Stephen WONG Chun Hei 黃進曦
BIOGRAPHY 1986 Born in Hong Kong 2008 BA in Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Currently based in Hong Kong, Stephen WONG Chun Hei is a visual artist whose main medium has been painting. His artistic journey began in 2008, since he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Department of Fine Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Natural landscapes are the key motif throughout Wong’s paintings. His use of vivid palettes of saturated colours translate his intuitive imagination and visual impressions from his hiking trips into dream-like paintings. His works emit a mysterious sense of being familiar yet uncannily surrealistic, prompting viewers to reflect on the dynamics in human-nature relationships. Wong’s solo exhibitions organized by Gallery EXIT in Hong Kong include A Grand Tour in Google Earth (2021), Visual Travelogues (Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, 2020), Looking at the sky and the landscape beneath (2018) and Daydream Travelogues (2016); other recent solo shows include MacLehose Trail (Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2022) and Indoor Hundred Islands (Touch Gallery, Hong Kong, 2021). His group exhibition participations include The Breath of Landscape (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2019) and These Painters’ Painters (ROH Projects, Jakarta, 2018). Wong’s artwork is part of the Hong Kong Museum of Art Collection. HIGHLIGHT 2023 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2021 A Grand Tour in Google Earth, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2019 Beside The City, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Shek-O Sublime, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2018 Looking at the sky and the landscape beneath, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2016 Daydream Travelogues, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 Dream Travel, Unit London, London MacLehose Trail, Bonhams Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2021 A Grand Tour in Google Earth, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Indoor Travelling with Object & Indoor Hundred Mountains, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong 2020 Visual Travelogues, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 夢前集碎, Knowhere, Hong Kong 2018 Looking at the sky and the landscape beneath, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2016 Daydream Travelogues, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong The Passenger, Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong 2015 Hong Kong Mountains, Watercolor Paintings by Wong Chun Hei, HKsowell, Taiwan Meeting the Mountains, Makee, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong The Mountain Speaks, Open Quote, PMQ, Hong Kong 2014 Step back to nature, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 2013 Asia Contemporary Art Show, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 2012 Stay Lost, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 2011 From a Distance, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 2010 Someone Bending the Machine: An Exhibition Responding to the Artworks of Chow Chun Fai, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 2008 Bystander Somewhere, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong 2007 Manifesto, New Asia College Chien Mu Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong ART SG, Unit London, Singapore 2022 Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 2021 Fine Art Asia, HK Cancer Fund Charity Auction, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Shining Moment, Tang Art Foundation, Hong Kong 2020 The Call of the Green, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong 2019 Hong Kong Experience, Hong Kong Expereiment, Hong Kong Museum of Art The Breath of Landscape, The Wing (Lower) and Art Corridor, Hong Kong Museum of Art Beside The City, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong 2019, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Shek-O Sublime, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2018 These Painter’s Painters, ROH Projects, Jakarta Depends on Eyes, Form Society, Hong Kong 2017 Scenery Poem, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei Ensemble, VT Salon Art Space, Taipei Art Shenzhen 2017, Gallery EXIT, Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 2016 Paperscapes, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 At the still point of the turning world, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 2013 REUNDEFINED, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong Traits, Ox Warehouse, Macau Asia Hotel Art Fair Hong Kong 2013, Hong Kong 2011 No Between, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong Art Asia Miami 2011, USA 2010 Tasting Hong Kong: Hong Kong Toy, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong Haven't you Heard, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong Stretched Connotations, White Tube Gallery, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong 2009 Hiking Arte, K11, Hong Kong Dwelling, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Point-to-point, site-specific art project, Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation, Hong Kong 2008 New Trend, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong PUBLICATIONS 2015 100 Mountains, MAJO Design 山語, Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited INSTITUTION COLLECTION Hong Kong Museum of Art RELATED ARTICLES
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