CV
MING WONG
Address: Unit 10, The Fire Station, 30 Gillender St, London E14 6RH
Mobile: 07788447070 Email: mingwong@london.com
born Singapore 1971, lives & works London since 1996
TRAINING
MFA at the Slade School of Art, University College London, 1997-99
(Fine Art Media, Tutor: Bruce McLean)
Diploma of Fine Arts (Chinese Art) at Nanyang Academy, Singapore, 1992-95
EXHIBITIONS (*denotes one man show)
Peninsula Singapore History Museum, Feb/Mar 2006
Lassie Come Home Camden Arts Centre, Feb 2006
LabiLabu The Esplanade, Singapore Oct 05 – Jan 06
Whodunnit? Toynbee Studios, London June 2005*
Homofonia The British Library, London Feb 2005*
Whodunnit? Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester 2004*
Re:Thinking:Time Peterborough City Art Museum, Peterborough 2004
Tape291 291 Gallery, London 2004
Glamour Windows Gallery, British Council Prague 2003
Michael Marriott & Ming Wong Windows Gallery, British Council Prague 2003
ASSEMBLY Sackler Centre of Arts Education, Serpentine Gallery 2002
The Acton Art Crawl Acton Town, London 2002
Camden Remix Camden Town, 2001
Waterwall Regents Canal, Kings Cross, London 2001
Dia E Vento Teatro do Campo Alegre, Porto, Portugal 2001
swipe2001 PVA MediaLab, Bridport, Dorset 2001
No Sleep till Hammersmith The Central Space, London 2001
Cultural Advancement Century Gallery, London 2001
TOW Millenium Festival Project, Camden Lock, London 2000
ROSL Scholars’ Exhibition Royal Over-Seas League, London & Edinburgh 2000
EAST International Norwich Gallery, Norwich 2000
Hello Kitty Kitty Bang Bang Watermans Arts Centre, London 2000*
Mixage Alliance Francaise, Singapore 1999
FLASH Arti et Industriae, Den Haag, The Netherlands 1999
Doing Time Crowbar, London 1998
Lighten Up Crowbar, London 1998
More of the Same Royal Over-Seas League, London/Edinburgh 1998
Hotbed Gallery A, London 1998
Familiar Faces Alliance Francaise, Singapore 1998*
London Artists’ Book Fair Barbican Centre, London 1997
Singapore Art ’97 S’pore International Convention & Exhibition Centre 1997
Test Site 01 Gallery A, London UK 1997
Karaoke (The Electric Geisha) Royal Over-Seas League, London/Edinburgh 1996/97*
The Figure Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore 1996
Ka-Ra-you-OK? Substation Gallery, Singapore 1996*
Singapore Art ’95 S’pore International Convention & Exhibition Centre 1995
Wayang Sayang Substation Gallery, Singapore 1995*
ROSL Annual Open Exhibition Royal Over-Seas League, London/Edinburgh 1994
AWARDS/COMMISSIONS/RESIDENCIES
Nominated for Jerwood Artists Platform 2006
The Fire Station Residency and Bursary, awarded by ACME Studios. (Apr 2005)
Pearson Creative Research Fellowship, at the British Library. (Nov 2003 – Feb 2005)
‘Silent Films’ commission from Statement Media Arts, Bath. (Oct 2003)
London Artists Film & Video Award from Film London. (2002/2003)
Combined Arts Award from London Arts for The Acton Art Crawl. (2002)
PVA MediaLab commission & residency for new media festival swipe2001. (2001)
Big Screens Year of the Artist Residency, Arts Council England/ACAVA (2001)
Nominated for Beck’s Futures ICA Art Award 2001
ACAVA First Base Studio Award (2000)
Summer Residency at Hospitalfield, Scotland from Royal Over-Seas League (1998)
Chen Chong Swee Arts Scholarship, National Arts Council, Singapore (1997)
Lee Foundation Study Grant, Singapore (1997)
Arts Bursary (Overseas), National Arts Council, Singapore (1996)
Scotland/Singapore Cultural Exchange Programme, National Arts Council
Singapore/Royal Over-Seas League/Strathclyde Regional Council (1994)
Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Programme grant, Liquitex Internaltional USA (1994)
National Arts Council/Lioness Club of Singapore Arts Scholarship (1993-94)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Project Manager/Curator for Labculture Singapore, a new media artists’ exchange
programme, jointly organised by PVA MediaLab (UK) & The Substation (Singapore)
(2004/05)
Artist Advisor for the London Arts Development Fund: Visual Artists 2002/2003
(Timebased category)
Co-curator with Martin Newth for Drawing the Central Space, Central Space Gallery,
London (2001)
ART EDUCATION PROJECTS
Bluescreen video project in conjunction with Nick Relph/Oliver Payne exhibition at the
Serpentine Gallery (Sept 2005)
Digital imaging project and artwork commission exploring identity with students at Lister
School, organised by the Photographers Gallery & Creative Partnerships East.
(Mar-Apr 2004)
Inter-Faith digital art project in collaboration with Churchill Gardens Youth Club &
Avenues Youth Centre, organised by Serpentine Gallery & Westminster City Council.
(Jan-Feb 2004)
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)
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)
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
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).
Professional playwright in Singapore. 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)
Other plays include Balls (1998), Ka-Ra-you-OK? (1996) & Wayang Sayang (1993).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / WEBLINKS
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)
Mayor of London: From the margins into the mainstream - The Mayor's Equalities Report
2002/03
British Library: http://bllearning.co.uk/live/creativeresearch/ming/
Everything Magazine contributing artist, UK 2002
The Arts Magazine article contribution (Beyond Disciplines), Singapore 2000
EAST International catalogue, UK 2000
Royal Over-Seas League Scholars’ Exhibition catalogue, UK 2000
contributing artist for www.photoinsight.co.uk
The Slade Journal No. 3 contributing artist, UK 1999
Mixage exhibition publication, Singapore 1999
Doing Time exhibition publication, UK 1998
Hotbed exhibition publication, UK 1998
Asian Art News vol. 6 no.5 Sept-Oct 96, exhibition review, Singapore 1996