MAN MEI TO

(b.1990)
Live in Hong Kong

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Man’s artworks tell stories with materials as the point of departure, and delves into various mediums on a technical level. Through observing the intimacy of the body, she explores urban vistas, life under urbanisation, and transient things. Her works aim to raise awareness of the existence of all kinds of beings as well as the connections between their fragility and silence by objectifying, cloning, reconstructing, or quantifying elements found in everyday life. 

Man Mei To obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) and Hong Kong Arts School in 2017, majoring in painting. Man has held a number of solo exhibitions since 2016, including “Laundry Shop” (A walk with A3, Hong Kong, 2016), “The Distance of Space” (Floating Projects, Hong Kong, 2018), and “Sediment and Undercurrent” (ACO Art Space, Hong Kong, 2019). Man is the selected artist of Tai Kwun Contemporary Artists' Studio Residency 2021. She has also participated in numerous local and international group exhibitions, including “Primitive Sense Art festival” (Omachi City, Nagano, Japan, 2016), “Ensemble” (VT Artsalon, Taipei, 2017), “Zoo as Metaphor (2)”(Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong, 2018), “Big wind blows” (Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, 2020), and “The Spaces Between the Words Are Almost Infinite” (Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, 2020), among others.

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EDUCATIONAL:

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Current                       Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, United Kingdom

2017                            BA, Fine Arts(Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) / The Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

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2019    Sediment and Undercurrent, ACO Art Space, Hong Kong

2018    The Distance of Space, Floating Projects, Hong Kong

2016    Laundry Shop, A walk with A3, Hong Kong

     

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

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2021    Tai Kwun Contemporary’s Residency Programme, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong 

2020    Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong Farmland, Ecological Conservation of Farmland and Education Project, Art Together Limited, Hong Kong
2016    SHINANO Primitive Sense Art Festival 2016, The Land’s telling stories | The storyteller of the Water, Nagano, Japan

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

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2022    Spinning East Asia Series II: A Net (Dis)entangled, CHAT( Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile) by MILL6 Foundation, Hong Kong
2022    Ngan4+, Hong Kong Visual Art Center, Hong Kong

2021    Gathering of Consciousness, Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery, Hong Kong Fringe Club, Hong Kong

2021    The29th Asian International Art Exhibition, Kyushu Geibun-kan,Fukuoka, Japan

2021    ngan4-Sculpture exhibition, Pat Heung Farm, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
2021    Dear Babies, House by Kubrick, Hong Kong
2021    Farmland Eco-art Exhibition, Times Square, 1a space, Hong Kong
2020    XX – An Exhibition Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong Art School, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong
2020    Big wind blows, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong
2020    The Spaces Between the Words Are Almost Infinite, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2019    In Search of Coast Line - Art parade Education Project  2018 - 2019, Art Together, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong

2018    2018 Public art: Ring Ring Belt, C & G Artpartment, Donuimun Open Creative Village, Seoul, Korea

2018    Gwangju International Art Fair 2018｜Art Together Limited, KDJ Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea

2018    Social Transformations, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2018    Zoo as Metaphor (2), orleanlaiproject, New Vision Arts Festival 2018, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong

2017    Deep Silence, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2017    Ensemble, VT Art Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
2016    As the leaves fall, Grey and Green Ping Pong Project, 1a space, Hong Kong
2016    Decongestion of West Kowloonization – Soil. Play, C&G Artpartment, Nullah Road, Sitting-out area, Prince Edward, Hong Kong
2016    SHINANO Primitive Sense Art Festival 2016, The Land’s telling stories | The storyteller of the Water, Nagano, Japan
2016    Book Shop, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong

2015    Fine Art Asia 2015｜Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2015    Fresh Trend 2015 Art Graduates Joint Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, Central, Hong Kong

2015    An Aeroplane community art exhibition on stories of Kowloon City, ‘’Write me a letter when you arrive...’’, Kowloon City Street, Hong Kong

2015    A/AN “ “, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduation Show 2015, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2015    She has a gloomy dream / His silent disorder, Carol Lee Studio, Chai Wai Mei, Hong Kong

2014    “First Smash 2” Art Project Group Show, Art Experience Foundation, Art Experience Gallery, Hong Kong

2013    Island– Story. Life. Landscape. Mixed Media Exhibition, Literature+ Video+ Photography+ Visual Arts, Gallery, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong

2013    BOING! - pop-up art market, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong

2013    The 15543rd same exhibition, Gallery, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong

2008    Before sleep (School photography group exhibition), Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong

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CURATED PROJECT, CO - CURATED PROJECT:

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2021                       Make A Wish Return: Cookery and Art Practice, BLACK MOON, Wan Chai District Council, Wan Chai District Office, Hong Kong

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2021                       Visual Diary Archive - Images Co-create Platform, Arts Go Digital Platform Scheme, 
                                Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
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2019 - 2020           A Page A Wish | XCHANGE: Make Good Make Over, Activity Room 1, Oil Street Art Space
                                 Art Promotion Office, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong

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SELECTED AWARDS:

    
2015    Mr. Jerry Kwan Memorial Scholarship (2014/2015)

2014    Art Experience Foundation Presents: “First Smash 2” Art Project Group Show

2012    Outstanding Performance Scholarship, Self- Financing Post- Secondary Scholarship Scheme, Education Bureau HKSAR

2012    Best Artwork (PAINTING), Hong Kong Art School

2008    Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarship

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COLLECTIONS:

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Private collections in Hong Kong

Private collections in San Francisco

Private collections in Japan

Collections in Soho House

Primitive Sense Art Festival executive committee, Nagano, Japan
 

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OTHER:

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2020-2021       Homeopathic Medicine, Hong Kong Academy of Homeopathy

2021                  Art Specialist Advanced Course ( Sculpture ), Hong Kong Visual Art Centre

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