Email: mingwong*at*berlin.com
born
Singapore 1971, lives & works in Berlin & Singapore
TRAINING
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MFA
at the Slade School of Art, University College London,
1997-99
(Fine Art Media, Tutor: Bruce McLean) |
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Diploma
of Fine Arts (Chinese Art) at Nanyang Academy, Singapore,
1992-95 |
EXHIBITIONS
(*denotes one man show)
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere |
Galerie Wendt+Friedman, Berlin July-Aug 2008
(curator: Marc Wellmann & David Keating)
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Vertraut oder Verdaut |
ZKM Center for Art & Media, Karlsruhe June-July 08
(curator: Ludwig Seyfarth& Chantal Blatzheim) |
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Angst Essen / Eat Fear |
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 5-27 June 2008* [link] |
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Kunstinvasion |
Blumengroßmarkt, Berlin 31 May - 1 June 2008
(curator: Initiative Berliner Kunsthalle) |
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Projecto MONOLOGS |
Galatina, Italy 29-30 May 2008 |
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Film Programme |
Kunstverein Dusseldorf , May-July 2008 |
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Damn! I Wish I'd Done That!! |
Project Space 176, London Feb 2008
Chapter, Wales Apr-May 08
(curator: Harold Offeh) |
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Filem-Filem-Filem |
Singapore Fringe Festival, Jan 2008* |
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100 Dage=100 Videoer |
GL Strand, Copenhagen Sept 2007 - Jan 2008[link] |
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S.T.O.R.A.G.E: Ming Wong |
The Agency Gallery, London Sept - Oct 2007[link] |
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Word of Mouth |
Curating Lab, Singapore Art Show, Aug - Oct 2007 [link]
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WE |
National University of Singapore Museum, July-Nov 2007 [link] |
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Futurama & re-inventing tradition? |
Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Mar-May 2007 [link] |
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100 Tage=100 Videos |
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Sept - Dec 2006 |
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The Mothership Collective |
South London Gallery, Aug 2006 [link] |
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A Complete Guide to Rewriting Your History 2 |
Sparwasser HQ, Berlin Mar/Apr 2006[link] |
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Peninsula |
Singapore
History Museum, Feb/Mar 2006 |
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Lassie Come Home |
Camden
Arts Centre, Feb 2006 |
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LabiLabu |
The
Esplanade, Singapore Oct 05 - Jan 06 [PRESS] |
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Whodunnit? |
Toynbee Studios, London June 2005* |
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Homofonia |
The
British Library, London Feb 2005* [PRESS] |
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Whodunnit? |
Chinese
Arts Centre, Manchester 2004* |
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Re:Thinking:Time |
Peterborough
City Art Museum, Peterborough 2004 |
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Tape291 |
291
Gallery, London 2004 |
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Glamour |
Windows Gallery, British Council Prague 2003 [PRESS] |
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Michael Marriott & Ming Wong |
Windows
Gallery, British Council Prague 2003 [PRESS] |
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ASSEMBLY |
Sackler
Centre of Arts Education, Serpentine Gallery 2002 |
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The Acton Art Crawl |
Acton
Town, London 2002 |
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Camden Remix |
Camden
Town, 2001 |
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Waterwall |
Regents
Canal, Kings Cross, London 2001 |
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Dia E Vento |
Teatro do Campo Alegre, Porto, Portugal 2001 [PRESS] |
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swipe2001 |
PVA
MediaLab, Bridport, Dorset 2001 |
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No Sleep till Hammersmith |
The
Central Space, London 2001 |
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Cultural Advancement |
Century Gallery, London 2001 |
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TOW |
Millenium
Festival Project, Camden Lock, London 2000 |
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ROSL Scholars' Exhibition |
Royal Over-Seas League, London & Edinburgh 2000 |
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EAST International |
Norwich
Gallery, Norwich 2000 [PRESS] |
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Hello Kitty Kitty Bang Bang |
Watermans
Arts Centre, London 2000* |
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Mixage |
Alliance
Francaise, Singapore 1999 |
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FLASH |
Arti
et Industriae, Den Haag, The Netherlands 1999 |
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Doing Time |
Crowbar,
London 1998 |
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Lighten Up |
Crowbar,
London 1998 |
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More of the Same |
Royal
Over-Seas League, London/Edinburgh 1998 |
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Hotbed |
Gallery
A, London 1998 |
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· Familiar Faces |
Alliance
Francaise, Singapore 1998* |
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London Artists' Book Fair |
Barbican
Centre, London 1997 |
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Singapore Art '97 |
S'pore
International Convention & Exhibition Centre 1997 |
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Test Site 01 |
Gallery
A, London UK 1997 |
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Karaoke (The Electric Geisha) |
Royal
Over-Seas League, London/Edinburgh 1996/97* |
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The Figure |
Earl
Lu Gallery, Singapore 1996 |
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Ka-Ra-you-OK? |
Substation
Gallery, Singapore 1996* |
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Singapore Art '95 |
S'pore
International Convention & Exhibition Centre 1995 |
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Wayang Sayang |
Substation
Gallery, Singapore 1995* |
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ROSL Annual Open Exhibition |
Royal Over-Seas League, London/Edinburgh 1994 |
AWARDS/COMMISSIONS/RESIDENCIES
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One year residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (fr Aug 2007) |
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Nominated
for Jerwood Artists Platform 2006 |
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The
Fire Station Residency and Bursary, awarded by ACME
Studios. (Apr 2005) |
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Pearson
Creative Research Fellowship, at the British Library.
