Ho Siu Kee
Hong Kong artist (born 1964)
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Ho Siu-Kee (Chinese: 何兆基; born 1964) is a visual artist from Hong Kong.[1] His artistic and academic research focuses on exploring bodily perceptions as a means and process of aesthetic expression.[2]
- Department of Fine Arts, CUHK (1989)
- MFA degree in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (1995)
- Doctor of Fine Art degree from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2003)
- Women and Blood Series (1993–1995)
- Love the Fucking Country (1997,2000)
- Ten Steps One Kneel to Xin Ya (1996, 2003, 2005)
Ho Siu Kee 何兆基 | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) Hong Kong |
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| Known for | Performance Art, Installation Art, Sculpture |
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Education
Ho received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1989.[3] He graduated from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1995 with an MFA majoring in sculpture, and received his Doctorate in Fine Art from the RMIT University, Australia in 2003.[4]
Career
Ho's works focus on the bodily experience, using his own body to heighten his senses and spatial awareness, employing different media including sculpture, installation, photography and video.[5]
He is also an art educator. He worked in the School of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, he joined the Hong Kong Arts Centre to help the establishment of its art education division namely Hong Kong Art School. Before teaching at Hong Kong Baptist University, Dr. Ho was the Academic Head of Hong Kong Art School.[4]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
| Year | Title[6] | Venue |
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| 2012 | Aureola: Ho Siu Kee[7] | Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Heavenly Mundanity: sculpture x photography by Ho Siu Kee[8] | Lumenvisum, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Ho Siu Kee: The Constrained Body[9] | Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong |
| 2006 | Ho Siu-kee: Body Gesture[10] | Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong & Hong Kong Arts Centre |
| 2003 | The Visible Form of Intention – Works by HO, Siu-kee | Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong |
| 2000 | Connotative Body - Works by Ho, Sui kee | IT Park, Taipei |
| 1999 | Per / Con-Ceptural Body: Works by Ho, Siu-Kee[11] | Hong Kong Arts Center |
Group shows
| Year | Title | Venue |
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| 2015 | The Human Body: Measure and Norms[3] | Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2013 | Déjà Disparu[12] | Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Cityzening[13] | Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center, Quezon City, Philippines |
| 2011 | Strolling on the Water - Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition[14] | Westlake Museum of Contemporary Art, Hangzhou, China |
| 2010 | You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun[15] | Osage Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Charming Experience[16] | Hong Kong Museum of Art |
| 2007 | Reversing Horizon[17] | MOCA Shanghai |
| 2007 | Pivotal Decade – Hong Kong Art 1997-2007[18] | Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK |
| 2004 | Speed Up | Swiss Sports Museum, Basel |
| 2004 | Gods Becoming Men | Frissiras Museum, Athens |
| 2001 | Translated Acts – Performance and Body Art from East Asia | Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin & Queens Museum of Art, New York |
| 1999 | Fast>>Forward: New Chinese Video Art | Fundacao Oriente Contemporary Art Museum, Macao; Galerie Rudolfinum, Czech Republic |
| 1998 | Inside/Out: New Chinese Art | Asia Society, New York & San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| 1997 | Hong Kong Art 1997 | National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing and Guangdong; Museum of Art, Guangzhou |
| 1997 | Cities on the Move | Vienna Secession, Austria & capc Musee d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, France & P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York |
| 1992 | City Vibrance | Hong Kong Museum of Art |
Awards
- 2012 Associate Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors.[19]
- 2015 Artist of the Year (Visual Arts), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.[20]