KWAN Sheung Chi 關尚智
KWAN Sheung Chi
關尚智
BIOGRAPHY
1980
Born in Hong Kong
2003
BA in Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Travel in the Universe, Oi!, Hong Kong
2017
Blue is the New Black, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2015
Well, you can have what's left of mine., Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
The 21st Century Undead Coterie of Contemporary Art, Para Site, Hong Kong
2013
Video Art Program: A window to the World, Hiroshima MOCA, Japan
2012
A Window to the World, Hiroshima MOCA, Japan
100 things, a little retrospective, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
Collected Works, Yuka Tsuruno, Tokyo, Japan
2011
New Media Section, Art Taipei 2011, Taiwan
2010
Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple, Special Project, ARTHK11, Hong Kong
2009
No matter. Try again. Fail again., Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2006
She's Out of Town, art-lease.com ltd, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong
2004
Works of Kwan Sheung Chi, Breakthrough Youth Village Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
A Retrospective of Kwan Sheung Chi, Experimental Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Kwan Sheung Chi Touring Series Exhibitions, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre; Para/Site Art Space; Fringe Club; Grotto Fine Art Ltd; Para/Site Central; Hanart TZ Gallery; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Videotage; Artists Commune; Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Familiar Otherness: Art Across Northeast Asia, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
I submit to the wisdom of the body, Silverlens, Makati City, Philippines
Globale: Global Control and Censorship, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
3rd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Iset Hotel, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Clamour Can Melt Gold, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
Happy Together, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA
after/image, Studio 52, Hong Kong
Essential Matters, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
A Hundred Years of Shame – Songs of Resistance and Scenarios for Chinese Nations, Para Site, Hong Kong
The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition: Observer – Creator, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, Kochi, India
Post Pop: East Meets West, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2014 Kuandu Biennale – Recognition System, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Attention Economy, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Mapping Asia, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Man’s Future Fund, Discover Asia, Art Fair Tokyo, Japan
Golden Heights Estate, Para Site, Hong Kong
2013
“But is it Art? “Iknow but I don’t know.”, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
HUGO BOSS ASIA ART AWARD, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
BiennaleOnline 2013
Hong Kong Eye, ArtistTree, Hong Kong
2012
Philosopher’s (knock-off) Stone: Turning Gold into Plastic, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), Videotage, Hong Kong
Kashiwa City Jack, Asia Pacific Contemporary Media Arts from Diasuke Miyatsu Collection, Kashiwa City, Japan
Similarities and Differences, Asian Contemporary Media Arts from Daisuke Miyatsu Collection, ArtShow Busan BEXCO, Korea
Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
HONG KONG DIARY, Young video art from Hong Kong, 25 Bilder/Sekunde, Mannheim, Germany
Gelassenheit: Letting It Be, 2P Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Running on the Sidelines, Hong Kong New Media Art Exhibition, Soka Art Center Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Wearable Exhibition: Bring Art Everywhere, Fotan, Hong Kong
2011
Homemade video from Hong Kong, CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea, ARAD, Szczecin, Poland; National Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia; Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia; Arad Art Museum, Romania
Except why not just come right out and say it:, Collectors House, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2010
Siu Sai Gual Bananale, Woofer Ten, Hong Kong
Videozone V, The 5th International Video Biennial in Israel, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Homemade video from Hong Kong, Experimenta! Mostra De Videos, HSESC Campinas, Brazil
Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple, ART HK 10, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Specific Gravity, Location One, New York, United States of America
The Pavilion of Realism, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
A Guide to Job Loss, Inheritance Projects, Shenzhen, China
2009
Dwelling, Osage．Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
6644 Fix it, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
No Show Miu, White Tube, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Infant Phenomenon, White Tube, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2008
Looking for Antonio Mak, Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series III, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Inside Looking Out, Osage．Singapore, Singapore
HK Unveiled - Contemporary Art in the SAR, Atting House, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Anarchitecture Bananas: Artists who reclaim space, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
ReForm, Mixed-media Exhibition, The Economist & Fringe Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Everyday Anomalies, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, United Kingdom
Sun of Beach, Wong Wai Wheel Artspace, Hong Kong
Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2008, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
2007
Time After Time, Basement, Hollywood Centre, Hong Kong
Outlook．Shenzhen, COCO Park, Shenzhen, China
Reversing Horizons, Artist Reflections of the Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Back to the Basic, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
Inside Looking Out, Osage．Kwun Tong, Hong Kong; Osage．Beijing, Beijing, China
Strangers, Japanese & Hong Kong Artists Exchange Project, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan
Primitive Contemporary, Asian Video Art Exhibition Series 8, Artists Commune, Hong Kong
Variances in Singular, Too Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Fotanian: Open Studio 2007, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
2006
aWay, Group Exhibition of Contemporary Visual Artists, 1a space, Hong Kong
Asian Traffic, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Fotanian: Open Studio 2006, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
2005
Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2005, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Irreality, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2005 Hong Kong Artists' Biennial: Moonstruck, Club 64, Hong Kong
MoleskineArt.com proj: exhibition, city'super, Times Square, Hong Kong
2004
Fotanian 2004, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
Summer Show 2004, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2003
Art Supermarket 2003, A Fundraising Event for Para/Site Art Space, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Fotanian 2003, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
Being Idle, Shanghai Street Visual Artspace, Hong Kong
Graduation: Moving Forward, Looking Backward, Graduation Exhibition of the Fine Arts Department, Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Annual Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Department, the Art of CUHK 2003, Fine Arts Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Young Artist Catering Programme, Exhibition & Workshop, CNEC
Lau Wing Sang Secondary School, Hong Kong
2002
Art Supermarket 2002, A Fundraising Event for Para/Site Art Space, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Philippe Charriol Foundation 17th Annual Art Competition Finalists Exhibition, Time Square, Hong Kong; Macao Museum of Art, Macao
Young Artists' Exhibition, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Five Individuals, Cross University Student Exhibition, The Art School Learning Centre Gallery, Hong Kong
2001
Joint Exhibition of Kwan Sheung-chi & Li Chiu-wan, Foyer Gallery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Million Road Installation Show, CUHK Art Festival 2001, Central Campus, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Joint Funeral of Chow & Kwan, Expectation to Expectation, 1a space, Hong Kong
The Annual Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Department, the Art of CUHK 2001, Fine Arts Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Flat As Sample, Department of Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
2000
Blue is Blue: A Contemporary Art Interpretation Exhibition, City Festival 2001, Low Block, Hong Kong City Hall Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong
The Annual Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Department, the Art of CUHK 2000, Fine Arts Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2009 - 2010
International Residency Program, Location One New York, United States of America
2009
ArtWalk Drinking Challenge 2009, Hong Kong ArtWalk 2009, Hong Kong
2007
Strangers, Japanese & Hong Kong Artists Exchange Project, Tokyo & Kawasaki, Japan
COLLECTIONS
Alliance Bernstein Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong
Bank of America (Asia) Ltd, Hong Kong
Davis Polk & Wardwell, Hong Kong
Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
Private Collections in Hong Kong
PUBLICATION
2010
A Brief Chronicle of Kwan Sheung Chi's Artistic Career, Gallery EXIT
AWARDS
2014
Jury Award “Huayu Youth Award”, Art Sanya, China
2013
Winner, HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award
2011
Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) of Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2011
2009
Starr Foundation Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, New York, Unite States of America
2003
Hui's Fine Arts Award, the Art of CUHK 2003, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2001
Cheung's Fine Arts Award, the Art of CUHK 2001, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
關尚智
BIOGRAPHY
1980
Born in Hong Kong
2003
BA in Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Travel in the Universe, Oi!, Hong Kong
2017
Blue is the New Black, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2015
Well, you can have what's left of mine., Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
The 21st Century Undead Coterie of Contemporary Art, Para Site, Hong Kong
2013
Video Art Program: A window to the World, Hiroshima MOCA, Japan
2012
A Window to the World, Hiroshima MOCA, Japan
100 things, a little retrospective, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
Collected Works, Yuka Tsuruno, Tokyo, Japan
2011
New Media Section, Art Taipei 2011, Taiwan
2010
Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple, Special Project, ARTHK11, Hong Kong
2009
No matter. Try again. Fail again., Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2006
She's Out of Town, art-lease.com ltd, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong
2004
Works of Kwan Sheung Chi, Breakthrough Youth Village Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
A Retrospective of Kwan Sheung Chi, Experimental Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Kwan Sheung Chi Touring Series Exhibitions, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre; Para/Site Art Space; Fringe Club; Grotto Fine Art Ltd; Para/Site Central; Hanart TZ Gallery; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Videotage; Artists Commune; Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Familiar Otherness: Art Across Northeast Asia, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
I submit to the wisdom of the body, Silverlens, Makati City, Philippines
Globale: Global Control and Censorship, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
3rd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Iset Hotel, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Clamour Can Melt Gold, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
Happy Together, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA
after/image, Studio 52, Hong Kong
Essential Matters, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
A Hundred Years of Shame – Songs of Resistance and Scenarios for Chinese Nations, Para Site, Hong Kong
The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition: Observer – Creator, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, Kochi, India
Post Pop: East Meets West, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2014 Kuandu Biennale – Recognition System, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Attention Economy, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Mapping Asia, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
Man’s Future Fund, Discover Asia, Art Fair Tokyo, Japan
Golden Heights Estate, Para Site, Hong Kong
2013
“But is it Art? “Iknow but I don’t know.”, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
HUGO BOSS ASIA ART AWARD, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
BiennaleOnline 2013
Hong Kong Eye, ArtistTree, Hong Kong
2012
Philosopher’s (knock-off) Stone: Turning Gold into Plastic, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), Videotage, Hong Kong
Kashiwa City Jack, Asia Pacific Contemporary Media Arts from Diasuke Miyatsu Collection, Kashiwa City, Japan
Similarities and Differences, Asian Contemporary Media Arts from Daisuke Miyatsu Collection, ArtShow Busan BEXCO, Korea
Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
HONG KONG DIARY, Young video art from Hong Kong, 25 Bilder/Sekunde, Mannheim, Germany
Gelassenheit: Letting It Be, 2P Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Running on the Sidelines, Hong Kong New Media Art Exhibition, Soka Art Center Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Wearable Exhibition: Bring Art Everywhere, Fotan, Hong Kong
2011
Homemade video from Hong Kong, CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea, ARAD, Szczecin, Poland; National Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia; Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia; Arad Art Museum, Romania
Except why not just come right out and say it:, Collectors House, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2010
Siu Sai Gual Bananale, Woofer Ten, Hong Kong
Videozone V, The 5th International Video Biennial in Israel, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Homemade video from Hong Kong, Experimenta! Mostra De Videos, HSESC Campinas, Brazil
Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple, ART HK 10, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Specific Gravity, Location One, New York, United States of America
The Pavilion of Realism, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
A Guide to Job Loss, Inheritance Projects, Shenzhen, China
2009
Dwelling, Osage．Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
6644 Fix it, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
No Show Miu, White Tube, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Infant Phenomenon, White Tube, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2008
Looking for Antonio Mak, Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series III, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Inside Looking Out, Osage．Singapore, Singapore
HK Unveiled - Contemporary Art in the SAR, Atting House, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Anarchitecture Bananas: Artists who reclaim space, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
ReForm, Mixed-media Exhibition, The Economist & Fringe Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Everyday Anomalies, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, United Kingdom
Sun of Beach, Wong Wai Wheel Artspace, Hong Kong
Fotanian: Fotan Artists Open Studios 2008, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
2007
Time After Time, Basement, Hollywood Centre, Hong Kong
Outlook．Shenzhen, COCO Park, Shenzhen, China
Reversing Horizons, Artist Reflections of the Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Back to the Basic, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong
Inside Looking Out, Osage．Kwun Tong, Hong Kong; Osage．Beijing, Beijing, China
Strangers, Japanese & Hong Kong Artists Exchange Project, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan
Primitive Contemporary, Asian Video Art Exhibition Series 8, Artists Commune, Hong Kong
Variances in Singular, Too Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Fotanian: Open Studio 2007, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
2006
aWay, Group Exhibition of Contemporary Visual Artists, 1a space, Hong Kong
Asian Traffic, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Fotanian: Open Studio 2006, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
2005
Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2005, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Irreality, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2005 Hong Kong Artists' Biennial: Moonstruck, Club 64, Hong Kong
MoleskineArt.com proj: exhibition, city'super, Times Square, Hong Kong
2004
Fotanian 2004, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
Summer Show 2004, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2003
Art Supermarket 2003, A Fundraising Event for Para/Site Art Space, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Fotanian 2003, Studio 615, Fotanian Artists Studios, Hong Kong
Being Idle, Shanghai Street Visual Artspace, Hong Kong
Graduation: Moving Forward, Looking Backward, Graduation Exhibition of the Fine Arts Department, Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Annual Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Department, the Art of CUHK 2003, Fine Arts Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Young Artist Catering Programme, Exhibition & Workshop, CNEC
Lau Wing Sang Secondary School, Hong Kong
2002
Art Supermarket 2002, A Fundraising Event for Para/Site Art Space, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Philippe Charriol Foundation 17th Annual Art Competition Finalists Exhibition, Time Square, Hong Kong; Macao Museum of Art, Macao
Young Artists' Exhibition, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Five Individuals, Cross University Student Exhibition, The Art School Learning Centre Gallery, Hong Kong
2001
Joint Exhibition of Kwan Sheung-chi & Li Chiu-wan, Foyer Gallery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Million Road Installation Show, CUHK Art Festival 2001, Central Campus, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Joint Funeral of Chow & Kwan, Expectation to Expectation, 1a space, Hong Kong
The Annual Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Department, the Art of CUHK 2001, Fine Arts Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Flat As Sample, Department of Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
2000
Blue is Blue: A Contemporary Art Interpretation Exhibition, City Festival 2001, Low Block, Hong Kong City Hall Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong
The Annual Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Department, the Art of CUHK 2000, Fine Arts Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2009 - 2010
International Residency Program, Location One New York, United States of America
2009
ArtWalk Drinking Challenge 2009, Hong Kong ArtWalk 2009, Hong Kong
2007
Strangers, Japanese & Hong Kong Artists Exchange Project, Tokyo & Kawasaki, Japan
COLLECTIONS
Alliance Bernstein Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong
Bank of America (Asia) Ltd, Hong Kong
Davis Polk & Wardwell, Hong Kong
Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
Private Collections in Hong Kong
PUBLICATION
2010
A Brief Chronicle of Kwan Sheung Chi's Artistic Career, Gallery EXIT
AWARDS
2014
Jury Award “Huayu Youth Award”, Art Sanya, China
2013
Winner, HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award
2011
Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) of Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2011
2009
Starr Foundation Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, New York, Unite States of America
2003
Hui's Fine Arts Award, the Art of CUHK 2003, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2001
Cheung's Fine Arts Award, the Art of CUHK 2001, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong