Hung Keung

born 1970 Kunming Yunnan China
lives in Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based Hung Keung is known for his interactive installations that integrate film, video and digital new media with classical Chinese themes of philosophy, art and literature. Through his innovative and completely original interactive strategies, including imagery of Chinese characters, ink, rice paper, and flowers, the artist creates novel ways for audiences to experience and engage with traditional themes and concepts. Hung Keung received Diploma (Design) from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, his BA from the Fine Arts Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MA in film and video from Central Saint Martins, London, and a PhD from Zurich University of the Arts and University of Plymouth, UK, in digital media and Chinese philosophy. He was a visiting scholar, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany in 2001-02, and the grantee of Asian Cultural Council Award in 2005. Currently a Professor and MA (VAECP) Programme Leader in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, Education University of Hong Kong.


During the last three decades, Hung has gained over 40 awards worldwide. In particular Artist of the Year (Media Arts), 15th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, 2021; Best Experimental, Los Angeles Film & Script Festival Award, USA, 2020; Finalists, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong, 2018.

Even more excitingly, his video installations has been on view at inaugural exhibitions of three major museums in Greater Bay Area, including Hong Kong Palace Museum's inaugural exhibition No Boundaries: Reinterpreting Palace Museum Culture, 2022-2023; Shenzhen Art Museum's inaugural project The Glory of Ink Painting: From Lingnan School of Painting to Greater Bay Area Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition, 2024; inaugural exhibition of Lo Kwee Seong Pavilion at Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2025, which titled A Ballad of Martial Arts was also played at Hong Kong International Airport in the same year.

In recent years, Hung Keung’s works have  been featured in several major exhibitions around the world, including Future Poetics: Digital Traces and Intended Blank, National China Museum of Art, Beijing, China, 2026; Inner Glow, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, 2024-2025; Nuit Blanche, Love Park, Toronto, Canada; The Essence: Art+Tech Festival, Milan, Italy, both 2024; The Art of Creative Research, Art Gallery of National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2023.


Alisan Fine Arts has included his works in one of the gallery's landmark exhibitions A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-Kwan 40 Years On at Hong Kong Arts Centre in 2015; POP ROCK in 2021; and held his solo exhibition in Alisan Aberdeen from 2023-2024. Alisan Fine Arts New York Gallery exhibited his works in two group exhibitions in 2024 as well.

His works are in the collections of different museums in Hong Kong, including Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Palace Museum, Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Asia Society Hong Kong, as well as hotels Peninsula Beijing, Regent Hotel, Hotel Icon, and Sino Group, Hong Kong; Chanel, France & Hong Kong.

 


BIOGRAPHY

1970  Born in Yunnan, China

1992  Diploma (Design), Swire School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

1995  Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Involved in the creation and research of film, video and new media art internationally

1997  Master of Arts (Film & Video), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK

1997-1998  TV producer (On-Air Promotion) TVBS, London, UK

1998-2005  Lecturer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design, Hong Kong 

2001  Guest Lecturer, The Department of Interactive Media in Designskolen, Kolding School of Design (DSKD), Kolding, Denmark

2001-2002  Visiting scholar, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany

2005  Grantee of Asian Cultural Council Award, Hong Kong

Established “innov + media lab” (imhk lab) which focuses on new media art and design research in relation to Chinese philosophy and interaction, Hong Kong

2005-2017  Assistant Professor ([BA] Communication Design), Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design, Hong Kong 

2006  Visiting artist, University of California Berkeley, USA

2010  Guest Lecturer ([MFA] Critique of Contemporary Arts), Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2014  PhD, Zurich University of Arts, Switzerland

PhD, Plymouth University, UK

2015  Visiting Artist & Scholar, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

2017-2024  Associate Professor and MA (VAECP) Programme Leader, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2019  Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Education, Western University, Canada

2022  Visiting Artist & Scholar, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii, USA

2023  Collaborative project with Joseph Chan, Airside, Hong Kong

2024  Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hands on Animation screening programme, Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival, M+, Hong Kong

2025  Commissioned by Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong to create a cinematic animation A Ballad 0f Martial Arts for the opening of Lo Kwee Seong Pavilion
Playing of A Ballad 0f Martial Arts, Hong Kong International Airport Terminal Hall, Hong Kong
 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023-2024

