CHRIS HUEN SIN KAN
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1991 in Hong Kong, China Lives and works in Hong Kong
EDUCATION
2013 BA in Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
RESIDENCIES
2015 Polymer, Taipei
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Puzzled Daydreams, Simon Lee Gallery, Online, London Flowers Wilting in a New Day, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Tall Trees - and the things I might have forgotten, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong The Illuminated Mundane, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Chris Huen Sin Kan, Simon Lee Gallery, New York
2017 Of Humdrum Moments, Pilar Corrias, London Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2017, Barker Hanger, Los Angeles
2016 RE-FRESH: Chris Huen Sin Kan, Pilar Corrias, London
2015 Things Happen Naturally, Nanhai Gallery, Taipei Out of The Ordinary, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2014 Chris HUEN Sin Kan: Life In The Temporary, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2013 Double Solo Exhibition: Chris Huen Sin Kan | Vito Hung- Fai, Ch’ien Mu Library, New Asian College, CUHK, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Biennial of Painting – Inner Spaces, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium Prelude: Melancholy of the future, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
2017 Landscapes, Ota Fine Arts Singapore, Singapore
2016 Connect 4, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong Performing Time, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai
2015 Imagine There’s No Country, Above Us Only Our Cities, Para Site, Hong Kong Absolute Collection Guideline, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing réflexion au delà des frontières, Young Art Taipei, Sheraton Grande Taipei, Taipei after/image, Studio 52, Hong Kong
2014 Imagined Geographies, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong Remaster vs Appropriating the Classics, VT Art Salon, Taipei Oi!, Collector Club, Hong Kong
2013 Double Solo Exhibition: Chris Huen Sin-Kan and Vito Hung-Fai, Ch’ien Mu Library, New Asian College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong Detached Oeuvre, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong Fresh Trend 2013 Art Graduates Joint Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong Resume is Best Kept Short, Graduation Exhibition of Undergraduates of Fine Arts, Gallery 1, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong The Art of CUHK 2013, Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012
2011 Fotanian Open Studios 2011, Fotan Industrial District, Hong Kong Experimenta'-TM: 9, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK
2010 See You There - Somewhere Only We Know, Joint Exhibition of Freshmen of Fine Arts, CUHK
SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2020 J. Barnes ‘Chris Huen Sin Kan “Puzzled Daydreams” Simon Lee Gallery / London”, Flash Art (2 July 2020) J.J. Charlesworth, ‘‘For Real’: London Galleries Reopen’, ArtReview (17 June 2020) S. Bailey, ‘Chris Huen Sin Kan: Painting Again and Again’, Ocula (10 April 2020) K. White, ‘Painter Chris Huen Sin Kan Uncovers the Magic and Marvels of Life at Home’, artnetnews (9 April 2020) E. Lok, ‘What to do in Hong Kong this April when you’re staying in, Lifestyle Asia (1 April 2020) M. Westall, ‘Chris Huen Sin Kan: Puzzled Daydreams Online Exhibition’, FAD Magazine (29 March 2020)
2019 R. Flanagan, ‘On Intimacy And Conversation with Huen Sin Kan’, Ignant (27 November 2019) ‘10 must-see art exhibitions in Hong Kong in April 2019’, LifeStyle Asia (April 2019) ‘Hong Kong Art Month: 10 Local Exhibitions You Can’t Miss’, Hong Kong Tatler (March 2019) ‘10 Hong Kong Art Exhibitions To See in January’, Hong Kong Tatler (January 2019)
2018 O. Giles, ‘Artist Chris Huen Sin-kan Reveals Hong Kong’s Quiet Side’, Hong Kong Tatler (11 July 2018) ‘Chris Huen Sin Kan’, W Art (13 April 2018) ‘Chris Huen Sin Kan, Solo exhibition at Simon Lee, New York’, Vernissage TV (8 March 2018)
2015 Q. Wang, ‘Finding 4 Exits To Some Not-So-Ordinary Art’, Cobo Social (August 2015)
2014 A. Li, ‘Chris Huen Sin-Kan & His Venture Into the Future’, a.m post, Issue 103 (2014)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
AUSTRALIA Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
CHINA Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
FRANCE Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
USA Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA