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Sandy Ng

Sandy Ng

Assistant Professor (Culture & Theory)

  • V502a
  • +852 3400 3559
  • sdydnas@polyu.edu.hk
  • Expertise: Art and Design History, Visual and Material Culture

Biography

Sandy Ng specialises in modern art and design. She received her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). Her published works include articles that examine the notion of hybrid modernism in Lin Fengmian’s figurative paintings (1900-1991) and the formation of female identity in painting and design. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Bard Graduate Centre in the United States in 2019 and is presently College Art Association’s caa.reviews Field Editor for Design History. She is working on an edited volume based on a symposium she has organized titled Material Culture and Design in Modern Asia held at the Bard Graduate Centre in 2021. Her book entitled Portrayals of Women in Early Twentieth-Century China: Redefining Female Identity through Modern Design and Lifestyle is scheduled to be published by Amsterdam University Press in 2024.


Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London   
  • Master of Arts, University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • Bachelor of Arts, Hawaii Pacific University 

Academic and Professional Experience

Global Journal of Cultural Studies, Editorial Board Member, 2023-present  

  • College Art Association, USA-CAA Field Editor for Design History July 1, 2019-June 30, 2025
  • College Art Association, USA-CAA Professional Practices Committee Member 2017-2020
  • International Association for Visual Culture, United Kingdom (Member)
  • China Academic Network on Gender, Universite libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (Member)

Teaching Area

  • Design & Material Culture (BA)
  • Introduction to Design Theories and Cultural (BA)
  • Social Design Capstone project (BA)
  • Philosophy of Design (PhD)

 

Research Outputs

'Culture as Inspiration: A Metaphorical Framework for Designing Products with Traditional Cultural Properties (TCPs)', Sustainability, 12(17), 7171, 2020.
‘Adorning the Self: Feminine Enchantment and Social Changes in the life of the Modern Woman’, Crowning Glory: The Beauty of Ladies' Ornaments from Asia and Europe (Liang Yi Museum, 2019).
‘The Art of Pan Yuliang- Fashioning the Self in Modern China’; in Woman’s Art Journal, Vol.40, Spring/Summer 2019.
‘Clothes Make the Woman: Cheongsam and Chinese Identity in Hong Kong’, Kyunghee Pyun and Aida Yuen Wong (eds), Fashion, Identity, and Power in Modern Asia (Palgrave Macmillian, 2018).

‘Gendered by Design: Qipao and Society, 1911-1949’ in Costume-The Journal of Costume Society (United Kingdom) (January 2015).

 

Projects

Portrayals of Woman in Early Twentieth-Century China: Redefining Identity through Modern Design and Lifestyle (Monograph)

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Material Culture and Design in Modern Asia (Edited Volume) 

Compact_Man Yee Sandy Ng
Compact
Maker: Lacloche Frères
c. 1925
Gold, enamel, diamond and pearl
Height 1 x Width 3.8 x Length 8.2cm
Collection of Liang Yi Museum (LYMV-020)

 

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