Wilson SHIEH 石家豪
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BIOGRAPHY Wilson SHIEH Born in 1970, Hong Kong Hong Kong-based artist Wilson Shieh has been widely known for his figurative paintings with the Chinese fine-brush (gongbi) technique, which involves a range of media - ink on silk, acrylic on canvas to paper cut-out collage, adding a contemporary lens onto traditional Chinese ink painting. Shieh’s works often discuss narratives derived from popular culture of East Asia and Hong Kong. Using human body as a motif, he blends it with architectures and other man-made products such as musical instruments, which queries in a humorous and imaginative light the identity of modern people and the autonomy towards our physical bodies. Shieh graduated with Fine Arts BA and MFA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in 1994 and 2001 respectively. His recent solo shows include Wilson Shieh : Chop Suey 2008 - 2022 (PS Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022); Rewind – A Memoir in Music from the Childhood and Teenage of Wilson Shieh (7 Mallory Street, Hong Kong, 2020); Architecture Costume (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2018); and Hi! Houses Project (Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, Hong Kong, 2017). His group exhibitions include Transcending the Gongbi Tradition – Contemporary Hong Kong Fine-Brush Painters (The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong, 2022); NOT a Fashion Store! (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2021); Ink City (Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, 2021); A Century of Women in Chinese Art (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, U.K., 2018); and Ambiguously Yours - Gender in Hong Kong Popular Culture (M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong, 2017). His works were also part of the Asian Art Biennial 2009 (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung) and The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1999). Shieh’s works are collected by institutions and foundations worldwide: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, M+ Museum (Hong Kong); British Council (Hong Kong), Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford, U.K., Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Davis Museum of Wellesley College in U.S., National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C, Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung, the Loewe Foundation in Madrid, and Philippe Charriol Foundation in Hong Kong. HIGHLIGHT 2022 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2021 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2020 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2019 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Rewind - A Memoir in Music from the Childhood and Teenage of Wilson Shieh, 7 Mallory Street, Hong Kong 2018 Architecture Costume, Gongbi Figure Painting, Hong Kong Arts Centre 2017 Hi! Houses Project, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, Hong Kong 2013 Wilson Shieh... Sumbody, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong 2012 Wilson Shieh Live in Soho, Osage Soho, Hong Kong 2011 Mortal Coil, Osage Soho, Hong Kong 2009 Wilson Shieh: Music Families, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore Chow Yun Fat’s Fitting Room, Osage Soho, Hong Kong Fitting Room, Osage Shanghai, Shanghai, China 2008 Wilson Shieh: Lady Killers, Osage Shanghai, Shanghai, China 2007 Ladyland, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Transcending the Gongbi Tradition – Contemporary Hong Kong Fine-Brush Painters, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong Bonjour Paris, JPS Gallery Pop-up Space, Paris, France 2021 Double Men - A Painting Exhibition by Wilson Shieh and Tse Yim On in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of MFA Graduation, PMQ. Hong Kong Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong NOT a Fashion Store!, Hong Kong Museum of Art Ink City, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong 2020 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2019 Celebrating 20 Years at Karin Weber Gallery, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong The Naked Form in Modern Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, U.K. Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong 2018 A Century of Women in Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, U.K. 2017 Ambiguously Yours - Gender in Hong Kong Popular Culture, M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong 2015-17 Ink Remix: Contemporary Art from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong - Canberra Museum and Gallery; Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria; UNSW gallery; Museum of Brisbane, Australia 2014 The 2nd CAFAM Biennale, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China 2013 Hong Kong Eye - ArtisTree, Hong Kong Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards 2012, Hong Kong Museum of Art 2012 Ink - The Art of China, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K. 2010 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009, Hong Kong Museum of Art Legacy and Creations - Ink Art vs Ink Art, Shanghai Art Museum, China Legacy and Creations - Art vs Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China 2009 Three Decades of Contemporary Chinese Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 2009 Asian Art Biennial: Viewpoints & Viewing Points, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan 2008 Wilson Shieh and Michael Ziegler: Drawings, L.A. Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany Fiona Wong and Wilson Shieh, Harewood House, Leeds, U.K. New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, Hong Kong Museum of Art The 6th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen Art Academy, China ARTIST RESIDENCY AND ART PROJECTS 2008 Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print Project, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore 2006 Asian Artists Portfolio Project, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore 2005 5 Etchings at Crown Point Press, San Francisco, U.S.A. 2003 Asian Artists Fellowship 2003, Freeman Foundation (Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A.) INSTITUTION COLLECTIONS Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, U.K. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A. British Council, Hong Kong Davis Museum, Wellesley College, U.S.A. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, U.S.A. Hong Kong Heritage Museum Hong Kong Museum of Art Loewe Foundation, Madrid, Spain M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Philippe Charriol Foundation, Hong Kong Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan RELATED ARTICLES
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