Shirley Tse lives and works in California. She has created sculptural interventions that interrogate notions of place, politics, and ecology. Her work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally at venues including the Biennale of Sydney, MoMA PS1, and SFMOMA. At the 58th Venice Biennale, Tse was the first female artist to represent Hong Kong in a solo exhibition. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2009) and Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2024). Her work has been featured in several Phaidon books including "Great Women Sculptors" (2024), "Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life" (2015), and Sculpture Today (2007).