Kingsley ng biography

Kingsley Ng is an.
Kingsley Ng is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily on conceptual, site-specific and community-oriented projects.
He is currently Associate Professor of the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts.

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Ng, Kingsley 伍韶勁 Name in pinyin: Wu ShaojingAlso known as: Place of birth: Hong KongDates: 1980-Art Medium: installation,mixed media work,video artKingsley Ng was born in Hong Kong in 1980 and moved to Canada in 1994. He graduated from the Ryerson University (Canada) and obtained an honours degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003. He then received postgraduate studio art trainings in Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains (France) under renowned artists such as Alain Fleischer, Andrea Cera, Atau Tanaka and Gary Hill and graduated with highest honours (les felicitation du jury à l'unanimité) in 2005. In 2012, Kingsley Ng obtained a Master of Science degree in Advanced Sustainable Design in the University of Edinburgh (The United Kingdom). Ng’s work has been exhibited internationally including InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Canada (2003), Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique – Centre Pompidou in France (2006), Fabrica, Benetton's Communication Research Center in Italy (2006), the Hong Kong Museum of Art (2009),

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Introduction of the artist:

Kingsley NG (China, Hong Kong)

Born in 1980, Hong Kong. Lives and works in Hong Kong. Selected solo exhibitions: 2011 Kingsley Ng, Osage Soho, Hong Kong / Selected group exhibitions: 2010 - 2011 Art vs. Art, Museum of Art, Hong Kong and Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai / 2010 Futurotextiles, Shanghai Expo / 2010 This is Hong Kong, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna / 2009 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Tsunan, Japan / 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Hong Kong / 2008 Digitalogue, Museum of Art, Hong Kong / 2006 NIME 06, Ircam – Centre Pompidou, Paris / 2003 (e)merge/(dis)separate, Interaccess Electronic Arts Centre, Toronto.

Introduction of works:

Moon gate, video installation, variable size, 2012

Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Simple and Analysing Compound Characters) is one of the earliest Chinese dictionaries, written in the beginning of the second century in the Han dynasty, initially articulating the structures and meanings of more than 9,300 characters. Kingsley Ng’s recent installation, M

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Media artist Kingsley Ng interprets the history and characteristics of his exhibition sites, creating contemplative, meditative experiences through poetic and minimalist interventions that involve sound, light, image and kinetic installations. Theatrical or ephemeral in nature, his works are completed through the audience’s interactions, such as touching and even meditating within the artwork’s space while recalling the memory embedded in the venue.

In this exhibition, Listen to the Sound of the Earth Spinning, Ng draws on the textile heritage and new meanings tied to The Mills, where CHAT is housed. The Mills, once the spinning factory complex of Nan Fung Textiles, is now known as a pet-friendly cultural hub. In the newly commissioned artwork Globes, Ng uses textile materials and tools to evoke imagination about the Earth that transcends anthropocentrism through the presence of animal companions.

‘Musical’, ‘chime’, ‘requiem’, ‘etudes’ – these words in the titles of Ng’s past works reflect the importance of listening in his practice. The process of listen