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Wilson SHIEH ​石家豪


BIOGRAPHY
1970 
Born in Hong Kong

1994
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts major, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
2001
Master of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of 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

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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
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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
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