Luke Ching Chin Wai
'Luke Ching Chin Wai (b.1972) (程展緯) is a conceptual artist and labour activist from Hong Kong. His artistic practice twists the role of the artist and observer and has created works which, with a mix of humour, respond to the cultural and political collisions in Hong Kong.[1]. He studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and graduated with an MA in Fine Art in 1998[2]. He has participated in exhibitions and residencies worldwide[3].
Luke Ching Chin Wai | |
---|---|
程展緯 | |
Born | 1972 |
Education | BA Fine Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996; Master of Fine Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998 |
Website | www |
Artistic Practice
Ching’s works range from photography, sculpture and video to social intervention, often made as a spontaneous response to his surroundings[4]. His artistic practices are based upon his belief in agency and responsibility of the artist for social purposes[5].
Since 2007 in his ongoing project undercover worker, he has worked in different low paid jobs in Hong Kong to experience their working environments and make first-hand observations of working conditions[6]. He used his project to visualize problems hidden within Hong Kong and connect different situations and lead several campaigns to improve working conditions of low paid workers[5]. As part of his 'labour campaigns', he has successfully improved working conditions for low paid workers, such as providing chairs for security guards and cashiers; provided a new design for public rubbish bins to make cleaner’s job easier; and urged the city’s Labour Department to improve health & safety standards related to prolonged standing.[6]. His work has launched collaborative activities to encourage employers make positive changes and raise awareness of worker’s welfare[5].
He also uses pinhole photography, installations and video works to document of the rapid changes to Hong Kong and other cities[7]. In 2017 he turned a hotel room at the Titanic Hotel, Liverpool into a pinhole camera for the LOOK Liverpool International Photography Festival[8].
Selected Exhibitions[1]
Solo Exhibition
- 2019 Liquefied Sunshine, (with South Ho Siu Nam) Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong[9]
- 2017 Allegory Practice of Personification, performing ART project, Oi! Street Art Space, Hong Kong[10]
- 2016 For now we see through a window, dimly, EXIT, Hong Kong[11]
- 2014 Screensaver, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong[12]
- 2008 Folk Art Series, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn, UK[13]
- 2007 2 in 1, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- 2006 Language Center, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
- 2006 Two Associations in Vermont, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
- 2005 Shanghai Street photo studio, Shanghai Street Artspace, Hong Kong
Group Shows
- 2018 Bicycle Thieves, Para Site, Hong Kong[14]
- 2018 Food Matters, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong[15]
- 2018 THE Survey Exhibition, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong[16]
- 2018 Imagine border, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea[17]
- 2018 Dismantling the Scaffold, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong[18]
- 2017 Composing Stories with Fragments of Time, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong[19]
- 2016 One belongs where one is content, 1a space, Hong Kong[20]
- 2016 Connect 4, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong[21]
- 2016 Language, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
- 2016 No Cause for Alarm, La MaMa Galleria, New York[22]
- 2015 Ceramics Show by Non-ceramics Artist,1a space, Hong Kong.[23]
- 2015 Drawing. Art of Re-Zuo,AMNUA, Nanjing, China[24].
- 2013 Topology of Urban Resistance, Hanina art space, Israel
- 2012 Dezipcoding: Project Glocal at DiverseCity, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore[25]
- 2012 Market Force, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2012 Post-Straight: Contemporary Hong Kong Photography, Hong Kong Heritage Museum[26]
- 2011 Posing Museum- A conversation between Luke Ching & Ducky Tse exhibition, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong[27]
- 2011 Primitive Craftsmanship - Contemporary Mechanism, Artist Commune, Hong Kong[28]
- 2010 The Problem of Asia, Chalk Horse, Sydney[29].
- 2009 Charming experience, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong[30]
- 2009 One Degree of Separation, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK[31]
- 2008 Everyday Anomalies, Phoenix Art Association, Brighton, UK[32]
- 2007 Chinglish, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong[33]
- 2007 Reversing Horizons, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China[34]
- 2007 Pivotal Decade, Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK[35]
Festivals
- Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong[36]
- 2017 Look/17 Liverpool International Photography Festival, Liverpool, UK[4]
- 2016 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery Exit [36]
- 2014 The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, 2nd CAFAM Biennale, Beijing[37]
- 2007 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
Art Residencies[1]
- 2020 Helsinki International Artist Programme[38]
- 2016 Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong
- 2012 Breath, Chinese Arts Centre, UK[39]
- 2008 plAAy: Hide and Seek, Blackburn Museum, UK [13]
- 2007 Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, HK
- 2006 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Residence Program, Fukuoka, Japan
- 2006 Vermont Studio Program, US
- 2003 Hong Kong Institute of Education, HK
- 2003 Wanakio 2003, Noren Market, Okinawa, Japan
- 2000 P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center Studio Program, New York, US
Awards
External Links
- Exit Gallery Profile
- Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Archive & Library Profile
- Luke Ching in the Asia Art Archive
References
- "Luke CHING 程展緯". Exit Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Digital File '1 degree_website.doc' (GB3451/OC/D/1801/963)". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- Yeung, Yang (2019). "South Ho's Force Majeure and Luke Ching's Liquefied Sunshine". Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Look/17: Luke Ching". Liverpool International Photography Festival. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- Leung, Suzannie K. Y (2019-11-28), "Socially engaged arts: Luke Ching's practices for Hong Kong", The International Journal of Social, Political, and Community Agendas in the Arts, 14 (4): 25–35, doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v14i04/25-35CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- "Award 2019 – Shortlisted Undercover worker – Luke Ching". Visible Project. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- Wilson, Henrietta (2016), "For now we see through a window, dimly: Luke Ching", AsiaArtPacific, retrieved 2020-02-24
- Goodbody, Pete (2017), ""Playing With Time": Artist Luke Ching Makes Giant Pinhole Camera For LOOK/17", Double Negative, retrieved 2020-02-23
- "Luke Ching Chin Wai: Liquefied Sunshine / South Ho Siu Nam: Force Majeure". Blindspot Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "performingART project". Leisure and Culture Department (Hong Kong). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Luke CHING: For now we see through a window, dimly 程展緯《小窗大景》". Gallery Exit. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Luke CHING: Screensaver 程展緯《楚門的世界》". Gallery Exit. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "plAAy: Contemporary Asian Art in Blackburn with Darwen Archive". Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Bicycle Thieves". Para Site. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Food Matters". Karin Weber Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "THE Survey Exhibition". C&G Artpartment. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- Lin, Ming (9 November 2018). "The Phantom of Gwangju: Historical and Political Specters at the 2018 Biennale". Art News. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Dismantling the Scaffold". Tai Kwun. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Composing Stories with Fragments of Time". Karin Weber Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "One belongs where one is content". 1a Space Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- Tong, Valencia (2016), "Connect 4", AsiaArtPacific, retrieved 2020-02-24
- "La Galleria: No Cause For Alarm". La MaMa La Galleria. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Exhibitions 2015". 1a Space Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Drawing · Art of Re-Zuo". AMNUA. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Dezipcoding: Project Glocal at DiverseCity". Project Glocal 2012. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Post-Straight: Contemporary Hong Kong Photography". Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Posing Museum: A Conversation Between Luke Ching & Ducky Tse Exhibition, 擺拍博物館: 程展緯與謝至德對談展". Asia Art Archive. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Primitive Contemporary III series-- PRIMITIVE CRAFTSMANSHIP . CONTEMPORARY MECHANISM". C & G Artpartment. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "The Problem of Asia: Para/Site art exhibition explores Asian identity in Sydney". Art radar Asia. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series IV: Charming Experience, 「香港藝術:開放‧對話」展覽系列(四):尋樂經驗". Asia Art Archive. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Exhibition: 'One Degree of Separation', various artists, 9 October 2009 - 9 January 2010". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Archive & Library. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "'EVERYDAY ANOMALIES' Four Artists from Hong Kong" (PDF). Phoenix Art Space. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- Kwong, Kevin (2007-03-22), "Chinglish - Hong Kong Art Exhibition", South China Morning Post
- ""REVERSING HORIZONS" ARTIST REFLECTIONS OF THE HONG KONG HANDOVER 10TH ANNIVERSARY (group)". Art Link Art. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Exhibition: 'The Pivotal Decade', various artists, 30 June - 23 September 2007". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Archive & Library. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Luke Ching". Art Basel. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture", E-flux, 2014-02-20, retrieved 2020-02-24
- "Luke Ching Chin Wai". Helsinki International Artist Programme. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Breathe Residency (People's Residency): Luke Ching, 16 July - 16 September 2012". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Awardee List 2016". Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- "Hong Kong Art Biennial 2005 results announced". Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Retrieved 2020-02-24.