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Email: yingchitang@yahoo.com.hk                                                            

Education

2008             DFA (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University), Australia.

2003             MFA (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University), Australia.

1989          B. A. Fine Art (Hons.) Goldsmiths College, University of London, England.

Working Experience

2000 to present    Lecturer of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

1996-97                   Exhibition Department, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Solo Exhibition

2004             Visual Veil – Work of Tang Ying Chi, Exhibition Galleries of Central Library and MTR Central Station, Exit J, Jackson Lobby, Artists-in-Neighbourhood Scheme II, Hong Kong.

2002                    Work of Tang Ying Chi, Pamela Youde Nethsole Eastern Hospital, Art-in-Hospital Exhibition, Hong Kong.

2001             The Invention of Compass, Montblanc Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong.

2001             City 2000, Design First Institute Gallery, Hong Kong.

2000             Selected Work from Red & Orange Series – Work of Tang Ying Chi, The Gallery, Art Forest, Toronto, Canada.

1998             Red City – Work of Tang Ying Chi, Afga Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong.

1998                    Red Rain, The Mezzanine Gallery, Cecil Community Centre, Toronto, Canada.

1996                    Beauty, Happiness & Intelligence, Fringe Gallery & Foyer, Fringe Festival 96, Hong Kong.

1995                        Power, Country & Citizenship, The Gallery, curated by Liz Wylie, Scarborough Campus, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

1995             New Situation, Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, Stong College, York University, Toronto, Canada.

1994             In The Name of Power, The Mezzanine Gallery, Cecil Community Centre, Toronto, Canada.

1994             In The Name of Power, Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada.

1994             Memory & Identity, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Fringe Festival 94, Hong Kong.

1993          Land, Power & Love, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Fringe Festival 93, Hong Kong.

Selected Group Exhibition

2008          HKAC 30^th Anniversary Exhibition, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

2008             Hong Kong Celebration 60 Art Exhibition, British Council, Hong Kong Office.

2008      Hong Kong Celebration 60 Art Exhibition, British Council, London Office, UK.

2008                    Hong Kong Unveiled – Contemporary Art in the SAR, Atting House, Hong Kong.

2007             The Visual Idioms of Hong Kong, Gallery, Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2007            The Preview of New West Kowloon Exhbition Venue, C&G Artpartment, Hong Kong.          ‘

2007             Drawing Exhibition, Too-art, Hong Kong.

2007             HamoNow3D & Installation Art Exhibition, Artist Commune, Hong Kong.

2007             HistoriCITY – Art Historical Writing in and on Hong Kong, Curated by Jaspar Lau, at Asia Art Achive.

2007             Cursive, Mixed Media Art Exchange Exhibition, Artist Commune, Presented by Artist Commune and Tenri Cultural Institute, Curated by Dr. Shin-yi Yang and Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos, Hong Kong.

2006                    Megartstore, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong.

2006             15^th Hong Kong Art Biennial, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

2006             Local East-Kowloon Art in Progress, Open Studio Art Exhibition, Hong Kong.

2005              Collation, Art Tube, MTR Central Station Exit J, Hong Kong.

2005            Cross-over, CUSP gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

2005             Re: Wanchai, International Artists Workshop Exhibition, organized by The Air Association Ltd, co-presented by Triangle Art Trust, Hong Kong.

2005             If Hong Kong, A Woman/Schema/A Traveller’s Approach, 1a Space, Hong Kong.

2004             9^th National Cultural Festival Fukuoka, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum & Kyushu Sangyo University Art Gallery, Japan.

2004             The 10^th China Art Exhibition, China.

2004                        Asian Art Now 04 – Las Vegas Art Museum, Asian Cultural Exchange Association, USA.

2003             Re-mapping of Asia, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong.

2003             Paysage-Portable, Muti-media Art Exhibition, Ox Warehouse, Macau.

2003             Asian Art Now in Mie, Yokkaichi City Hall Exhibition Gallery, organized by Asian Cultural Exchange Association, Nagoya City, Japan.

2003             Embracing The New Century – Third China National Exhibition of Oil Painting, China National Museum of Fine Arts.

2003             A Time Like This’– Hong Kong Art Centre & Kwang Hwa Information and Cultural Centre.

2003             Embracing The New Century – Third China National Exhibition of Oil Painting – Hong Kong City Hall, organized by China (HK) Oil Painting Society.

2002             Who’s Link – Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, curated by Evelyna Liang.

2002             Artists-in-Neighbourhood – Exhibition Galleries, Hong Kong Central Libraries, The Art Promotion Office of the LSCD & the MTR Corporation, Hong Kong..

