| Herkunft | Hongkong/China |
| Fach-/Kunstrichtung | Public Art and New Artistic Strategies |
| Studienrichtung | Freie Kunst |
| Curriculum Vitae | |
|---|---|
| 2012-2016 | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany Master of Fine Arts in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies |
| 2012-2013 | Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France French language study |
| 2009-2012 | Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Bacherlor of Arts (Hons.) in Visual Arts |
| Ausstellungen/Festivals | |
|---|---|
| 2015-2018 | Urban Heat, Academy and Urban Lab, LIFT Festival |
| 2015 | Acting Space – Bauhaus Goes Kunstfest ’15, Kunstfest Weimar, Germany |
| 2015 | NEAR AND FAR, Macura Museum, Serbia |
| 2015 | Montag Modus, CHB - Collegium Hungaricum Berlin |
| 2014 | Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, “A Time for Dreams", organized by National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Curated by David Elliott, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia |
| 2014 | Month of Performance Art – Berlin 2014, Works on Paper II: Pandamonium, MOMENTUM Worldwide, The Global Platform for Time-based Art, Curated by Rachel Rits Volloch, Berlin |
| 2014 | "La quema de tiempo. Muestra de video del colectivo La Decanatura", Plataforma Bogota, Bogota, Colombia |
| 2014 | Bauhaus Essentials, marke.6, Weimar |
| 2013 | Video Screening, “2nd OZON International Video Art Festival” Katowice, Poland |
| 2013 | “Walk of Art", 20th Anniversary of Art and Design Faculty, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany |
| 2013 | “Bodied Spaces be/verkörperte Räume,” Collective Patty & Britty and ART CLAIMS IMPULSE Gallery, Berlin |
| 2012 | "Discordia", 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | “OSTRALE`012 - International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts”, IAM – International Art Moves, Dresden, Germany |
| 2012 | “Hong Kong Contemporary Art Award”, Hong Kong Contemporary, The Park Lane Hong Kong |
| 2011 | “An Unknown Artist” Chong Wai Solo Exhibition, Academy of Visual Arts, Choi Hung, Hong Kong |
Isaac Chong Wai is an artist from Hong Kong and MFA candidate in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies at the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar in Germany and received his BA in Visual Arts (Hons.) from the Academy of Visual Art in Hong Kong Baptist University. He works with diverse media, including performance, site-specific installation, public art, video, photography and multimedia. His work, “I’m not changing the color of history - The Sarajevo White Roses,” is selected to be shown at Macura Museum in Serbia in 2015. Chong’s work, “I Dated a Guy in Buchenwald,” was selected to Moscow Biennale for Young Art at Museum of Moscow in 2014. His video, “Equilibrium No.8 - Boundaries,” received honorary mention at the Award of the 2nd OZON International Video Art Festival in Katowice, Poland, in 2013. He was awarded the first runner-up prize for the 2012 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Award. He participated in OSTRALE'12 Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst - IAM (International Art Moves) in Dresden, Germany in 2012. Chong had his solo-exhibition at the Academy of Visual Arts Gallery in Hong Kong in 2011. He lives and works in Berlin.
"I Made a Boat in Prison – A Journey to the Shore" (Bauhaus essentials 2015)
I used the wire fence of the prison in Weimar to make a boat and I put it in the chapel of the prison.
"I Made a Boat in Prison – A Journey to the Shore", Fotografien, 50 x 70 cm, 2015
KONTAKT
E-Mail: isaac.chongwai [at] gmail.com
Website: chongwai.tumblr.com