Wong Wo Bik

Wong Wo Bik (王禾璧) is a fine arts photographer and one of the few active female photographers in Hong Kong. She is best known for her photographic documentation of buildings and architecture with historical and cultural significance in Hong Kong. Her work also involves artistic manipulations, as these photographs retell her experience and stories at the sites.[1] In 2013, she received an award from the Hong Kong Women Excellence in the Six Arts, Hong Kong Federation of Women. Wong also has a long and active career as a curator, researcher and art educator.[2]

Early life

Born in Hong Kong, Wong Wo Bik received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Printmaking at the Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, USA in 1977 and Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA in 1979.[3] She currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Life as a photographer

She began her photography career in the 1980s, capturing photographs of historical architecture and landscapes in Hong Kong. Instead of preserved heritage buildings, she is interested in exploring old buildings that may be destroyed or demolished as time goes by.[4] Her works are not just a historical record of old buildings but a reflection of her own experience at the site. She believes that the architecture she sees around the streets of Hong Kong reveals stories about the people who lived there. Through artistic fabrications, by only setting up two lights and flaw angles,[5] she attempts to reinvent and retell these stories as well as her own subjective narrative of her experiences during her exploration at the site.

Wong is also one of the founding members of Hong Kong International Photo Festival (Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association), and has been the Museum Honorary Advisor for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department since 1996.

Awards and Achievements

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Collections

Publications

References

  1. "Artist Biography". Blindspot Gallery. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. "Artist Biography". Blindspot Gallery. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. "Wong Wo Bik". Blindspot Gallery. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. "Wong Wo Bik". Art Consultant. Mention PR Consultants Ltd.,. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. "Wong Wo-Bik". Time Out Hong Kong. Time Out Hong Kong Ltd.,. 18 Jan 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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