Ming Wong (b. 1971, Singapore) currently lives and works in Berlin. His interdisciplinary practice incorporating performance, video and installation unravels ideas of ‘authenticity’ and the ‘other’ with reference to the act of human performativity. In recent years, he has had strong theatrical interests in the intersection of sci-fi and traditional Chinese culture, particularly Cantonese opera. Wong uses this speculative association to tackle issues such as Chinese modernity, the role of popular culture in building national identities. His works often assemble languages and personalities to create their own “World Cinema”.
Wong represented Singapore at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009 with the solo presentation Life of Imitation, which was awarded a special mention. His solo exhibitions include Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore (2023), Fake Daughter's Secret Room of Shame, ASAKUSA, Tokyo, Japan (2019), Notes Toward A Chinese Science Fiction Opera, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2016), Next Year / L’Année Prochaine, Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2015), Me in Me, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2013), Ming Wong: Making Chinatown, REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA (2012), Persona Performa, Performa 11 at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York, USA (2011), Life of Imitation, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan/ CAST Gallery, North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia/ Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA (2011)/ Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2010)/ Singapore Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy (2009). Group exhibitions include Signals: How Video Transformed the World, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (2023), Pier Paolo Pasolini: Tutto è santo. The political body, MAXXI, Rome, Italy (2022), Global(e) Resistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2020), Sunshower. Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2019), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2017), Spectrosynthesis. Asian LGBTQ Issues & Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan (2017), Chinese Whispers. Recent Art from the Sigg & M+ Sigg Collections, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2016), and numerous art tri-/bi-ennials in Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, Sydney, Brisbane, Aichi, Taichung, Hawai'i, Lyon, Liverpool, Dakar, Jakarta. His works are also in the collections of Singapore Art Museum; M+, Hong Kong; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin.
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Ming WongNumber 6 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print180 x 130 cmEdition 1 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 10 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print184 x 150 cmEdition 1 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 1 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print100 x 75 cmA.P. (Edition 3 + 1 A.P.)
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Ming WongNumber 10 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print184 x 150 cmEdition 2 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongAscent to Heavenly Palace I, 2015Archival digital print110 x 165 cmEdition 2 of 2 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongAscent to Heavenly Palace IV, 2015Archival digital print165 x 110 cmEdition 2 of 2 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongAstro Girl I, 2015Archival digital print76 x 60 cmEdition 2 of 2 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongAstro Girl III, 2015Archival digital print100 x 80 cmEdition 2 of 2 + 1 A.P.
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West Bund Art & Design 2023
Booth A101 7 Nov 2023Ota Fine Arts will participate in 'West Bund Art & Design', from 9th to 12th November 2023. Ota Fine Arts is located at Booth A101,...Read more -
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Interview video available online, Tokyo Art Beat, Tokyo, Japan 4 Oct 2023A video short interview with Ming Wong recorded at Tokyo Art Beat, Tokyo, is now available online.Read more -
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Debate / Meeting "Remakes et réécritures", Centre Pompidou, Paris 6 Sep 2023Ming Wong participates in a collective discussion between literature and cinema with a poet Sandra Moussempès, and the organisers of 'zigzaguer, poésie & cinéma' conference:...Read more -
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"Next Year / L'Année Prochaine / 明年", Centre Pompidou, Paris 6 Sep 2023Ming Wong is holds his solo presentation 'Next Year / L'Année Prochaine / 明年' at Level-1, Centre Pompidou, Paris from 7 to 17 September 2023,...Read more