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”.
Ming Wong (b. 1971, Singapore) currently lives and works in Berlin. Solo exhibitions include Cosmic Theatre, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan (2023), Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore (2023), Rhapsody in Yellow, Berliner Festspiele (2023); Fake Daughter's Secret Room of Shame, ASAKUSA, Tokyo, Japan (2019); 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); Life of Imitation, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan/ CAST Gallery, 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, United States (2023); Pier Paolo Pasolini: Tutto è santo. The political body, MAXXI, Rome, Italy (2022); Global(e) Resistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2020), Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence, Chengdu, China (2018); Sunshower. Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2019), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2017), 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; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hammer Museum, LA; Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
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Ming WongThe Lady from S, 2022Hand-retouched archival digital print100 x 80 cmVariation of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongThe S Gesture, 2022Hand-retouched archival digital print100 x 80 cmVariation of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 2 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print121 x 125 cmEdition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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Ming WongNumber 4 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print125 x 80 cmEdition of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 6 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print180 x 130 cmEdition of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 10 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print184 x 150 cmEdition 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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Windows On The World (Part 2)
Ming Wong 24 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 7CHOME (Tokyo)From Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September, Ming Wong will be participating in Roppongi Art Night 2024 with Taiwanese artist Yu Cheng-Ta as the artist duo 'Watermelon Sisters'. Roppongi Art...Read more -
Summer Theatre
Ming Wong, Yuan Goang-Ming and Wang Tuo 13 - 31 Aug 2024 TokyoOta Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Summer Theatre', a group exhibition introducing three video artworks by artists Ming Wong, Yuan Goang-Ming and Wang Tuo. Illustrated beautifully through their...Read more -
Cosmic Theatre
Ming Wong 22 Mar - 4 May 2024 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present Cosmic Theatre, a solo exhibition by Singapore-born, Berlin-based artist Ming Wong. This marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Shanghai and his...Read more -
Cosmic Theatre
Ming Wong 2 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 TokyoOta Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Singaporean-born, Berlin-based artist Ming Wong. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition at Ota Fine Arts, following the...Read more -
Ming Wong
Ming Wong 2 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 7CHOME (Tokyo)Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME presents Ming Wong's video work Windows On The World (Part 1), a part of installation with the same title. Windows On The World (Part 1) was...Read more -
Ming Wong: Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship
7 Jan - 4 Mar 2023 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship', the first solo exhibition by Ming Wong in Singapore in over a decade, featuring new photographic collage...Read more
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"In Be-Tween: 5(,)yrs", Comma Space, Singapore 11 Oct 2024Ming Wong participates in 'In Be-Tween: 5(,)yrs' at Comma Space, Singapore, from 12 to 27 October 2024. Title: 'In Be-Tween: 5(,)yrs' Exhibition Period: Sat. 12...Read more -
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Performance and Exhibition "Roppongi Art Night 2024 ", Tokyo, Japan 20 Aug 2024Ming Wong will participate in 'Roppongi Art Night 2024' in Roppongi area, Tokyo as an artist duo 'Watermelon Sisters' with Taiwanese artist, Yu Cheng-Ta. Title:...Read more -
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"Time-lapse: In Conversation with Ming Wong and Sim Chi Yin", Esplanade White Room, Singapore 12 Jun 2024Ming Wong will take part in a talk progamme ' Time-lapse: In Conversation with Ming Wong and Sim Chi Yin' at Esplanade, Singapore on 24...Read more -
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Talk "Conversations | Tokyo and beyond: Cultural translation in artistic practices", Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland 11 Jun 2024Ming Wong participates in a talk programme 'Conversations | Tokyo and beyond: Cultural translation in artistic practices' at Art Basel, Switzerland on 14 June 2024....Read more