2001                        In Celebration of Art – Hong Kong Arts Centre 25^th Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

2000             Free Tribe, curated by Lydia Ngai, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

2000             Christian Artists in 2000, curated by Evelyna Liang, Hong Kong Arts Centre, organized by Garden Streams, Hong Kong.

1999             The Exhibition of Tang Ying Chi, Lo Yat Lun and Sunny Wong, Experimental Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, presented by The Art School.

1999             International Works on Book, Sydney, Australia.

1998             Contemporary Book Fair, Melbourne, Australia.

1998            Century, Women Art Show, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China.

1997            Reunion and Vision, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

1997             Urban Council Fine Arts Award Winners Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

1997            Face, organized by Open Studio, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario, Hong Kong.

1997             Hong Kong Art-1997-collection of the H.K, Museum of Art-Beijing & Guangzhou Exhibition, jointly organized by National Museum of Fine Art, Guangdong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Museum of Art, China.

1996            Contemporary HK Art Biennial 1996, the 16^th Festival of Asian Arts, Special Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

1996            Face, organized by Open Studio, York Quay Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1995            Bunch O Printmakers, O’ Keefe Centre, Main Lobby, Toronto, Canada.

1995            Ho Tam & Ying Chi Tang, presented by Autofocus, Robarts Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

1992            Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

1992            City Vibrant, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

1991            Manulife Young Artists Series 91, curated by Oscar Ho, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

1990              In Search of Art, curated by Oscar Ho, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong.

1989             Graduation Show, Goldsmith’s College, University of London, England.

Art Fair/Auction:

2007             Treasure, Winter Auction, Hong Kong.

2003-2006 Art Fair, White Tube, Hong Kong.

Selected Art –in –Community Work

2005            Mentor Program, organized by MIA, Exhibition in LEAP open studio project in Hong Kong.

1999            The Colour of Poetry, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival.

1998            Creative Challenge, Hong Kong Prevocational School, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

1996-97       Sticky Socks, Milk Tea and Cocktail Bun, Youth Art Project and Exhibition, by Breakthrough and held in Fringe Festival 97, Hong Kong.

1996            My World, Your Space, Artist-in-Community Project & Exhibition, Ngau Tau Kok Branch Program, Hong Kong.

1995            The Harmony Project, Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre & City of York, Canada.

1991             3^rd International Abilympics, Artist co-worker, Hong Kong.

1991            A Letter to Mr. Mirror, HKYWCA, Hong Kong.

1991            Mural Work, Hong Kong YWCA, Hong Kong.

Curatorial Work

2007             Till the End of the World, 1a Space, Hong Kong.

2003             The Re-telling of Drawing –Story of Peach Flower Garden, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

2003             The Re-appearance of Tsang Tsou Choi, The Art school Learning Centre Galleries, presented by The Art School Learning Centre Galleries.

2003                        Inseparable – An Exhibition on Small Works, The Art School Learning Centre Galleries, presented by The Art School Learning Centre Galleries.

2002             Five Individuals, The Art School Learning Centre Galleries’, The Arts School, Hong Kong.

2000                        Hong Kong Artist Series – Inner Dialogue, Work of Ricky Yeung, & Frozen Words, Work of Wai Kit Lam, Art Forest, Canada.

1999             Seen/Unseen, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

1998                        The Retelling of Drawing-Twelve Hong Kong Woman Artists, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

1997                        HK Incarnated, Museum 97: History , Community, Individual, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre. (co-ordination work)

1997            97 Souvenir: A Design Project, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre. (co-ordination work)

Artists Project:

Since 2008          Art Container Project – Beautiful Journey. Beautiful World, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, MIA.

2006 to present     Artiple– An Artist Product Project, First launch at the 2nd Floor, Hong Kong Arts Centre – organized by MIA.

Editorial Work

2007                                   Editor-in-chief, Oasis – Artists’ Studios in Hong Kong, Asia One.

2008                                 Editorial Director of White Text.net.

2005-2007                         Editorial Director of White Text Issue 01-04

Selected Bibliography

Different Strokes, Hark Yeung, Sunday, May 13, 2007, South China Morning Post.

Small Action, Great Impact, by Fei Liu, Wen Wei Po, 24/3/2007.

Resist to Being Weak in Minority Identity, by Wong Ching, Wen Wei Pao, 8/3/2005.

Faceless Women and other Damn Itches, by Helen Wu, South China Morning Post, 27/2/05.

If Hong Kong, A Woman/Schema/A Traveller’s Approach, 1a Space, Exhibition Catalogue, Hong Kong, 2005.

Subject/object-A Draw in Woman vs X, by Jaspar K.W. Lau, 1a Space Newsletter, issue 03, 2005.

