Morgan Wong

Morgan Wong wing fat (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 pp. 310 – 313
Hong Kong Artists: 20 Portraits, 2012, Verlag für moderne Kunst pp. 194 – 201
Exhibition catalogues
Move on Asia 2004 – 2013, Alt Space Loop 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
References
1984 births
Living people
Hong Kong artists