Morgan Wong
# Morgan Wong

Morgan Wong wing fat (Chinese: 黃榮法, born in 1984) is a Hong Kong-based artist. He was based in Beijing and London and currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Morgan Wong has had solo shows such as Filing Down a Steel Bar Until a Needle is Made, Tintype Gallery, London, UK (2013); A Story of an Eel Chef, Oyoyo Art Center, Sapporo, Japan (2010); Once You Were Here, Para Site Central, Hong Kong (2009). He had several teaching experiences. He was a guest lecturer of School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong in 2011 and part-time lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014.

## Exhibitions

### Solo exhibitions

* 2015 – "One Hour" Morgan Wong's Solo Exhibition, Art Basel, Hong Kong
* 2014–2015 – Opening Exhibition of Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum
* 2013 – "Filing Down a Steel Bar Until a Needle is Made", Tintype Gallery, London, UK
* 2011– "One Hour", 2P Contemporary Art Gallery, Hong Kong,"Untitled – Agnosia Series I", Videotage, Hong Kong
* 2010 – "A Story of an Eel Chef", Oyoyo Art Center, Sapporo, Japan
* 2009 – "Once You Were Here", Para/site Art Space Central, Hong Kong

### Group exhibitions

* 2015 Untitled – Expressway, Art Basel,
* 2014 After Time, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China
* Art Basel Hong Kong, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China
* Hong Kong ArtWalk 2014, Multiple Galleries, Hong Kong Contested Spaces,
* Indian Art Fair, New Deli, Hindu, 2013 18th Videobrasil, SESC Pompeia, St Paulo, Brazil
* Artists Film International, White Chapel Art Gallery, London, UK
* Move on Asia – Video Art in Asia 2002 to 2012, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
* Habits, Cleavages and Fractures, UCL Geology Collections, London, UK, 2012 Gelassenheit: Letting It Be, 2P Contemporary Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
* Hong Kong Diary, 25 Bilder/Sekunde, Mannheim, Germany
* Running on the Sidelines, Soka Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
* MA & Other Post Graduates 2012, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, UK,2011 China New Design, Milan Triennale Design Museum, Milan; Turin Palace Museum (Palazzo Chiablese), Turin, Italy
* Arts Centre Open House 2011, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
* Recycling Love, Blue Room, Hong Kong, China
* Move On Asia in Europe, CASA Asia, Barcelona and Madrid, Spain
* The Knife's Edge, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth, Australia
* Societe Generale Chinese Art Awards Tour Exhibition, Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China; Huashan
* 1914, Taipei, Taiwan; Artistree, Hong Kong, China; One Raffles Quay, Singapore

## Awards

* Shortlisted in The Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2012, Hong Kong Art Biennale in 2010
* 2010 Shortlisted in Hong Kong Art Biennale
* 2009 Shortlisted in Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennale Award
* Winner of the 2008 Silver Award for Single Screen-based Interactive Media Category at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards

## Publications

### Books

* Hong Kong Eye: Hong Kong Contemporary Art, 2012, Skira Editore, ISBN 978-8-85721-461-0, pp. 310 – 313
* Hong Kong Artists: 20 Portraits, 2012, Verlag für moderne Kunst, ISBN 978-3-86984-322-3, pp. 194 – 201

### Exhibition catalogues

* Move on Asia 2004 – 2013, Alt Space Loop, ISBN 978-89-963389-3-2, pp. 308–309
* Fictional Recoveries 2012, Pearl Lam Galleries, pp. 12–15

### Newspapers/magazines/websites

* South China Morning Post, "West Kowloon arts hub sees end to design contests", by Vivienne Chow, 23 May 2013
* South China Morning Post, "Four Hongkongers in running for Sovereign Asian Art Prize", by Vivienne Chow, 31 January 2013
* South China Morning Post, "Getting into the Frame", by Vivienne Chow, A4 Focus, 8 July 2012
* The Guardian,"Top 10 art galleries in Hong Kong", by Mary Agnew, 4 July 2012
* Timeout Hong Kong, "Gelassenheit: Letting It Be", by Piper Koh, 11 April 2012
* Pipeline, "An Hour of Experience Fitted into Hong Kong Trickiest Shaped Gallery" by David Boyce, pp. 49 – 50, Oct 2011
* Ming Pao Weekly, "Lost in Space-Time", by Kwan Yee Chan, p. 96, Issue 2238, Oct 2011
* Timeout Hong Kong, "Inner Visions", by Fiona Ng, p. 57, Issue 82, Jun 2011
* Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, "Four Discussions with Hong Kong Artists: Leung Chi Wo, Lam Tung Pang, Morgan Wong, Lee Kit" by Stephanie Bailey, pp. 80 – 83, Volume 10 Number 3, May/ Jun 2011
* Hong Kong Gallery Guide, "Revealing Links in Time", by Cristina Sanchez Kozyreva, pp. 74–75, Issue 19, May 2011
* The West Australian, "Video Art Comes of Age", by Donal Fitzpatrick, p. 7, 25 March 2011
