Tobe KAN Kiu Sin 簡喬倩
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BIOGRAPHY Born in Hong Kong 2017 BAFA from RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School Currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Tobe KAN (b.1984, Hong Kong) received her BAFA from RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School in 2017. Kan is obsessed with psychoanalysis, to study her own state, explore and retrospect to the causality. Her work explores autobiographical experience and mental states. The focus of her practice examines the human condition of insecurity in relation to feelings of alienation or being forgotten. She experiments with painting, drawing and installation. Participated exhibitions include solo exhibition “of war, of love, of time”, (Peter Augustus Gallery, USA, 2022), “Panacea” (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2021), “Peck-eyes Ravens” (CL3 Architects Limited, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2018. Group exhibition including “The Sunshine Is Still There” (SC Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022), “The Unsung”, (JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, 2021), "In the course of Dancing, from Nightfall to Darkness" (Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 2020), “By the Window” (1a space, Hong Kong, 2019), “An on-going balance of insecurity” (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2018). She is the recipient of Fresh Trend Art Award of Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition in 2017. She currently lives and works in Hong Kong SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION 2022 “of war, of love, of time”, Peter Augustus Gallery, USA 2021 Panacea, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2018 Peck-eyes Ravens, CL3 Architects Limited, Hong Kong Arts Centre SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 "The Sunshine Is Still There", SC Gallery, Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2021 So I say, “It’s a landscape painting.”, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre The Unsung, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong 2020 Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, 1a space, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre In the course of Dancing, from Nightfall to Darkness, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre 2019 This Bitter Earth, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong TAKE 1 • Group Exhibition of Hong Kong Young Artists, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery By the Window, 1a space, Hong Kong 2018 An on-going balance of insecurity, GALLERY EXIT, Hong Kong Social Transformations, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre PROCESSING : on reading art, School Gallery (HKAS), Hong Kong Arts Centre 2017 Deep Silence, HKAS Alumni Network exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition, chi K11 art space, Hong Kong NEXT+, Art Next Expo, PMQ Central, Hong Kong HKFOREWORD17, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong HONOURS AND AWARDS 2017 Fresh Trend Art Award, Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition 2016 Scholarship, Mr. Jerry Kwan Memorial Scholarship, Hong Kong Art School Scholarship, Talent Development, Education Bureau, Hong Kong |