    2019

    • Magic Behind the Moon: Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnivals-Interactive Lighting Installation, Hong Kong Cultural Center Piazza, Hong Kong
    • The MOMENT: Outdoor Interactive Guard Booth & Digital G-Glass & LED TV Installation Art, Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower, Hong Kong

      2015

      • Catharsis: Real But Not True, AM Space, Hong Kong
      • BCSL Project by Hung Keung, ANU School of Art Main Gallery, Canberra, Australia

      2014

      • Lui Shou Kwan & HUNG Keung, D3E Art Limited, Hong Kong

      2013

      • Hong Kong in Visible, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
      • Dao x Microcosmic Play and Appreciation, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, Hong Kong

      2012

      • Hung Keung: Dao Gives Birth to One, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK

      2011

      • BCSL Works by HUNG Keung, White Box, University of Oregon, Eugen, Oregon, US
      • Where to Come From? Where to Go? Video Works by Hung Keung (Retrospective), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Cinema Pacific and JSMA, Eugene, US

      2005

      • Interactive Works by Hung Keung, Goethe-Institut, Hong Kong


      SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

      2026
      • Future Poetics: Digital Traces and Intended Blank, National China Museum of Art, Beijing, China (13-30 Jan)
      2025
      • An Era of Change: Two Dimensional Ink Art, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
      • Contemporary Art Exhibition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangdong Museum of Art (Baietan), Guangzhou, China
      2024-2025
        • Inner Glow, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
        2024

        2023

        • Digital Art Exhibition, Digital Matter, Lingnan University Arts Festival, M+ Tower, Hong Kong
        • PMQ deTour Design Festival, PMQ, Hong Kong
        • Digital Dialogues: Exploring the Digital Intersection of Art, Culture, and Nature Hung Keung & Colin H Ives He- Education University of Hong Kong x University of Oregon International Collaborative Exhibition, Cultural and Creative Arts Gallery, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Art Basel Hong Kong, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
        • By the People: Creative Chinese Characters, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
        • The Art of Creative Research, Exhibition and Seminar, Art Gallery of National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

        2022-2023

        • Inaugural Exhibition: No Boundaries: Reinterpreting Palace Museum Culture, Hong Kong Palace Museum, Hong Kong

        2022

        • Digital Art Fair, Asia Standard Tower, Hong Kong
        • Fringe Club 40 Years Exhibition – Calling for Memories & Artworks, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
        • Macau Experimental Video Festival (EXiM), Former Municipal Cattle Stable, Macau
        • New Rhythm of Line: Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Art, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong 
        • 2022 Asia Art Dialogue – China and South Korea Establish Diplomatic Relations 30th Anniversary Special Projects: China15+Korea15: Nature and the Human, Busan, South Korea; Xiamen, China
        • ARTique @Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Hall 1, Hong Kong
        • Remaking History | ACC@Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Hall 1, Hong Kong
        • 32nd Macau Arts Festival: Wild Imagination: Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau from 2000 to 2022, Macau Museum of Art, Macau
        • See Words, _________, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong

        2021

        • Connecting the Dots, Online Exhibition
        • New Vision Arts Festival 2021, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
        • InnoCarnival 2021, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong
        • SPARK 2021, British Council, UK & HK: Online Exhibition
        • POP ROCK An Exhibition About Rocks, Alisan Fine Arts-Central Gallery, Hong Kong
        • Nature Therapy, Wan Chai Pierside HarbourChill, Hong Kong
        • Video Ensemble [2]021: A Room with A View from Isolation, Online; PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus, Hong Kong
        • Hkstp Experience Centre Art Tech Project Debut Man-Made: The Convergence of Chinese Culture And Modern Technology, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong
        • 7th edition of the Short Movie Club Film Festival “NEFILTRAVANAE KINO”, Cultural Centre Lo-Fi, Minsk, Belarus

        2020-2021

        • Wild Imagination - Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau from 2000 to 2020, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

        2020

        • 5th Tengyun Summit 2020 – Fluid Boundaries, Tencent Beijing headquarter, Beijing, China
        • 2nd Hong Kong Library Festival (LibFest), Online; Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
        • ReNew Vision, Online; Hong Kong
        • Crossing Border Border Crossing, The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
        • Drawing as the Core, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist  University, Hong Kong
        • Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Digital Creative Design Exhibition, Online Exhibition
        • disCONNECT wall of fame, London and Hong Kong, London, UK
        • another day, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong
        • 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland

