☞**Mak Ying Tung2*☜
All works © makyingtung 2020
Bio
Mak Ying Tung 2 was born in Hong Kong in 1989. She graduated from City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Critical Intermedia Art in 2013. Mak Ying Tung 2 currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Mak 2 is a conceptual artist and her work is not defined by any medium. Her recent works contemplate contemporary issues through the study of Humanities. The aesthetic experience she crafts is bound by the dualism of humor and intense, often dark inquisitiveness. For instance, through incorporating QR codes within a playground-like setting, her artwork You Better Watch Out (2017) illustrates the wide spread surveillance implications of an open internet. She does not prompt audiences to merely laugh, but also to explore spaces and direct the viewer's attention to the forces that lie underneath the surface of their surroundings.
Her artwork has been exhibited internationally in: We Didn't Mean To Break It (But It's Ok, We Can Fix It), Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal (2019); Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing (2019); The Anything Machine, de Sarthe, Beijing, China (2018); Invisible Cities, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, USA (2017-18); com/.cn - Co-presented by KAF and MoMA PS1, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai, China (2017-18); Reversal Ritual, de Sarthe, Hong Kong (2017); COMEINSIDE: EAT ME, PingPong 129, Hong Kong (2017); COMEINSIDE: BABY SHOWER, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (2017); 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) Almost Empty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (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
2019
Home Sweet Home, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
2018
The Anything Machine, de Sarthe Gallery, Beijing
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
2019
We Didn't Mean To Break It (But It's Ok, We Can Fix It), Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
“Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes”, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing
Hot Flows, Ox Warehouse, Macau
2018
Art Basel Hong Kong, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
2017
Invisible Cities,Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, USA
.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