(Nov 2003 - Feb 2005) |
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'Silent
Films' commission from Statement Media Arts, Bath. (Oct
2003) |
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London
Artists Film & Video Award from Film London. (2002/2003) |
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Combined
Arts Award from London Arts for The Acton Art Crawl.
(2002) |
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PVA
MediaLab commission & residency for new media festival
swipe2001. (2001) |
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Big
Screens Year of the Artist Residency, Arts Council England/ACAVA
(2001) |
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Nominated
for Beck's Futures ICA Art Award 2001 |
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ACAVA
First Base Studio Award (2000) |
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Summer
Residency at Hospitalfield, Scotland from Royal Over-Seas
League (1998) |
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Chen
Chong Swee Arts Scholarship, National Arts Council,
Singapore (1997) |
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Lee
Foundation Study Grant, Singapore (1997) |
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Arts
Bursary (Overseas), National Arts Council, Singapore
(1996) |
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Scotland/Singapore
Cultural Exchange Programme, National Arts Council Singapore/Royal
Over-Seas League/Strathclyde Regional Council (1994) |
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Liquitex
Excellence in Art Student Programme grant, Liquitex
Internaltional USA (1994) |
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National
Arts Council/Lioness Club of Singapore Arts Scholarship
(1993-94) |
CURATORIAL
PROJECTS
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Project
Manager/Curator for Labculture Singapore, a new media
artists' exchange programme, jointly organised by PVA
MediaLab (UK) & The Substation (Singapore) (2004/05) |
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Artist
Advisor for the London Arts Development Fund: Visual
Artists 2002/2003 (Timebased category) |
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Co-curator
with Martin Newth for Drawing the Central Space, Central
Space Gallery, London (2001) |
ART
EDUCATION PROJECTS
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Guest Lecturer, Fine Art Photography Dept, Camberwell College of Arts (Dec 2006) |
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Education project in conjunction with Runa Islam: Conditional Probability exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery (Nov 2006) |
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Bluescreen
video project in conjunction with Nick Relph/Oliver
Payne exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery (Sept 2005) |
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Digital
imaging project and artwork commission exploring identity
with students at Lister School, organised by the Photographers
Gallery & Creative Partnerships East.
(Mar-Apr 2004) |
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Inter-Faith
digital art project in collaboration with Churchill
Gardens Youth Club & Avenues Youth Centre, organised
by Serpentine Gallery & Westminster City Council.
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Digital
art project with Deaf students at Frank Barnes School
for the Deaf, projections on waterwall in Regents' Canal,
organised by The Roundhouse, Camden Council & Plugfish.
(Jan-Mar 2003) |
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Artist-in-residence
at Serpentine Gallery, collaborating with students from
Quintin Kynaston School and Royal Brompton Hospital
School on a digital face-morphing project. (2002) |
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Digital
mural commission for Acton High School and digital art
workshops with students exploring cultural identity
following a talk by Neville Lawrence, father of Stephen
Lawrence. (2000/2001) |
THEATRE WORK
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Selected
for international residencies at the Royal Court Theatre
in London (1995) and the Kitchen Center for Video, Music,
Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature, in New York
City (2000). |
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Professional
playwright in Singapore. Plays include Balls (1998), Ka-Ra-you-OK? (1996) & Wayang Sayang (1993). |
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Wrote the musical Chang & Eng based on the lives of the Siamese Twins, which has been presented in Singapore, Bangkok, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur. (1997-2001) |
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Guest artist at Singapore Theatre Festival 2006. Showed video installation Four Malay Stories at Drama Centre, Singapore, Aug 2006. |
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS / WEBLINKS
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SLEEK magazine #19, Summer 2008, Berlin |
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Word of Mouth exhibition publication, Curating Lab/Singapore Art Show, Aug-Oct 2007 |
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WE exhibition publication, National University of Singapore Museum, July-Nov 2007 |
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Singapore Jan-Mar 2007 Pg 14-15 (One of Us - Art Without Boundaries) Singapore 2007 |
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engage issue 18, pg 55-60 UK winter 2006
(Quests Driven by Questions; Creative Research as a learning methodology; by Bridget McKenzie, Head of Learning, The British Library) |
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Yishu
Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art fall issue, Taiwan/Canada
Sept 2004
(Ticking the Boxes: Definition and Categorisation in
the Work of Chinese Artists in the UK; Sally Lai, author)
[PRESS] |
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Mayor
of London: From the margins into the mainstream - The
Mayor's Equalities Report 2002/03 [PRESS] |
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British
Library: http://bllearning.co.uk/live/creativeresearch/ming/ |
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Everything
Magazine contributing artist, UK 2002 [PRESS] |
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The
Arts Magazine article contribution (Beyond Disciplines),
Singapore 2000 |
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EAST
International catalogue, UK 2000 |
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Royal
Over-Seas League Scholars' Exhibition catalogue, UK
2000 |
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Contributing
artist for www.photoinsight.co.uk |
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The
Slade Journal No. 3 contributing artist, UK 1999 |
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Mixage
exhibition publication, Singapore 1999 |
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Doing
Time exhibition publication, UK 1998 |
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Hotbed
exhibition publication, UK 1998 |
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Asian
Art News vol. 6 no.5 Sept-Oct 96, exhibition review,
Singapore 1996 [PRESS] |
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