Wong Wai Yin

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Wong Wai Yin
黃慧妍
Born1981 (age 41–42)
British Hong Kong
Other namesDoris Wong Wai Yin
Education Master of Fine Arts
Alma mater Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Leeds
OccupationVisual Artist
SpouseKwan Sheung-chi
Website wwy.hk

Doris Wong Wai Yin (born in 1981), is a Hong Kong born artist, working with various types of media such as paintings, sculpture, collages, installations, videos and photography. Through her works, she explores her internal conflicts, raising and answering questions about her journey of motherhood, fears, and struggle with self-doubt.

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Background

Born in Hong Kong in 1981, Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong [1] in 2004, and a Master in Fine Arts from the University of Leeds [1] in 2005. She worked as a project assistant in Asia Art Archive in 2009 on documentation and website project named "Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990". [2] She returned to Asia Art Archive as an artist-in-residence from late 2010 to mid 2011. [2] She was also the Founder of the Observation Society [3] in Guangzhou. She now teaches as a part-time lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. [4] She joined the Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012. [4]

Work

Wong's works include painting, sculpture, collage, installations and photography. She frequently investigates the nature of what is real or fake, what constitutes art and what does not. Creating emulators, Wong juxtaposes "raw" pieces alongside the original articles, dispelling the notion of an ideal framework, and encouraging viewers to question the nature of authenticity; challenging preconceptions whilst blurring boundaries. Wong has exhibited her works extensively in Hong Kong, as well as showcases in Japan, U.S.A, Singapore and Guangzhou.

Wong is also interested in questions on institutions' inclusion or exclusion of artists and their works in exhibitions and historical documentation. Through her works, she meditated upon the construction of art history and questioned the institutions and systems involved in the process. Her inquiry into the role institution plays in an artist's success is related to her concern over what constitutes an honest artwork, free from the artist's ego and perhaps, free from what was taught by institutions in an artist's life. [2]

Selected work

Wong's video work titled "Tribute to the Inside Looking Out: For the male artists along my way" created in 2008 is on view in M+. The work is a response to her personal experience of being introduced only as a girlfriend, not an artist, when visiting the exhibition called "Inside Looking Out" at Osage Gallery in Beijing with six male friends, all of whom were her friends from art school. The work depicts a sequence of the six artists appearing on screen one by one, separately. After some time, a stool is launched from off-screen that strikes the head of the artist in the frame. In the video's rolling credits, a male version of the famous Cantonese pop song called "Fragile Woman" by Faye Wong plays in the background. Wong described this work as the only time she had considered feminism in artworks. [5]

Personal life

Wong currently lives and works in Hong Kong. She is married to artist Kwan Sheung-chi, with whom she has worked on several projects such as "EVERYTHING GOES WRONG FOR THE POOR COUPLE", [6] addressing questions such as "What are Hong Kong's core values?" and "What is art?". The couple has one son together. [7]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Curated projects

Awards

Artist-in-residence

Collections

Private collections

Publications

• The Ten Seconds Preceding the Decision that A Can Be Made Into A Work (2016)

• Without Trying (2016)

• A place never been seen is not a place (2017)

• Everyone's Fine (2021)

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