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Tang Ying Chi
鄧凝姿
Born1956 (age 6970)
EducationBA (Hons) in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Master of Find Art and Doctor of Fine Art, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Known forVisual Art, Curator, Art Education

Tang Ying Chi (born 1956 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong based artist, curator, art administrator, art educator and editor. Tang is interested in a wide span of local issues including culture, identity and communication in the context of Hong Kong. She always seeks to explore these topics through her art works, from the identity issue of Hong Kong people during the pre- and post-handover period in 1990s to her recent research on the behaviour of people on the streets in Hong Kong.[1]

Education

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Graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at the Goldsmiths College, University of London, England, in 1989, Tang was awarded Master of Fine Art and Doctor of Fine Art degrees at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia in 2003 and 2008 respectively.[2]

Work

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Tang has become active in Hong Kong art scene since 1990s and has been pursuing her career as an artist and art advocate in Hong Kong. In 2012, she was invited by the Hong Kong Design Institute as the Creator-in-Residency and the Faculty of Art of Chiangmai University in Thailand to participate in an Artist Residency programme.[3] In 2010, she was the Artist-in-Residence at the Department of Visual Studies of Lingnan University.[4] In 2008, she was honoured as one of the People of the Times by the British Council in Hong Kong as part of its 60th anniversary celebration.[2] In 1996, Tang received the “Visual Art Award” in the Hong Kong Art Biennial.[5]

Collection

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Tang's works has been collected by public institutions including the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Central Library of Sydney, as well as private collectors and art lovers.[6]

Recent exhibitions and art projects

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2024

  • Seven Weeks and Five Day :Tang Ying Chi X Tsang Chui Mei, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong,

2021

  • A Landscape Beyond: New Work by Dr. Tang Ying Chi, Art Next Gallery,Hong Kong.
  • The Place- Fantasia of Scenery by Tang Ying Chi, Sun Museum, Hong Kong

2020

  • Hong Kong Experience, Hong Kong Experiment, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
  • Hong Kong in Poor Images, curated by Dr. Zeng Hong, Ely Centre Contemporary Centre, New Haven, USA

2014

  • We are street people - an interactive project, i-dArt Gallery, Hong Kong[7]
  • Take Them Home Art Project, JCCAC Handicraft Market, Hong Kong[8]
  • Art PopUP! @ PMQ, PMQ, Hong Kong
  • Coming Home–Art Container Project Documentation and Art Exhibition, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, HKBU Communication and Visual Arts Building, Hong Kong[9]

2013

2010

  • Walk-in Tuen Mun, A Residency Project at Lingnan University, Hong Kong[12]

2008

Organisation

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Tang is the founder of Art Readers which is an organisation that connects art practitioners, curates art exhibitions, encourages art writing and brings its members' research outcomes in print.

References

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  1. 鄧凝姿 穿透人潮的思索 - U magazine (18-10-2013)
  2. 1 2 "Hong Kong artist Tang Ying Chi 香港藝術家 鄧凝姿".
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Hong Kong Art Archive". arthistory.hku.hk.
  6. "Tang Ying Chi @ Plum8".
  7. "We are street people | i-dArt".
  8. "「帶回家」藝術計劃首次活動 "Take Them Home" Art Project 1st Event | Pixelbread 像素麵包 - 藝術活動". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  9. "香港浸會大學– 視覺藝術院 - Hkbu".
  10. "隨性的遊戲 — 鄧凝姿「這裡的街道真好」 | 藝頻:藝術推廣新聞頻道先導計劃". www.arts-news.net. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10.
  11. "讓我們拍一張照吧!街道上的人 Let's take a photo! Street people | 野.遊". yukeikei.com. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  12. "Walk-in Tuen Mun". Artists-In-Residence Programme: Exhibition Catalogues. May 2010.
  13. "Art Container - Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  14. "Sino Art - Home". www.sinoart.com.
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