Radio Interview of Pamela Kember, transcripts by Jemima Hetherington, 1a Space Newsletter, issue 03, 2005.

The F-Word: Female Art in Ambivalent Times, by Samantha Culp, http://nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3064&Itemid=202 (NY Arts)

Walking through Oasis in Industrial Blocks, AAA Diary, by Phoebe Wong, 2/7/2004.

Industrial Action, Sherry Lee, South China Morning Post, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.

There is Gleam of Light in the Mountain Far Away, text edited by Pauline Mok, Mackie Studies, 2004.

Waving Between Thread and Fabric, by Ada Li, am post – five, 2004.

Response in Art in Social/Political Matters, by Eva Man, The Economic Financial Journal, 06-10-2004, p.27.

Made in Hong Kong, for Hong Kong, Artmart 03, para-site.

Talking about Re-telling of Drawing Exhibition, by Enoch Cheung, Artism, bi-monthly, Oct. 2003..

Hong Kong Artist Images, by Oshima Kaori, Hong Kong Post, Sept. 19, 2003.

Back to Basic, By Lee Wing Sze, South China Morning Post, Young Post, August 21, 2003.

A Writer’s Life, By Lee Wing Sze, South China Morning Post, Young Post, July 17, 2003.

Art-in-Neighbourhood, Ming Pao, 29-8-2002.

Art-in-Neighbourhood, Ming Pao Weekly 1764, 31-8-2002.

Cultural Events – Artists-in-Neighborhood, by Ms. Audrey Yip, Metro Finance, 3-11-2002

Five Individuals, World Vol. 3, June 14, 2002.

About Five Individuals, Sing Pao Daily News, June 11, 2002, feature.

Interview at site on The Invention of Compass, by Hong Kong Radio 4, 2001

The Free Tribe, Ten Woman Artists in Hong Kong, written by Eva Man, 2000.

Whether you’ve seen or not seen?, Ming Pao, 30/4/99, Hong Kong.

Cultural Square, Hong Kong Radio, 98.

Red City, Red News, by Chan Kai yin, Expression, No. 6, Nov. 19, 1988, Hong Kong.

Meet Again – Life, Lo Yat Lun, Economic Journal, 29/10/98, Hong Kong.

The Long Long Road Back Home, Art-in-Asia Pacific 1997, November 15, Oscar Ho.

A Matter of Identity, Canadian Airlines Magazine, April 1997, by Patricia Elliot.

Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial 1996, by Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Art from language orLife?, by Anthony Leung, Economic Journal, 5/3/97, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Artist, Cable TV, interview by Gaby Leung, Hong Kong.

Beauty, Happiness & Intelligence: Plurality of Meaning Understood, Roger Lee, Fringe Cat, Issue 4, 1996, Hong Kong.

In The Name of Power, Ming Pao, Canada, 7/6/94

Ying Chi Tang, Update Vol. Issue 2 Winter/Spring 1994 – Women’s Art Resources Centre, Toronto, Canada.

Memory in Land and Search for Identity, by Ah Lan, Express, 13/1/94, Hong Kong.

Ying Chi Tang- Land, Power and Love, by Au Ka Lai, Crossover, No. 28, 93, Hong Kong.

Ying Chi Tang, by Sidney Pun, Economic Journal, 27/1/93, Hong Kong.

Publication/Writing

Chinglish, Wen Wei Po, 15/4/2007.

Painting – From Western Art Phenomena to Works of Art, White Text, Number 2, 2006.

Kwun Tong Art Studios, Artslink, August 2005.

Apologies for women in veils on ‘In touch with art with visual art’ and Visual Veil, PS autumn 2004, No.24.

On work of Lam Wai Kit, on leaflet of ‘Displacement- work of Lam Wai Kit’, Design First Institute Gallery, 2002.

On work of Lo Yat Lun, on leaflet of ‘Reason’, Lo’s solo exhibition, Design First Institute Gallery, 2001.

Awards/Grants

2008            British Council – People of the Time, 60^th Anniversary of British Council in Hong Kong.

2001                        Asian Art Now Award, Asian Art Now, Asian Cultural Exchange Association

1998, 2000, 2001, 2003    Exhibition Grants, Hong Kong Arts Development Council

1996                        Urban Council Fine Arts Awards, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial, Urban Council of Hong Kong.

1993-2000           Visual Arts Grants, Art-in-Education grants from Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council from Canada

Residency

2005             Re-Wanchai: Hong Kong International Artists’ Workshop 2005, by The AiR Association Limited and Triangle Arts Trust

Collection

Works collected by Museums (Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum), Gallery, library (Central Library of Sydney), public and private organizations, individual in Hong Kong, Australia, China and other places as well.