Samuel Shih was born in Taipei in 1974. His father Shih Ping-chih and his mother Kuo Ya-mei were both painters. His mother also studied ceramics at Li Liang-yi's Tienmu Ceramics Workshop.
施宣宇，1974 年生於台北，父親施並致與母親郭雅眉都是畫家，母親並在李亮一的天母陶藝工作室學陶。