Fluid Landscape

Shan Shan Sheng // 2020

Ceramic Coloured Glass
Davies Station

About

Fluid Landscape is a large-scale, colourful activation of Davies Station in alternating bands of clear and translucent glass. The artwork spans more than 26 windows, with imagery that subtly blends Canadian prairie, forest, lakes, and mountains, suggesting the diverse natural and cultural history in the region. The artwork evokes a vivid, iconic layering of time, season, and the senses to activate Edmontonians’ daily commute.

Shan Shan Sheng

Shan Shan Sheng is a world-renowned professional visual artist creating large-scale artworks intended to enliven the space and engage audiences with vivid surprising forms. The driving force behind her public art is to create works that are both spiritual in nature and universal in meaning.

Born in Shanghai and based in San Francisco, Sheng came to the United States in 1982, attending Mount Holyoke College with a full scholarship. She attained a Master of Fine Arts Degree at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), and continued to Harvard University as an artist-in-residence for two years.

Sheng has held over 40 solo exhibitions in Europe, Asia and America. Her large-scale Open Wall project
was included in the 53^rd Venice Biennale. Her works have been collected by 10 museums around the world. Her public art project Ocean Wave at the Port of Miami was recognized for excellence by Americans for the Arts in 2007. To date, Sheng has completed over 50 large-scale permanent public art projects for locations around the world.