Stephen WONG Chun Hei 黃進曦
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BIOGRAPHY
Stephen WONG Chun Hei Born in 1986, Hong Kong Stephen WONG Chun Hei graduated from the Fine Art Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008. His early works drew inspiration from landscapes in video games, highlighting the visual impacts of the virtual on the real. In recent years, Wong sketches and paints en plein air during his sojourns into the countryside of Hong Kong, often incorporating his own memories and imaginations in his landscapes. Some of his solo exhibitions include ‘The Star Ferry Tale’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2024), ‘Dream Travel’ (Unit London, London, 2022), ‘A Grand Tour in Google Earth’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2021), ‘Indoor Travelling with Objects & Indoor Hundred Mountains’ (Touch Gallery, Hong Kong, 2021), ‘Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2020), ‘Looking at the sky and the landscape beneath’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2018), ‘Daydream Travelogue’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2016), ‘The Passenger’ (Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong, 2016), ‘Step back to nature’ (Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong, 2014) and ‘Stay Lost’ (Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong, 2012). Wong has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, such as ‘Breathe of Landscape—Capture the skies’ (Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2019), ‘Beside the City’ (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2019), ‘These Painters’ Painters’ (ROH Projects, Jakarta, 2018), ‘Scenery Poem’ (Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei, 2017), ‘Ensemble’ (VT Salon Art Space, Taipei, 2017) and ‘Paperscape’ (Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong, 2016). In summer 2023, Wong was the Artist in Residence at Jesus College Oxford and Visiting Fellow in Art. Wong’s paintings are collected by institutions such as Jesus College Oxford, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hongkong Land and Swire Group. The artist currently lives and works in Hong Kong. HIGHLIGHT 2024 A Breeze from the East, Tokyo Gendai, Japan 2024 The Star Ferry Tale, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2023 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2021 A Grand Tour in Google Earth, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2020 Visual Travelogues, Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, 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 2024 A Breeze from the East, Tokyo Gendai, Japan 2024 The Star Ferry Tale, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 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 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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