Nadim ABBAS 唐納天
Nadim ABBAS examines the structural and political properties of images and their precarious relationship with reality. Revolving around the psychological influences of kitsch and cliché, his sculptural installations are immersive environments of ambiguous forms. Frequently incorporating objects from flea markets and dollar shops, casting, animation and photography, ABBAS weaves together extensive research with sophisticated visual manoeuvres to destabilise our perception of space.
Nadim ABBAS
BIOGRAPHY
1980
Born in Hong Kong
1999
BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom
2002
BA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, United Kingdom
2006
Master of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
P-Scape (public sculpture), Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2017
Blue Noon , Last Tango, Zürich
Camoufleur , VITRINE, London
2016
Chimera , Antenna Space, Shanghai
The Last Vehicle , Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (New Directions), Beijing
#4 , Holy Motors, Hong Kong
2014
Zone (1), Gallery EXIT, FOCUS: CHINA, The Armory Show, NYC, USA
2013
Satellite of ⁂, CL3 Architects, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Tetraphilia, Foundation d'entreprise Hermès, Singapore
2011
Marine Lover – A Hermatypic Romance, Gallery EXIT, ARTHK 11, Hong Kong
2010
Cataract, Gallery EXIT & EXPERIMENTA, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2018
Only the Lonely , Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
Dismantling the Scaffold , Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Bubble <3 (music theatre production), Munich Biennale 2018
2017 Interval in Space , Osage, HK
Vernunft und Ordnung , Milieu, Bern
Clouds⇄Forests , 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art
Interval in Space , Fundaziun NAIRS, Scuol
2016
Only the Lonely , inCube Arts, New York
2015
Southern Wind , Antenna Space, Shanghai
Triennial: Surround Audience, New Museum, New York, USA
China 8, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany
2014
Unseen Existence: Dialogues with the Environment in Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Pier Windows, Kwun Tong Pier, Hong Kong
1984 (set designer), Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong (director: Steve Hui)
Going, going, until I meet the tide , Busan Biennale Asian Curatorial Exhibition, Korea
Tradition (Un)Realized , Arko Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
Multiplicity / City as Subject/Matter, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York, USA
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else , Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Apocalypse Postponed (Absolut at Art Basel Hong Kong 2014), Soundwill Plaza II (Midtown POP), Hong Kong
2013
berty, novel in collaboration with Angela SU and Mary LEE
Where Narrative Stops, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Moderation(s): A Fictional Residency, Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
The Void of Course Monday, contribution to Ho Siin Tung’s project at Para/Site Art Space booth) Art Basel in Hong Kong
Paper Rain, with Arto Lindsay et al., Art Basel in Hong Kong
Moderation(s): Incidents of Travel
2012
ARTHK12, Hong Kong
rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes a hong kong spring, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Running on the Sidelines, SOKA Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
No Longer Human, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2011
6000, C&G Apartment, Hong Kong
Writing Off the Wall, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Love the Future, Art Island East, Hong Kong
Recycling Love, The Blue Room, Hong Kong
PICNIC, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
Hong Kong CatWalk, ArtWalk Extra, Hong Kong
The Border Show, The Whitehead Club, Hong Kong
2010
DYAPORAMA No. 2 – BEHIND THE PATH OF MADNESS, Li-Po, Shibuya, Tokyo
L.I.F.E., K11 Mall, Hong Kong
Dubble Happiness: A Story of Siamese Cities, Studio Double Happiness, Hong Kong
The Superb Meaningless Invention Exhibition, G16 Arts & Books, Hong Kong
FAX, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2009
Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation- The Hong Kong Seven, Hong Kong Museum of Art
2008
The Coma Lounge, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Table, Chater Garden, Hong Kong
In Small Print, CIGE 2008, Beijing, China
Altered Ambience, 1a space, Hong Kong
Dis Play, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2007
Art Responds to 14QKs, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2002
Experimental Brain Research, The Menier Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2001
New Sculpture: Chelsea College of Art, Morovian Burial Ground, London, United Kingdom
Peachy, 291 Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Dossh!!, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, United Kingdom
The Stag Place Show, Stag Place, London, United Kingdom
ESSAYS
"A Sentimental Education, Foundations: The Consolations of Museology", Abbas, Nadim (Ed.), Studio Bibliothèque & WORM, 2008, p11-13
"Process and Realisation, Preoccupations: Things Artists Do Anyway Erdmann", Cornelia & Lee Hong Hwee, Michael (Ed.), Laiyan Projects & Studio Bibliothèque, 2008, p20-21
ARTICLES
"Agency for Unrealized Projects: Hong Kong Division", LEAP, No. 03, 2010, p154-167
"Drawing Verbs", d+a, Issue 49, 2009, p76-8
"Shen Shaomin: Activated Organism", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 61, Nov/ Dec 2008, p274-5
"Wilson Shieh: Ladyland", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 57, Mar/ Apr 2008, p142-3
"Tales From Venice", Time Out Hong Kong, No.1, Apr 23 – May 6, 2008, p58
"Chu Yun: Lost Before the Object", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 56, Nov/ Dec 2007, p179
"Leung Chi Wo: Text Format", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 55, Sep/ Oct 2007, p171
"Adrian Wong: A Fear Is This", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 54, Jul/ Aug 2007, p108-9
Nadim ABBAS
BIOGRAPHY
1980
Born in Hong Kong
1999
BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom
2002
BA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, United Kingdom
2006
Master of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
P-Scape (public sculpture), Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2017
Blue Noon , Last Tango, Zürich
Camoufleur , VITRINE, London
2016
Chimera , Antenna Space, Shanghai
The Last Vehicle , Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (New Directions), Beijing
#4 , Holy Motors, Hong Kong
2014
Zone (1), Gallery EXIT, FOCUS: CHINA, The Armory Show, NYC, USA
2013
Satellite of ⁂, CL3 Architects, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Tetraphilia, Foundation d'entreprise Hermès, Singapore
2011
Marine Lover – A Hermatypic Romance, Gallery EXIT, ARTHK 11, Hong Kong
2010
Cataract, Gallery EXIT & EXPERIMENTA, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2018
Only the Lonely , Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
Dismantling the Scaffold , Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Bubble <3 (music theatre production), Munich Biennale 2018
2017 Interval in Space , Osage, HK
Vernunft und Ordnung , Milieu, Bern
Clouds⇄Forests , 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art
Interval in Space , Fundaziun NAIRS, Scuol
2016
Only the Lonely , inCube Arts, New York
2015
Southern Wind , Antenna Space, Shanghai
Triennial: Surround Audience, New Museum, New York, USA
China 8, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany
2014
Unseen Existence: Dialogues with the Environment in Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Pier Windows, Kwun Tong Pier, Hong Kong
1984 (set designer), Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong (director: Steve Hui)
Going, going, until I meet the tide , Busan Biennale Asian Curatorial Exhibition, Korea
Tradition (Un)Realized , Arko Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
Multiplicity / City as Subject/Matter, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York, USA
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else , Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Apocalypse Postponed (Absolut at Art Basel Hong Kong 2014), Soundwill Plaza II (Midtown POP), Hong Kong
2013
berty, novel in collaboration with Angela SU and Mary LEE
Where Narrative Stops, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Moderation(s): A Fictional Residency, Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
The Void of Course Monday, contribution to Ho Siin Tung’s project at Para/Site Art Space booth) Art Basel in Hong Kong
Paper Rain, with Arto Lindsay et al., Art Basel in Hong Kong
Moderation(s): Incidents of Travel
2012
ARTHK12, Hong Kong
rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes a hong kong spring, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Running on the Sidelines, SOKA Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
No Longer Human, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2011
6000, C&G Apartment, Hong Kong
Writing Off the Wall, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Love the Future, Art Island East, Hong Kong
Recycling Love, The Blue Room, Hong Kong
PICNIC, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
Hong Kong CatWalk, ArtWalk Extra, Hong Kong
The Border Show, The Whitehead Club, Hong Kong
2010
DYAPORAMA No. 2 – BEHIND THE PATH OF MADNESS, Li-Po, Shibuya, Tokyo
L.I.F.E., K11 Mall, Hong Kong
Dubble Happiness: A Story of Siamese Cities, Studio Double Happiness, Hong Kong
The Superb Meaningless Invention Exhibition, G16 Arts & Books, Hong Kong
FAX, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2009
Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation- The Hong Kong Seven, Hong Kong Museum of Art
2008
The Coma Lounge, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Table, Chater Garden, Hong Kong
In Small Print, CIGE 2008, Beijing, China
Altered Ambience, 1a space, Hong Kong
Dis Play, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2007
Art Responds to 14QKs, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2002
Experimental Brain Research, The Menier Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2001
New Sculpture: Chelsea College of Art, Morovian Burial Ground, London, United Kingdom
Peachy, 291 Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Dossh!!, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, United Kingdom
The Stag Place Show, Stag Place, London, United Kingdom
ESSAYS
"A Sentimental Education, Foundations: The Consolations of Museology", Abbas, Nadim (Ed.), Studio Bibliothèque & WORM, 2008, p11-13
"Process and Realisation, Preoccupations: Things Artists Do Anyway Erdmann", Cornelia & Lee Hong Hwee, Michael (Ed.), Laiyan Projects & Studio Bibliothèque, 2008, p20-21
ARTICLES
"Agency for Unrealized Projects: Hong Kong Division", LEAP, No. 03, 2010, p154-167
"Drawing Verbs", d+a, Issue 49, 2009, p76-8
"Shen Shaomin: Activated Organism", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 61, Nov/ Dec 2008, p274-5
"Wilson Shieh: Ladyland", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 57, Mar/ Apr 2008, p142-3
"Tales From Venice", Time Out Hong Kong, No.1, Apr 23 – May 6, 2008, p58
"Chu Yun: Lost Before the Object", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 56, Nov/ Dec 2007, p179
"Leung Chi Wo: Text Format", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 55, Sep/ Oct 2007, p171
"Adrian Wong: A Fear Is This", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 54, Jul/ Aug 2007, p108-9