Silas FONG Sum-yu 方琛宇 Download CV (中文/Eng)
Silas Fong is a contemporary artist born and based in Hong Kong, China. Currently he is a MFA candidate of Chinese University of Hong Kong. He graduated from Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2008. During his studies, Silas completed a student exchange programme in University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Within several months after graduation, his first solo exhibition <Anonymity> was held in Hong Kong. His video, installation and new media works have been exhibited in different cities in Europe and Asia. His work <Stolen times for sale> received the Young Artist Award of Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards by Hong Kong Museum of Art, the gold award in the Interactive Media Category of the 14th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards in 2009 and was collected in the Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art of the Macao Museum of Art.
Solo Exhibition
2008 ‘Anonymity - The Debut Solo Exhibition of Silas Fong’
Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2010 Move On Asia 2010 Single Channel Video Art Festival (Touring Exhibition)
Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong; Tate Modern, London
Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea;
Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award 2009
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Re-Orientation
Former Married Police Quarter, Hong Kong
2009 Mirror Stage
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
a place changes as we look
agnes b.’s LIBRAIRIE GALERIE, Hong Kong
Cross
YY9 Gallery, Hong Kong
This is Hong Kong (Touring Exhibition)
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Map Office, Hong Kong; Casa Asia, Madrid, Spain
IFA Gallery, Berlin, Germany; East Side Projects Birmingham, England
subvision. art. festival. off., subvision, Hamburg, Germany; Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
LOOP Festival, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
2009 Macau City Fringe
Tap Seac Square, Macau
Feigned Innocence
Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
The 14th ifva (Interactive Media Category) Finalist Works Exhibition
4/F, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Some rooms
Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2008 Live Herring ‘08 - Media Art Exhibition
The Jyväskylä Art Museum, Holvi, Kauppakatu 23, Jyväskylä, Finland
Augen-Blick 2.0 - Mirroring China
Fyoer und Quergalerie, Universität der Künste, Hardenbergstrasse 33, D-10623 Berlin
New Trend 2008
Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
Current, Graduation Exhibition
AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Arrest - An exhibition of frozen time and space
No. N5, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
2007 Observation and Investigation, Installation Art Exhibition
AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
I don’t look at it, I just use it - Everyday Design-Exhibition
AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Bliss - Joint-University Multimedia Exhibition
AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
2006 Academy of Visual Arts Inauguration Exhibition
Academy of Visual Arts Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
Performances and Screenings
2010 Brian Eno’s Music for Airports - New Audio-Visual Counterpoint
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong
Architecture is … Discourse with music
Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
Awards & Achievements
2010 40 under 40, Perspective Magazine
2009 Young Artist Award, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art
2009 Gold Award, Interactive Media Category, The 14th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards
2008 Collection of Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art, Macao Museum of Art, Macao
2008 Outstanding work, Graduation show, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Education
2010-2012 Candidate, Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2007-2008 Student Exchange Programme, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005-2008 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
Last update: 18 Jul 2010
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