WONG Wo Bik

An active photographer and mixed-media artist, curator, art educator and researcher, Wong Wo Bik worked extensively with instant photographic materials in 1980s. She was awarded Hong Kong Women Excellence in the Six Arts (Visual Arts) by Hong Kong Federation of Women in 2013 and received the Certificate of Commendation from the Secretary of Home Affairs, Hong Kong for the promotion of art in 2010. She was the fellowship recipient of Asian Cultural Council in 1993 and Institute of International Education in 1995. Wong has been a Museum Honorary Advisor to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department since 1996. Her work is collected by The Archive of Modern Conflict (UK); Guangdong Museum of Art (China) and Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

Wong currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Solo Exhibitions 2014 “Not Just a Fashion Parade”, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong

2012 “Memory and Fiction”, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2009 “Seized Moments: The Photographic Journey of Wong Wo Bik”, Hong Kong , Hong Kong

1988 “Plastic Motion”, a photo-installation collaborating with a dance performance aurelo, City Contemporary Dance Company 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” (Presented by the Polaroid Far East Limited), , Hong Kong

Selected Group Exhibitions 2017 “LOOK/17 Liverpool International Photography Festival: Cultures Shifts Global”, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK

2016 “Les Photaumnales Festival 2016”, Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie, Beauvais, France “A Room with a View”, 5th Singapore International Photography Festival 2016, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore “What Do You Want for Tomorrow”, 4th Hong Kong International Photography Festival 2016, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong “A Permanent Instant: instant photography from 1980s-2000s by Hong Kong artists”, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2015 “A Room with a View”, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong “Arte Laguna Prize Finalist’s Exhibition”, Nappe Arsenale, Venice, Italy

2014 “Long time no see, Victoria”, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong “Life of Photography, World of Dream”, 14th Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China “Women’s Voices”, Fu Jen Catholic University Art Gallery, Taipei; Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan

2013 “Relativity in City”, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2012 “Different Dimension - International Festival of Contemporary Photography 2012”, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia

2010 “Hong Kong Photo Series 2 - City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography”, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong “If You Park Here”, Fotanian Open Studio 2010, Shatin Galleria, Hong Kong

2006 “Creative Spirit: Hong Kong Visual Arts”, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong “Hong Kong Four-cast: Works by Four Hong Kong Photographers”, 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 , 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”, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong “Out of Context - Mobile Art Show”, Yan Oi Square, Tuen Mun; 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, Ohio, 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, USA “Montage Dancing”, Hong Kong Independent Film Festival, Hong Kong

Awards 2013 Hong Kong Women Excellence in the Six Arts, Hong Kong Federation of Women

2010 The Certificate of Commendation from the Secretary of Home Affairs, Hong Kong

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

1993 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, UK Guangdong Museum of Art, China Hong Kong Heritage Museum