Kingsley Ng is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in conceptual, site-specific and community-oriented projects. He crafts relationship between the work and its context through media and formats including interactive installation, public workshop, sound and spatial design.
Ng received a BFA in New Media Art from the Ryerson University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Art from Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts. His art and design projects have been exhibited at venues such as Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (Japan), Osage Gallery (Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore), IRCAM – Centre Pompidou (France), Fabrica (Italy), InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Canada), the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. He is recipient of a number of grants and awards, including the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009, the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards 2008, the Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards 2007 (Gold Medal, Interactive Media Category), the Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grants to Media Artists 2006, and the InterAccess Visual Arts Award 2003.
Exhibitions
May 2010 | Futurotextiles | Shanghai Expo - Lille Europe Pavilion, Shanghai China
Mar 2010 | This is Hong Kong (video) | Kunsthalle, Vienna Austria
Mar 2010 | The Narrators | Inheritance, Shenzhen China
Jan 2010 | New Visions New Colours | Museum of Art, Hong Kong China
Dec 2009 | Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture | Hong Kong China
Oct 2009 | (Last) Intervention | Osage Kwun Tong Gallery, Hong Kong China
Sept 2009 | Silk Road | Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong China
Jul 2009 | Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial |Tsunan, Niigata Japan
Jul 2009 | This is Hong Kong (video) |Loop Media Centre, Seoul Korea
May 2009 | Loop Video Art (video) |Casa Asia, Barcelona Spain
Feb 2009 | HK Sound Station |Para/Site Gallery, Hong Kong China
Feb 2009 |Charming Experience |Museum of Art, Hong Kong China
Oct 2008 | Site:Seeing | Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong China
Aug 2008 | HKAC 30th Anniversary Exhibition | Art Centre, Hong Kong China
June 2008 | Crosscurrent: Ambient Art |Osage Singapore, Old School Singapore
May 2008 | Digitalogue |Museum of Art, Hong Kong China
Jan 2008 | Crosscurrent: Ambient Art |Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong China
Nov 2007 | Microwave International Media Art Festival | City Hall, Hong Kong China
Nov 2007 | Territories de l’image | Musé de Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing France
Oct 2007 | Les Nuits Electroniques de L’Ososphère | La Laiterie, Strasbourg France
Jun 2007 | SCB 10×10 Integrated Art Project |TaiKoo Shing, Hong Kong China
Mar 2007 | 12th IFVA Festival (Gold Award) | Art Centre, Hong Kong China
July 2006 | City Sonics | Les Abattoirs, Mons Belgium
June 2006 | NIME 06 | Ircam - Centre Pompidou, Paris France
Mar 2006 | My Secret Life | Tri-postal, Lille France
Mar 2006 | Site-Specific Installation | Fabrica Research Centre, Treviso Italy
July 2005 | Casting Stories | Le Fresnoy - National Studio, Tourcoing France
July 2004 - 2007 | Public Artworks (12 billboards) |Roubaix, Tourcoing, SNCF France
July 2004 | Jamais vu | Le Fresnoy - National Studio, Tourcoing France
April 2004 | Community Art Project | 5 bakeries, Centre Social Boilly, Tourcoing France
July 2003 | (e)merge/(dis)separate | Interaccess Electronic Arts Centre, Toronto Canada
May 2003 | Maximum Exposure | Ryerson University, Toronto Canada
2001 | Up To Code | Ryerson gallery, Toronto Canada
1999 | East York Provincial Film Festival | Bloor Cinema, Toronto Canada
1998 | Passion | Gallery 44, Toronto Canada
Experiences
2006-2009 | Set and Environment Designer | Jack Morton Worldwide, Hong Kong
2008 | Part-time Lecturer | Baptist University - Communication Studies, Hong Kong
2007 | Adobe CS3 Guest Speaker| HKCEC, Hong Kong
2005 | Freelancer | Imagination (Asia), Hong Kong
2005 | Freelancer | Ministry of Culture & Communication (Nord-Pas de Calais), France
2004 | Video Workshop Tutor | European Architecture Student Assembly, France
2003 | Children Art Instructor | Achieve Learning Centre, Canada
Education
2004-2005 | Postgraudate Diploma | Le Fresnoy - National Studio, France
(with the felicitation du jury l’unanimité)
1999-2003| New Media Arts BFA (hons) | Ryerson University, Canada
2002 | Communication Studies (exchange) | Roskilde University Centre, Denmark
2001| Architectural Studies (Continuing Education) | Ryerson University, Canada
1999 | Advanced film & video / Painting & Drawing | Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
1996-1999 | Enriched Art Program | A.Y. Jackson S. S., Canada
Awards
2009 | HK Contemporary Art Biennale Award |Museum of Art, Hong Kong China
2008 | Young Design Talent Award |HK Design Centre, Hong Kong China
2007 | IFVA Single Screen Media Gold Award | Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong China
2006 | Exhibition Travel Grant | Canada Council of the Arts, Toronto Canada
2002 |Visual Art Award | Interaccess Electronic Arts Centre, Toronto Canada