        2019

        • Alumni Art Exhibition of Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2019, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong
        • Hong Kong Experience • Hong Kong Experiment, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
        • 2019 China International Digital Art Exhibition: China Digital Art “Belt and Road” Tour Exhibition, China; Italy; Kyrgyzstan
        • Satellite Screen Silent Animation Loops, Denver, US
        • Art West Lake: The 2nd International Ink and Wash Fair – INK RESTART, Hangzhou Peace International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hangzhou, China
        • Art Basel 2019: Videotage Media Art Collection — Centripetal, Art Basel Hong Kong 2019, Hong Kong

        2018

        • InnoCarnival 2018, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong
        • ink+ a thought, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
        • Alumni Art Exhibition of Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2018, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Imaginary Difference: Beijing; Hong Kong; Macau: Ink & New Media@2018, Huang Art Museum Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
        • Love Long: Robert Indiana and Asia, Asia Society Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Hanzi Exhibition, PMQ, Hong Kong
        • Screaming Books, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong
        • Art West Lake 2nd Ink International Art Fair, Hangzhou, China
        • Hong Kong Fine Print, HART Hall at H Queen’s, Hong Kong

        2017

        • Art as Cultural Observatory”, Feature Exhibition Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Larger Outdoor Immersive & multi-media Interactive Installation & Performance, TST Harbour, Hong Kong
        • Luminous Shadows, Ink Studio, Beijing, China
        • Lumieres Hong Kong 2017, Man Mo Temple, Hong Kong
        • Becoming, No. 8 No. N2 Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
        • Crossing Border ︳Border Crossing, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
        • Experimental & Immersive Digital Animation Art Creation, Ko Shan Theatre, Hong Kong
        • Igniting Art, Fuelling Creativity Project: Sparkle! Temperature of Communication, Oi!, Hong Kong
        • Alumni Art Exhibition 2017 celebrating – The 60th Anniversary of the Fine Arts Department & The 35th Anniversary of the Alumni Association of Fine Arts Department, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong

        2016

        • Futuristic Ink, Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong
        • ITÄ-AASIAN VIDEOIKKUNA / East Asian Video Frames – Shades of Urbanization, Pori Art Museum, Finland
        • INK REMIX: Contemporary art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong exhibition, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Australia

        2015

        • “Ink + 3D & New Media” Ink Asia 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
        • National Arts Education Programme – Arts and Design Series 2015: Poster Exhibition on The Book of Changes: Qian, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
        • Generate! 2015, Tübingen, Germany
        • A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-kwan 40 Years On, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
        • INK REMIX: Contemporary art from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong Exhibition, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia
        • China 8, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, Germany
        • Ink As a Contemporary Art Practice, Formosa Art Show 2015, Taiwan

        2014

        • Conforming to Vicinity – A Cross-Strait Four-Region Artistic Exchange Project, Macau Museum of Art, Macau; Pingtung Art Museum, Taiwan; He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • Our World: Now and Then, Gruenwald Press, Hong Kong
        • Remaster vs Appropriating the Classics: VT Artsalon & am space Exchange Exhibition, am space, Hong Kong
        • Interactive Jam with “Interactive Animation Exhibition of Creative Chinese Writing Exhibition”, 10 Day Fest, Jockey Club Social Innovation Series, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

        2013

        • Hermit’s Springs: Calligraphy, Landscape Painting and Garden-making, West Lake Expo Museum, Hangzhou, China
        • Young Artist Project: Video Festival Loop, Seoul, South Korea
        • “Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards” exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
        • Collaborative Printmaking, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
        • Now and Then: Contemporary Ink vs Antiquities, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
        • Subjective Objects, HAJI Gallery, Hong Kong
        • Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue” Exhibition Series V: The Origin of Dao: New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
        • Move on Asia – Video Art in Asia 2002 to 2012, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
        • Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

        2012

        • Ancient Contemporary Installation Project, Fine Art Asia 2012, Hong Kong
        • Four Symbols · Eight Faces, iPRECIATION Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        • HONG KONG invisible, Schoeni Main Art Gallery, Hong Kong
        • Intersections – Selected Asian Cultural Council Fellows, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

        2011

        • Jakarta Biennale, MAXIMUM CITY, Indonesia
        • Legacy and Creations – Art vs Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

