Biography |
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Born in 1987 in Hong Kong Now lives and works in Hong Kong With a bachelor’s degree from the fine arts department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kong Chun Hei has cultivated an artistic practice galvanized by his keen, unperturbed sense of observation. His work examines everyday objects and their inherent forms, while exposing varying nuances in the relationship between the object and the context where it is found. This has underpinned his practice that stretches intuitively across drawing, installation, and video to accentuate the tension that hovers between reinforcement and offset. Notable solo exhibitions include "PS" (Para Site, Hong Kong, 2023), "Absent minded" (TKG+, Taipei, 2022), "Off Beat" (Feyerabend, Hong Kong, 2022), "Raise the Dimness" (TKG+ Projects, Taipei, 2020), "Turn down the pulse" (Crane Gallery, Kaohsiung, 2018), "Stay away from those rocks" (Gallery Exit, Hong Kong, 2017). Group exhibitions include "Marginal Notes" (Hong Kong Arts Development Council SHOWCASE, 2023), "Measured in feet" (Honggah Museum, Taipei, 2023), "Double Vision" (JC Contemporary, Hong Kong, 2022), "Today Could Have Been A Happy Day" (Taikang Space, Beijing, 2018), "From Ocean to Horizon"(Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, 2017) and "The Second CAFAM Future" (CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, 2015). |
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| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2023 | PS | Para Site, Hong Kong |
| 2022 | Absent minded | TKG+, Taipei |
| Off Beat | Feyerabend, Hong Kong | |
| 2021 | Transcend into knots | TKG+, Booth 1D36, Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Hong Kong |
| 2020 | Raise the Dimness | TKG+ Projects, Taipei |
| 2018 | Turn down the pulse | Crane Gallery, Kaohsiung |
| Sidestep | Last Tango, Zurich | |
| 2017 | Stay away from those rocks | Gallery Exit, Hong Kong |
| 2016 | Back unsay shades can go | Gallery Exit, booth A200, Asia Now Paris 2016, Paris |
| 2014 | Back And Forth // Left And Right | Gallery Exit, green booth 13, Artissima 2014, Torino |
| 2012 | Running around the Roundabout | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong |
| Dust and Scratches (No Blank) | Gallery Exit, booth E03, Art Taipei 2012, Taipei | |
| 2010 | Gleaning | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2023 | Marginal Notes | Hong Kong Arts Development Council SHOWCASE, Hong Kong |
| Evening's Blush | Ovan Projects, Beijing | |
| Measured in feet | Hong-gah Museum, Taipei | |
| Evening's Blush | YZ space, Taipei | |
| Splendor of the Sun | Gallery Du Monde, Hong Kong | |
| 2022 | Proper Weight | International Industrial Centre, Hong Kong |
| Double Vision | JC Contemporary, Hong Kong | |
| 2020 | Put-to-bed | Last Tango, Zurich |
| 2019 | Borrowed Scenery | Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong |
| Folded Veil | Kiang Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2018 | Today Could Have Been A Happy Day | Taikang Space, Beijing |
| 2017 | Against the Light: Sampling in Two Cities | You Space, Shenzhen |
| From Ocean to Horizon | CFCCA, Manchester | |
| 2016 | 「□」 | A+ Contemporary, Taipei |
| Connect 4 | Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Art Basel Hong Kong 2016 | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong | |
| 2015 | I submit to the wisdom of the body | Silverlens Gallery, Manila |
| after / image | Studio 52, Pure Art Foundation, Hong Kong | |
| The 2nd CAFAM Future Exhibition | CAFA Art Museum, Beijing | |
| 2013 | Taciturn | HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong |
| I Think It Rains Quadrilogy 2 | Burger Collection, 1A Space, Hong Kong | |
| 2012 | Hong Kong Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| The Chronicle of Disappearance | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong | |
| Why Do Trees Grow Till the End? | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong | |
| 2011 | After Agnes | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong |
| Fotanian Open Studios 2011 | Fotan, Hong Kong | |
| 2010 | Lui Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei | Osage Gallery, Hong Kong |
| Fotanian Open Studios 2010 | Fotan, Hong Kong | |
| 2009 | When I draw, I think of... | Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong |
| The Art of CUHK 2009 - Graduation Exhibition of Fine Arts | Art Museum, CUHK, Hong Kong | |
| The Art of CUHK 2009 - Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts | Cheng Ming Building, CUHK, Hong Kong | |
| Fotanian Open Studios 2009 | Fotan, Hong Kong | |
| 2007 | The Art of CUHK 2007 - Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts | Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, CUHK, Hong Kong |
| Awards | |
| 2009 | Gaylord Chan Painting Award, The Art of CUHK2009 |
| Cheung's Fine Arts Awards, The Art of CUHK2009 | |
| Y.S Hui Fine Arts Award, The Art of CUHK2009 | |
| Grotto Fine Arts Award, The Art of CUHK2009 |
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