gallery, Venice, Italy
Salón ACME No. 9, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
Beuys Open Source, Belmacz, London, UK
Displace, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK
Supastore Southside, Slingbacks and Sunshine, South London Gallery, London, UK
MA Sculpture 2021: Proxy, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2020
36th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
Scout, Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Kettinge, Denmark
SupaStore, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy, Nida, Lithuania
2019
Perpetual Shift, curated by Nicholas Dietrich, Koppel Project, London, UK
B, Belmacz, London, UK
Cherry Pickers, curated by Vincent Crapon and Stilbé Schroeder under PODIUM, Luxembourg
2018
The Ashtray Show West, curated by Steph Huang, Belmacz, London, UK
Fälschung (Fake), Krudebude, Leipzig, Germany
The Pool, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany
Studioless, Incheon Art Platform, Seoul, South Korea
SupaStore Human – We Are the Product, The Dikeou Collection, Denver, USA
2017
Creekside Open, selected by Alison Wilding, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
awards
2023
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award
The Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award
2022
Taipei Art Awards Grand Prize