Bio

 

Mak Ying Tung was born in Hong Kong in 1989. She graduated from City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Media in 2013.

 

Mak’s works mainly focus on installation, performance and illustration. She considers about the important properties of everyday objects and materials. Interested in finding something rare in the minutiae of life, she reconstructs the objects and situations to create an aesthetic experience that is bound by the dualism of humor and inquisitiveness. For instance, through incorporating QR codes within a playground-like setting, her works show the impact of the Internet in the 80-90s generation.  Her purpose does not prompt to make the audience to merely laugh but also to explore spaces and possibilities of addressing the contemporary concerns, as well as to attract the viewer’s attention of what lies underneath the surface of their surroundings.

 

Her artwork has been exhibited internationally in exhibitions. Her solo shows are: COMEINSIDE: EAT ME, PingPong 129, Hong Kong (2017); COMEINSIDE: BABY SHOWER, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (2017); and Almost Empty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (2014). Her recent group exhibitions are: ".com/.cn co-curated by KAF & MOMAPS1, K11 Shanghai, Artists’ Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2016); The Second “CAFAM-Future” Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China (2015); Artistic or Autistic – The Seventh Annual Exhibition, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing, China (2014) and SOFT OFF: But I love it when your mouth is a little shut, ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA (2013).

CV

 

1989

Born in Hong Kong

 

Education

2013

BA (Hons) in Creative Media, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

 

Solo Exhibitions

 2017

COMEINSIDE: EAT ME, PingPong 129, Hong Kong

COMEINSIDE: BABY SHOWER, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong

 

2016

Hoca Foundation: Art-it, Mak Ying Tung, Bibo, Hong Kong

 

2014

Almost Empty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong

Fotanian Open Studios 2014, Hong Kong

 

2012

Funny Stationery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

 

Group Exhibitions

2018

Art Basel Hong Kong, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong

 

2017

.com/.cn co-curated by KAF and MOMAPS1, Shanghai

Marching in Circles, Long March, Beijing

Reversal Ritual, De Sarthe gallery, Hong Kong

 

2016

Fashion ID, K11, Hong Kong

Artists’ Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Bori Bunder, VT Station Platform 8, Mumbai

 

2015

The 2nd "CAFAM-Future" Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

Sparkle! regarding lightness: On Life's Way, Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong

Under The Influence, Floor 5 1/2, Hong Kong

After/Image, Studio 52, Hong Kong

The 2nd "CAFAM‧Future" Exhibition: OBSERVER – CREATOR, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong

Affordable Art Basel Exhibition, L0 Gallery, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong

Glossy! Shiny! Fertility!, StarProjects, Hong Kong

LEAP Pavilion "Coming Image", Photo Shanghai, Shanghai

LEAP Pavilion "I’ll Be Your Wallpaper", Asia Now Paris, Paris

 

2014

Artistic or Autistic --The Seventh Annual Exhibition, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing

Shampoo Whatever #1, The A-lift Gallery, Hong Kong

 

2013

Regarding Lightness- The Weight of Lightness: Bio-gravity, Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong

BOING! Osage Gallery, Hong Kong

SOFT OFF (but I love it when your mouth is a little shut), ltd los angeles, Los Angeles

The SCM annual 2013, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

 

2012

Cool kids, Lane Crawford, Hong Kong

Media Art & The Environment : The Desert Metropolis, School of Creative Media, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

 

 

2011

House of Sound, School of Creative Media, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

CIL Bulletin, Best Before, Gallery, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity

 

2010

Micro Narratives: Invented Time & Space, Blue Room, Hong Kong

 

 

Awards& Artist Residencies

2013

Creative Media Award, The SCM Annual 2013, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

 

2016

Bori Bunder @ [En]counters 2016 - Hong Kong X Mumbai Art Exchange Project, Mumbai

2014

Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing