Wong Wai Yin

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Wong Wai Yin
黃慧妍
Born1981 (age 43–44)
British Hong Kong
Other namesDoris Wong Wai Yin
Education Master of Fine Arts
Alma mater Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Leeds
Occupation Visual Artist
SpouseKwan Sheung-chi
Website wwy.hk

Doris Wong Wai Yin (born 1981), is a Hong Kong artist. Yin's primary media include paintings, sculptures, collages, installations, videos and photography.

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Background

Yin was born in British Hong Kong in 1981. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong [1] in 2004 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Leeds [1] in 2005. She worked as a project assistant for Asia Art Archive in 2009, focusing on a 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 founded the Observation Society [3] in Guangzhou. Yin is now 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 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012. [4]

Work

Yin's works include paintings, sculptures, collages, installations, and photography. In her art, Yin explores themes of realism. Through her work, Yin has sought to challenge traditional notions of authenticity. Yin has exhibited her work in Hong Kong, Japan, the U.S., Singapore and Guangzhou.

Yin 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, free from what was taught by institutions in an artist's life. [2]

Selected work

Yin's video work titled "Tribute to the Inside Looking Out: For the Male Artists Along My Way", created in 2008, is on display at M+. The work was made in response to a personal experience during her time in art school. The work depicts a sequence of six artists appearing on screen one by one, separately. After some time, a stool is launched from off-screen, striking 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] The couple have one son. [7]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Curated projects

Awards

Artist-in-residence

Collections

Private collections

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Noe, Codelia and Christopher (2012). Hong Kong Artists. Nuremberg, Germany: Verlag fur Moderne Kunst. p. 202. ISBN   9783869843223.
  2. 1 2 3 "Artist-in-Residence | Wong Wai Yin". Asia Art Archive. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Observation Society" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 "WONG Wai Yin | Department of Fine Arts, CUHK". www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Wong Wai Yin "Tribute to Inside Looking Out — For the male artists along my way"". M+. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "KWAN Sheung Chi + WONG Wai Yin: "But is it Art?" "I know but I don't know."". EXIT 安全口. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  7. ↑ "Hongkonger Doris Wong takes on her worst fears in her latest exhibition". South China Morning Post. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  8. ↑ "Wong Wai Yin: Without Trying". My Art Guides. 20 August – 16 October 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  9. ↑ "'Becoming a Different Person Might be Hard' – A Painting Exhibition of Wong Wai Yin". 24 November 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "iPreciation" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  11. 1 2 "From Wong Wai Yin's Collection to the Hong Kong Art Archive". Asia Art Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Asia Art Archive" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "WooFer Ten" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Art Fair Tokyo".
  15. ↑ "KWAN Sheung Chi + WONG Wai Yin: "But is it Art?" "I know but I don't know."".
  16. ↑ "Gallery Exit" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "ArtisTree".
  18. ↑ "Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei".
  19. ↑ "Why Do Trees Grow Till the End".
  20. ↑ "Taipei Biennial 2010".
  21. ↑ "Taipei Fine Arts Museum".
  22. ↑ "ART HK 10".
  23. 1 2 "International Studio & Curatorial Program" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  24. ↑ "Wong Wai Yin's Official Page". 12 January 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  25. 1 2 "Hong Kong Arts Development Council".
  26. ↑ "Chevening Awards in Hong Kong" . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  27. ↑ "Wanakio".
  28. ↑ "Hong Kong Museum of Art". Hong Kong Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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