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Press Release
Attention Arts and Features Editors

19 January 2012
For immediate release

Wilson Shieh Live in Soho
Artist: Wilson Shieh

28.1.2012 – 11.3.2012
Opening reception: Friday 2.3.2012 6-8 pm
Osage Gallery Soho is pleased to present“Wilson Shieh Live in Soho”.
During the four-week residency, Wilson Shiehwill open up his temporary studio to the publicand he will invite people to experience with him
the creation of a new body of work. Started as away to incorporate the “behind the scene”
aspect of exhibition making, the project willserve as a medium to lessen the distance
between the place of art creation and the place
for art appreciation.
The point of the project was to create asituation where people where able toexperience the creation of artworks onsite. The
artist, by getting closer to the viewer, andallowing them to experience the work in all its
stages of development, will depart from his
usual practice and work in a more dynamic andenergetic way. By distancing from his usual
manner of operation and incorporating
elements of change and improvisation, Shiehwill be able to re-focus on his identity as anartist and on his emotional relation with Hong
Kong.
Even if the subject matter will still focus onhuman figures, this new body of works will
explore a deeper understanding of local social
issues and current affairs.

Wilson Shieh is undertaking a four-week artist residency at Osage Soho starting from 28 January 2012.
From 2 March to 11 March, his finished works will be exhibited in the same venue.
Live in Osage Soho every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 11:00 to 19:00, every Sunday
from 12:00 to 17:00.

--END--ABOUT WILSON SHIEH LIVE IN SOHO
Artist:Wilson Shieh

Venue:

Osage Gallery, Soho

Address:

45 Caine Road, Lower Ground Shop 1, Corner Old Bailey Str., Soho
Central, Hong Kong

Tel:(852) 2537 0688

Exhibition Duration:

28 January 2012 - 11 March 2012

APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wilson SHIEH (b. 1970 Hong Kong)
Wilson Shieh is a painter trained in Chinese fine-brush (gongbi) technique whose work media range from
Chinese ink drawing on silk to acrylic on canvas to paper cutout collage. In particular, he focuses on humanbodies as his theme for narration. Transforming figuration by means of tailor-made costumes, the identity ofmodern people is always in query in his art world.

His recent exhibitions include Mortal Coil, Osage Soho, Hong Kong; Donna Ong, Jane Lee, Wilson Shieh Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan; 7th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen Fine ArtInstitute, Guan Shanyue Museum of Art, The OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China, (2010);
Legacy and Creations - Art vs Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China (2010); and Hong Kong
Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China (2010).

APPENDIX B: PRESS IMAGES

要一副多大的倌木才可裝下一千億港元?
How big is a coffin which can contain 100 billion HK Dollars?
Paper, A3 size. 2011

石家豪會選哪座位？
Which seat will Wilson take?
Paper, A3 size, 2011

善男或信女Kind Boy or Devout Girl
Paper, A3 size, 2011

ABOUT OSAGE GALLERYOsage Gallery is devoted to the exhibition and promotion of international and Asian contemporary visualarts, exploring the diverse and complex artistic relationships between the different regions of Asia, andbeyond that, of the artistic relationships between Asia and other parts of the world. Osage Gallery
represents some of the most exciting and significant artists in the region. The gallery also works closely withinternational critics and curators to present exhibitions and projects that address themes and issues
relevant to our times.
In addition to organising major group and thematic exhibitions, Osage Gallery has organised soloexhibitions by some of the most significant artists in Asia, such as Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Shen Shaominand Jiang Zhi from China, as well as other Asian artists such as Lee Kit (Hong Kong), Wilson Shieh (HongKong), Nipan Oranniwesna (Thailand) and Charwei Tsai (Taiwan).
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