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Koon Wai Bong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the esteemed National Taiwan Normal University. He earned his BA (1996) and MFA (2002) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and later his DFA from RMIT University in 2012. His artistic oeuvre focuses on landscape painting and the aesthetics of ink painting, which encompass history, modern viewing experiences, and perceptions of landscapes in ink art. He has actively participated in landscape-based projects such as Here & There (HK, 2023), Picturing Hong Kong (HK, 2017), The Islands and Other Places - The Geographical Structures of Ink Paintings in Taiwan and Hong Kong (Taipei, 2019) and Hong Kong Waters and Korean Mountains (HK, 2019). Furthermore, his works have been exhibited in TRANSpose (UK, 2013), In the Breeze (Taipei, 2017) and The Weight of Lightless (HK, 2017). His works have been collected by Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ashmolean Museum, M+ and Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Artist Statement
Using the ancient method, as well as my own method; seeking the self within.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Watching the Clouds Roll By: Koon Wai Bong Solo Exhibition, Asia Art Center Taipei, Shanghai
2020 KOON Wai-bong: In the Realm of Junzi, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2019 Shén Yóu: Koon Wai Bong Solo Exhibition, Asia Art Center, Beijing
2017 In the Breeze: Koon Wai Bong Solo Exhibition,Asia Art Center, Taipei
2013 Koon Wai Bong: Now and Then, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2013 MINDSCAPE: Koon Wai Bong, AO Vertical Art Space, Hong Kong
2013 TRANSpose: Contemporary Ink Paintings by Koon Wai Bong, Museum of East Asian Art, UK
2011 Sauntering around…: Chinese Paintings by Koon Wai Bong, Hong Kong Baptist University
2011 Koon Wai Bong — Picturing Mountains and Streams, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2010 Guohua: A Contemporary Interpretation, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 Past Becomes Present, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2002 Lift up My Eyes to the Mountain, Chinese University of Hong Kong