I am a multidisciplinary artist from Hong Kong interested in exploring the intersections between neuroscience, medicine, law and ethics. I am currently pursuing an MSc. in Applied Neuroscience at King's College London. I studied at Hong Kong Baptist University and Zurich University of the Arts for my MA. in Visual Arts.
Taking on an "anthropological” approach with a focus on understanding human conditions both culturally and biologically, my works question what it means to be a conscious evolutionary human that challenges the world's status quo, going beyond the surface of tradition and hierarchical structures to investigate the inner workings of the mind and the many underlying issues of humanity.
I trained as a yoga teacher in Tamil Nadu, India in 2015.
I flew to Tibet with a one-way ticket in 2016.
I had a TEDx talk about connecting to identity through memories of food and our roots in 2019.
Today, I am on a journey seeking the "Buddha brain" through art, science and gaming in my project Consciously Human Metaverse.
I flew to Tibet with a one-way ticket in 2016.
I had a TEDx talk about connecting to identity through memories of food and our roots in 2019.
Today, I am on a journey seeking the "Buddha brain" through art, science and gaming in my project Consciously Human Metaverse.
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Applied Neuroscience, King's College London, 2021 - present
Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2016 - 2018
Transcultural Collaboration (Graduate program), Zurich University of the Arts, 2016
TEDx TALK:
How I Question My Identity With a Fortune Cookie, speaker, TEDX TinHauWomen, Hong Kong, 2019.
GRANTS & FUNDING:
Conscious Human Metaverse, Project Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, 2024
Conscious Human Metaverse, Creators for Tomorrow Scheme - Cross-disciplinary research grant, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023
AWARDS:
Woman Science Photographer of the Year Award, Shortlist, Royal Photographic Society, UK, 2023
Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Goethe Award Finalist, Hong Kong Art Centre, 2020
FILMS:
My Monster, 2023, co-scriptwriter, still photographer, and videographer for making-of. Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music and Professional Category. Awarded Best Art Direction and Best Actor Bronze Award) 《我與怪物》, 2023, 編劇, 第十屆微電影「創+ 作」支援計劃 (音樂篇, 專業組. 獲最佳美術指導及最佳男主角銅獎)
RESEARCH & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:
Socially Engaged Art Researcher & Producer, Beyond Words, Freespace West Kowloon Cultural District. (part of Hacking Capitalism – Socially Engaged Art Through Alternative Art Economies and Entrepreneurship by Kingsley Ng. More details: https://creativesocialhk.net/prototypes)
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Speaker of the Media, Culture and Creative Cities Speaker Series seminar, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong University, (taking place in November 2024).
Conscious Human Metaverse, Creators for Tomorrow Scheme - Cross-disciplinary research grant presentation, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023
Presenter, Cultural Literacy Program at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 2022
PERFORMANCES 表演藝術:
Belonging Fortune Cookies, Artist/ Performer and Producer, Freespace at West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, 2019
An Edible Performance, Performer, Visual Artist & Illustrator, Tai Kwun Centre of Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong, 2019
Mirror Factory: Numbness, Choreographer & Performer, Connecting Spaces, Hong Kong, 2017
PERFORMANCE ART 行為藝術:
Kaliasana, Autumnal Equinox, 2020
Un/Titled 無, The Originals Freedom Performance Art Project 正常小孩飛櫈行為藝術展, Sense 99, Hong Kong, 2020-2021
PARTICIPATORY/ SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART PROJECTS:
Belonging Fortune Cookies, Freespace at West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, 2019
MissFortune's Kitchen, 2018 - present, an art & dining experience exploring the theme of Fortune through personal stories sharing
EXHIBITIONS:
Woman Science Photographer of the Year Award, Royal Photographic Society, UK, 2023
Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Hong Kong Art Centre, 2020
Early Bird Catches the Worm, K11 Atelier, Hong Kong, 2018. (Commissioned by South China Morning Post)
What Happens When a Man is Swallowed By a Whale, I Art, Therefore I Am, Koo Ming Kown Gallery, Hong Kong, 2018.
MissFortune's Kitchen, C&G Apartment, Hong Kong, 2018.
The Garden of Silence, Koo Ming Kown Gallery, Hong Kong, 2017
Exquisite Corpse, Connecting Spaces, Hong Kong, 2016
DOGG GGOD, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, 2016
INTERVIEWS & FEATURES:
HKAC Creators For Tomorrow, Consciously Human Metaverse, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2024
Sharing on Food and Art, HKBU People Discovery, 2021
Perspective on Art and Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, 2021
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Photography contributor, Escapologie by Christine Rebet, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France, 2019
Guest presenter, Starting From Research: Automated Landscape, Tai Kwun Centre of Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong, 2019