Hilarie HON 韓幸霖
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BIOGRAPHY 1994 Born in Hong Kong 2016 BA (Hons) Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Academy of Visual Arts Currently lives and works in Hong Kong Hilarie HON (b. 1994, Hong Kong), graduated with a BA Visual Arts (Hons) at Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2016. HON’s highly personal painting style employs bold colours and strong contrasts to express an inner world full of comical conflict and struggle, with sceneries evoke the alienation and helplessness felt in nightmares. Participated exhibitions include solo exhibition "Yesterday Brightness" (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2020), “The Daily Disappearance of the Sun” (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2018). Group exhibition “Art Collaboration Kyoto 2021”, “In Search of Absence” (Korean Cultural Center Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2021), “Stories We Tell To Scare Ourselves with” (MOCA Taipei, Taiwan, 2019) and “9x9” (1a space, Hong Kong, 2017). HON currently lives and works in Hong Kong. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Yesterday Brightness, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2018 The Daily Disappearance of the Sun, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2017 BLOOMY GLOOMY BOOM, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 31 Women Artist Hong Kong I, 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong 2021 Art Collaboration Kyoto 2021 In the search of absence, Korea Cultural Center in Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong The world is a show for my chosen eye's delight, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2019 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Stories We Tell To Scare Ourselves with, MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan Shek-O Sublime, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong 2018 ART021, Gallery Exit, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, China HASHTAG, Ping Pong, Hong Kong 2017 Art Shenzhen 2017, Gallery Exit, Shenzhen, China 9x9, 1a Space, Hong Kong 2016 SHIFT: AVA 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong HKForeword 16, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong Szelit CHEUNG, Hilarie HON, Ashlee IP Wai Ting, Him LO, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong AVA BA GRAD SHOW 2016, Graduation Exhibition, Kai Tak Campus, HKBU ”Ngaan”, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, HKBU 2015 In the Name of Drawing, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University HONOURS AND AWARDS 2016 AVA Keeper of Studies Collection Award, Academy of Visual Arts 2013 Swire University Scholarship |