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Biography
Kingsley Ng has an interest in participatory and site-specific artistic practices, and often exploring the immaterial and ephemeral such as light, sound and space. Past projects include Twenty-Five Minutes Older, a commission by Art Basel Hong Kong which transformed the tram into a moving camera obscura cinema, and After the Deluge, in an underground storm-water tank the size of 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
His works have been featured in notable exhibitions and international venues. Examples include the Centre Pompidou in France, Museum of Contemporary Arts in Rome Italy, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Guangzhou Triennial in China, Land Art Biennial in Mongolia, Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial in Japan, Lille Europe Pavilion in Shanghai Expo, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Canada, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and Art Basel Hong Kong.
Kingsley has received postgraduate training at Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France under the tutelage of renowned artists including Alain Fleischer, Andrea Cera, Atau Tanaka and Gary Hill, graduated with the highest honours (Les felicitation du jury à l'unanimité). He continued his studies with an MSc Sustainable Design degree from the University of Edinburgh in the UK and a BFA New Media Art degree from the Ryerson University in Canada. He is currently Associate Professor of the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts.
Research Interests
Site-Specific Art, Light Art, Urban Media Art, Art and Experience, Participatory Art
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
- Contemporary Art
- Urban Media Art
- Site-Specific Art
- Media Art
- Experience
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exploring the role of big data analytics in promoting smart low-carbon cities: A human-centered, community-based, and deep engagement approach in Hong Kong
MAH, D.N.-Y. (PI), CHAN, M. H. (CoPI), CHEUNG, D.M.-W. (CoPI), CHOI, B. (CoPI), CHUN, K. P. (CoPI), GUO, Y.-K. (CoPI), LO, T. S. K. (CoPI), NG, K. S. K. (CoPI), ZHOU, Q. (CoPI), Deng, L. (Collaborator), Huang, L. (Collaborator), HUI, D. P. K. (Collaborator), Lam, K. H. (Collaborator), Lee, T. (Collaborator), Leung, K. H. M. (Collaborator), McLellan, B. (Collaborator), Siu, A. (Collaborator) & Yun, S.-J. (Collaborator)
30/06/21 → 29/03/25
Project: Research project
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Hacking Capitalism – Expanding Socially Engaged Art Through Alternative Art Economies and Entrepreneurship
NG, K. S. K. (PI)
Project: Research project
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Hacking Capitalism-Expanding Socially Engaged Art Through Alternative Art Economies and Entrepreneurship
NG, K. S. K. (PI)
1/01/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research project
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Small Small World Panorama
CHEUNG, W. T. S. (Art Historian) & NG, K. S. K. (Artist), 2 Feb 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Micromegas at Cinema Du Reel: Passage
NG, K. S. K. (Other), 24 Mar 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital, visual or audio products
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Small Small World Carnival
NG, K. S. K. (Other), 17 Feb 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital, visual or audio products
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A Date with Dogs
NG, K. S. K. (Other), 28 Oct 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Digital, visual or audio products
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未来数字设计趋势发展论坛, Future of digital design development forum
NG, K. S. K. (Plenary/keynote speaker)
6 May 2023Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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First CITYA - Curating large-scale exhibition
FONG, J. M. Y. (Participant), LEE, W. K. (Participant), WHITTLE, M. (Participant), NIXON, L. (Participant), O'DEA, T. (Participant), ABBAS, N. D. (Participant), SHANKEN, D. (Participant), NELSON, P. (Participant), WAN, A. L. K. (Participant), ALTENBURGER, E. (Participant), LEUNG, M. P. (Participant), NG, K. S. K. (Participant), MAK, H. S. A. (Participant) & MARIDET, C. (Participant)
17 Sept 2021 → 16 Nov 2021Activity: Other activity › Exhibition of creative works (not for CDCF T61)
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The art of engineering: how Kingsley Ng’s complex new floating work was installed at a Hong Kong hotel
3/04/24
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Kingsley Ng: ‘My role is to identify existing energies and activate them’
27/03/24
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