I am a multidisciplinary artist from Hong Kong with a background in neuroscience.
Taking a neuroanthropological approach with creative vision and scientific rigour, my work investigates human conditions both biologically and culturally, exploring the depth of the mind through understanding the evolutionary nature of human emotion, thoughts and behaviour. My work questions what it means to be a conscious, evolutionary human that challenges the world's status quo. I delve beyond the surface of tradition and hierarchical structures to investigate the inner workings of the mind and the many underlying issues facing 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 in 2019 which I delivered without a single successful rehearsal.
I was then told to pursue neuroscience.
I flew to Tibet with a one-way ticket in 2016.
I had a TEDx talk in 2019 which I delivered without a single successful rehearsal.
I was then told to pursue neuroscience.
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, 2025
Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, 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.
RESEARCH GRANTS & FUNDING:
Conscious Human Metaverse, Project Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, 2024-2025
Conscious Human Metaverse, Creators for Tomorrow - cross-disciplinary research, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023
AWARDS:
Creators for Tomorrow - Awardee (cross-disciplinary research), Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023-2024
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
EXHIBITIONS:
Creators for Tomorrow (solo prototype presentation of Consciously Human Metaverse), Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2024
Creators for Tomorrow (awardees group show), Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2024
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)
I Art, Therefore I Am, Koo Ming Kown Gallery, Hong Kong, 2018.
MissFortune's Kitchen, Academy of Visual Arts Graduation Show, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2018.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2017
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
RESEARCH & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:
Researcher, Artist & Developer, Conscious Human Metaverse, cross-disciplinary research funded by Hong Kong Arts Centre and Hong Kong Arts Development Council, 2023-present
Producer, Beyond Words, Freespace at West Kowloon Cultural District, 2019Researcher & Producer, Hacking Capitalism – Socially Engaged Art Through Alternative Art Economies and Entrepreneurship by Assistant Professor Kingsley Ng, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2019-2020
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS/ INVITED LECTURES
Journey To The Buddha Brain: Investigation into the Depth of the Mind Through Art and Science, Media, Culture and Creative Cities Speaker Series seminar, Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong, 2024
Conscious Human Metaverse, Creators for Tomorrow - Cross-disciplinary research and prototype presentation, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2024
Presenter, Cultural Literacy Program at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 2022
PERFORMING ARTS 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
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)
INTERVIEWS & FEATURES:
Exploring the Intersection of Art, Neuroscience, and Buddhism, Media, Culture and Creative Cities Speaker Series seminar, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong University, 2024
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
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
REGENERATIV, private event presenting Lu Yang’s first NFT series, Soho House, Hong Kong, Mar 2023.