        2010

        • Time Unfrozen – From Liu Kuo-Sung to New Media Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
        • Legacy and Creations – Art vs Art, Shanghai World Expo 2010, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (SH MoCA), Shanghai, China
        • Ursula Bickle Videolounge, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
        • Hong Kong International Art Fair 2010 (ARTHK 10), Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
        • ‘This is Hong Kong’, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts / 102 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
        • Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
        • The 3rd Small Island Arts District Art Festival, Guangzhou, China
        • The 7th International Ink Art Biennale of Shenzhen: Com(ic)media on Line, Hua Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
        • Lui Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I Am Not. From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei Osage, Hong Kong
        • <64 Incidents>, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong

        SELECTED AWARDS

        2022  Gold Medal, The 13th International Innovation and Invention Competition, Taiwan

        Silver Award; Hong Kong Best Award; Judges Choice (Oscar de la Hera Gomez) Award, Global Design Awards, Hong Kong Designers Association, Hong Kong

        2021  Gold Medal; Best 10 Invention Designs Award, International Invention Innovation Competition, Canada

        Artist of the Year (Media Arts), 15th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
        Gold Medal, Invention Geneva Evaluation Days Special Edition, Switzerland

        2020  Gold Medal, International Innovation and Invention Competition, Taiwan

        Merit Award, DFA Design for Asia Awards, Hong Kong
        Best Experimental, Los Angeles Film & Script Festival Award, Los Angeles, USA

        2019-2020  Specific Student Empowerment Work Scheme, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

        Globalink Research Award Abroad, Canada

        2019  Honorable Mentions, Canada Shorts: Canadian and International Short Film Festival, Canada

        Official Selection, Supernova.video Festival, Belgium
        Award Winner, Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela
        Official Selection, Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Jose, USA
        Bronze Award; Best Experimental Film, International Independent Film, Los Angeles, USA
        Best Experimental Film; Best Silent Film, Mahul Woods International Film Festival, India
        Experimental Film (Outstanding Achievement Award), L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival, India
        Winner of Best Asian Short Film, Asian Cinematography Awards, Manila, Philippines
        Certificate of Excellent (Official Selection) Short Film, 7th Indian Cine Film Festival, India

        2018  Excellence Award (Digital Media), HKDA Global Design Awards, Hong Kong

        Silver Award, International Trade Fair Ideas-Innovations-New Product, Nuremberg, Germany
        Finalists, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong

        2013  Selected Work, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

        2011  Secretary for Home Affairs Commendation Scheme Award (Person with Outstanding 

        Contributions to the Development of Arts and Culture), Secretary for Home Affairs, Hong Kong
        Award for Best Artist (Media Arts), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, Hong Kong 
        Arts Development Council, Hong Kong

        2010  Achievement Award, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

        2008  Merit Recognition, Design for Asia Award, Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong

        2007  Award for Outstanding Young Artist (Film and Media Arts), Hong Kong Arts

        Development Awards, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong

        2006  Best of Code Award; Special Mention, Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong

        Special Mention, Single-Screen-Based Interactive Media Category, Hong Kong
        Independent Short Film and Video Awards, Hong Kong

        2005  Desiree and Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, USA & Hong Kong

        2002  President’s Award (Outstanding Performance & Achievements in Research and Scholarly Activities), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

        Special Award for New Media, International Festival of New Film & Video, Split, Croatia

        2001  Prize of Excellent, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

        Second Prize, Computer Graphics International–Digital Media Art Track, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong
        Special Mention Interactive CDROM Award, E-PHOS 3rd International of Film & New Media on Art, Athens, Greece
        DAAD Scholarship, Institute for Visual Media Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

        1998  Gold Award, Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards, Hong Kong

        Best Short Ambient Video Award, BBC British Film Festival, UK
        Best of EMAF, European Media Art Festival, Germany

        1997  Special Award (Video); Distinguished Award; Best Selected Works, Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards, Hong Kong

        1995  Alfred SU HO Memorial Prize, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

        1994  Mr. YS Hui Arts Collection Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

        1993  Most Promising Artist Award, Philippe Charriol Foundation Modern Arts Competition, Hong Kong

        SELECTED COLLECTIONS

        Peninsula Beijing, Beijing, China
        Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre, Nanjing, China
        Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
        Hong Kong Palace Museum, Hong Kong
        Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
        Asia Society Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        Regent Hotel, Hong Kong
        Hotel Icon, Hong Kong
        Sino Group, Hong Kong
        Best Galaxy Limited, Hong Kong 
        Chanel, France & Hong Kong
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