WONG Wo Bik

Born in Hong Kong, Wong Wo Bik received her BFA degree in sculpture and printmaking from the Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, USA and an MFA degree in photography (minor in filmmaking) from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Wong has had a long and active career as a photographer, curator, researcher and art educator. She is the fellowship recipient of Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and Institute of International Education (IIE) in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Wong is one of the founders and committee member of Hong Kong Photo Festival (Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association), and she has been the Museum Honorary Advisor for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department since 1996.

Wong currently lives and works in Hong Kong.


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2011         "Memory and Fiction", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2009         "Seized Moments: The Photographic Journey of Wong Wo Bik", Hong Kong Fringe Club
                  (Organized by Asia One Product & Publishing Limited), Hong Kong

1988         "Plastic Motion”, a photo-installation collaborating with a dance performance aurelo, City Contemporary
                  Dance Company’s gallery and theatre, Hong Kong

1986         "Impression", Alliance Francaise de Hong Kong, Hong Kong

1985         "Photography Exhibition by Wong Wo Bik", USIS American Library, Hong Kong

1981         "Colour Images", Hong Kong Arts Centre (Presented by the Polaroid Far East Limited), Hong Kong


Selected Group Exhibitions


2010         "City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography”, Hong Kong Heritage Museum,Hong Kong
                  "If You Park Here”, Shatin Galleria, Fotanian Open Studio 2010 (Organized by Sino Group), Hong Kong

2006         "Creative Spirit: Hong Kong Visual Arts", Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
                  "Hong Kong Four-Cast", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
                  "Between the Observer and the Observed", Lianzhou International Photography Festival, Guangdong,
                  China
                  "Hong Kong Photographers, 50 Years of Photography in China", Beijing Photography Association,
                  Beijing, China

2005         "Hong Kong Four-Cast", University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2003         "Woman Wanted", Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong

1989         "Turn of a Decade - A New Generation of Artists of the Eighties", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

1988         "A Sense of Place", Department of Fine Arts, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
                  "Out of Context - Mobile Art Show", Yan Oi Square, Tuen Mum; MacPherson Playground, Mong Kok;
                  Victoria Park, Causeway Bay; Chater Garden, Central, Hong Kong

1987         "Instant Creativity - Polaroid Images", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

1984         "Women in Art", I-Club, Hong Kong
                  "Images of China by Hong Kong Photographers", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

1983         "Self-Portrait Invitational", Hong Kong Landmark Plaza, Hong Kong
                  "Contemporary Hong Kong Artists Invitational 1982", Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of
                  Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

1982         "Chromo- Vision: Two Photographers", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
                  "Colour Photography - Two Photographers", Museu Luís de Camões, Macau

1980         "Asian American Contemporary Photography Invitational”, Camera Vision Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
                  "Montage Dancing”, Hong Kong Independent Film Festival, Hong Kong


Awards

1995         International Institute of Education - Fellowship on Chinese Women Leadership Programme

1994         Asian Cultural Council - Fellowship

1977-79  Tyler School of Art, Temple University - Fellowship and Scholarship

1975-77  Columbus College of Art and Design - College Grant


Collections

The Archive of Modern Conflict, London
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Hong Kong Heritage Museum