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 WongThe Lady from S, 2022Hand-retouched archival digital print100 x 80 cmVariation 1 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongThe S Gesture, 2022Hand-retouched archival digital print100 x 80 cmVariation 1 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 2 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print121 x 125 cmEdition 1 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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Ming WongNumber 4 from Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship, 2022Archival digital print125 x 80 cmEdition 1 of 3 + 1 A.P.
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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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太空大戏台
黄汉明 2024年3月22日 - 5月4日 Shanghai上海大田秀则画廊荣幸地呈现出生于新加坡、现居柏林的艺术家黄汉明的个展“太空大戏台”。这是他在上海的首次个展,也是其继新加坡和东京个展后,第三次在大田秀则画廊的亮相。黄汉明以...阅读更多 -
Cosmic Theatre
Ming Wong 2023年9月2日 - 10月21日 TokyoOta Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Singaporean-born, Berlin-based artist Ming Wong. This is ...阅读更多 -
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Ming Wong 2023年9月2日 - 10月21日 7CHOME (Tokyo)Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME presents Ming Wong's video work Windows On The World (Part 1), a part of installation ...阅读更多 -
Ming Wong: Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship
2023年1月7日 - 3月4日 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship', the first solo exhibition by Ming ...阅读更多
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Ming Wong
"Rhapsody in Yellow – A Lecture Performance with Two Pianos", Singtel Waterfront Theatre, Esplanade, Singapore 2024年5月3日Jointly presented by Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay and Singapore Art Museum, Ming Wong will hold a...阅读更多 -
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"The 24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns", White Bay Power Station, Sydney, Austraria 2024年3月9日Ming Wong participates in 'The 24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns' held at White Bay Power S...阅读更多 -
黄汉明
放映「Next Year | L'Année Prochaine | 明年」洛克•外滩源,上海 2024年3月9日2024年3月22日 - 4月17日 上海市虎丘路78号二楼,洛克•外滩源 《Next Year | L'Anné...阅读更多 -
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"Transmission from the Wayang Spaceship: A Light to Night Special", Empress Lawn, Singapore 2023年12月29日Ming Wong participates in 'Transmissions from the Wayang Spaceship: A Light to Night Special' at Emp...阅读更多