Stephen WONG Chun Hei 黃進曦
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BIOGRAPHY 1986 Born in Hong Kong 2008 BA in Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Currently lives and works in Hong Kong Stephen WONG Chun Hei (b. 1986, Hong Kong) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Department of Fine Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008. Natural landscape scenery is the main theme in WONG’s paintings. Artist combines his intuitive imagination and visual experience during the long hiking trips to create his works. As such, WONG’s landscape paintings provide a sense of mystery, being familiar yet out of place. His works prompt viewer to ponder the relationship between human, nature and virtual reality. Participated exhibitions include solo exhibition “Looking at the sky and the landscape beneath” (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2018), “Daydream Travelogues” (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2016), “Step Back to Nature” (Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong, 2014), group exhibition “The Breath of Landscape” (Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2019) and “These Painters’ Painters” (ROH Projects, Jakarta, 2018). WONG currently lives and works in Hong Kong. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Beside the City, Gallery EXIT, 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 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 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 The Breath of Landscape, The Wing (Lower) and Art Corridor, Hong Kong Museum of Art Shek-O Sublime, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2018 These Painter’s Painters, ROH Projects, Jakarta 2017 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, Hong Kong 2016 Paperscapes: New Works by Stephen Wong Chun Hei and Eric Fok, 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 2012 Fine Art Asia 2011, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 2011 Art Asia Miami 2011, USA No Between, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong 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 |