WONG Chi-yung 王志勇
Based in Hong Kong & Zurich
BIOGRAPHY
Chi-yung Wong is a cross-disciplinary artist-curator whose work covers experiential installation, light installation, creative education, and cultural exchanges between the arts and sciences. Chi-yung’s specialization in light has led him to create and install exhibitions involving interdisciplinary collaborations across the fields of theatre lighting and architectural lighting.
Chi-yung’s interest in cross-cultural partnerships and his desire to expand his leadership skills have led him in pursuit of various goals on his path to become an artist-curator, such as creating and leading projects between Europe and Hong Kong; fostering communication and collaboration between artists and scientists; developing artistic-initiatives for mental health awareness; and helping to implement creative education proposals for underprivileged teenagers. Since 2016, Chi-yung has lived between Hong Kong and Europe in order to create and curate cultural exchange projects with several European art organizations, such as the Theatre of Liege, Belgium, West Kowloon Cultural Authority, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Zurich University of the Arts, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Artists-in-Labs Program (Zurich) and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (majoring in Theatre Lighting Design) and was the first lighting student who graduated with a First Class Honours from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Over the last 10 years, Chi-yung has lived and worked in Paris, Helsinki and Hong Kong. He was the first Asian student to attend The Theatre Academy of Finland, taking part in an exchange program. After his graduation in 2003, he went to Paris to study French Language and Civilization in La Sorbonne Université. He then received the Alexandre Yersin scholarship from the French Consulate in Hong Kong and completed his visual arts degree at the Paris VIII Université, Saint Denis in 2006.
Chi-yung’s specialization in light has led him to produce and create projects involving theatre lighting, architecture lighting, exhibitions, photography and illustration. He was the lighting design director for Hirsch Bender Associates Hong Kong and a lighting consultant for Chanel and Louis Vuitton. He was also the concept lighting designer for the recently opened Sky 100 Observation Desk in the International Commercial Centre in Hong Kong.
In 2005, Chi-yung presented his first exhibition <Storytelling, Une Exposition Invisible> in Paris, and in 2010 he exhibited a series of his collective lighting installations in the Slowear Gallery at the Fringe Club, Hong Kong. In 2011, he was invited to create the scenographic lighting for a paper-art exhibition <Paper Tales> in Artistree, Hong Kong. In early 2012, he was invited by the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Architecture Biennale to present his lighting installation <Fish in a Tree>.
He has recently created the lighting design for the environmental performance <Zheng’s Walls Have Ears> in, the Mandarin’s House in Macau, a World Heritage site. In May 2012, Chi-yung was one of the awardees of the “40 under 40- Design Stars of Tomorrow”, held by Perspective Magazine.
In May 2012 Chi-yung was invited by the French Consulate in Hong Kong to create a lighting art installation for Le French May Arts Festival - a lighting display which ran the entire 800 meters long Central to Midlevel Escalator in Hong Kong.
In June 2012 Chi yung was invited by Agnes B Gallery Hong Kong to present a scenographic lighting installation <LES LUMIÈRES IMAGINAIRES> (The Imaginary Lights).
In Jan 2013, he created the scenography including set and lighting design for the play “Blue Danube” in collaboration with Hong Kong Repertory Theatre.
In March 2013, Chi-yung was appointed as one of the commissioned artists for the Hong Kong Community Arts Biennale 2013 to tell a story and bring an inspiring installation to the local community. In this Biennale, he created a poetry-like lighting installation on a pond in Tuen Mun Park on which he explored the relationship between light and reflections on the water. He also created a weather vane and lighting installation that symbolized the story and the history of in Pokfulam Village, one of Hong Kong’s oldest villages.
In 2014 - 2015, he was commissioned by The Hong Kong Heritage Museum to create a scenographic lighting installation <Half Remembered Dream> He was also commissioned by The Hong Kong Jockey Club to create the installation projects, <Flowing Flowers>, <When the Wind Blows> and <The Flâneur at the Fervent Fire> as well as to hold an educational project <Project Dream School>.
He was invited to be the guest speaker for the Chanel Design Conference, 2013; The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and The International Light Symposium in 2015.
EXPERTISE
> Immersive Installation | Light Installation
> Theatre Lighting Design | Architectural Lighting Design
> Cross-Cultural Collaboration
> Creative Workshop
> Cross-Disciplinary Project Initiative
> Design Strategy | Project Management
EDUCATION
2016 - 2019
Master of Arts in Transdisciplinary Studies in the Arts,
Zurich University of the Arts
2004 – 2005
Bachelors Degree in Visual Arts,
Paris VIII Saint-Denis University
2003 – 2004
French Civilization & Language (Superior Level),
University Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne University
1998 – 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Technical Arts with First Class Honors,
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Art (HKAPA)
2002
Exchange Program to Theatre Academy of Finland
(Pilot Program Initiated by Chi-yung WONG / First Asian Student in History)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OVERVIEW
2007 - Current
Artist-Curator For Cultural, Arts & Educational Projects
2007 - Current
Installation Artist & Creative Workshop Tutor
2000 - Current
Theatre Lighting Design
2010 - 2011
Architectural Lighting Design Director | Hirsch Bedner Associates Hong Kong
2007 - 2008
Lighting Design Consultant | Ferrier Chan & Partners – Consulting Engineers
Exclusive for Chanel & Louis Vuitton Projects
AWARDS • FELLOWSHIP • SCHOLARSHIPS • ARTIST RESIDENCY
2021 Visiting Artist | School of Dance, Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts
2021 Grantee | HK Arts Development Council | Project : Heaven in a Wild Flower
2020 Awardee | Yale Arts Fellowship
2018 Grantee | HK Arts Development Council | Project : To See A World in a Grain of Sand
2018 Selected Lead Artist | IMPACT Festival by Theatre of Liege, Belgium
2017 Selected Artist | artists-in-labs (Artist Residency in Scientific Lab in ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
2017 Grantee | HK Arts Development Council | Project : Participation in artists-in-labs program
2012 Awardee | “40 under 40- Design Stars of Tomorrow”, by Perspective Magazine.
2005 Awardee | Alexandre Yersin Scholarship of excellence from the French Consulate in HK
2002 Awardee | Electrical Theatre Control Company Scholarship
2002 Awardee | Society of HKAPA Scholarship
2001 Awardee | Hong Kong Jockey Club Funding for Culture Exchange to London
2001 Awardee | The HSBC Foundation HK- Mainland Exchange Scholarship
2001 Awardee | The Society of HKAPA Scholarship
2001 Awardee | Bloomberg Scholarship
CONTACT
EXHIBITION
Jun 21 Lead Artist / Programme Curator/ Producer | Exploring Arts and Minds - Feature Articles / VR Project/ Seminars
Jun 21 Lead Artist | To See a World in a Grain of Sand - VR Mobile App Edition
Apr 21 Curator & Producer | Horizon - Joseph Chan Solo Exhibition 2021
Feb 21 Lead Artist / Curator/ Producer | To See a World in a Grain of Sand - Experiential Installation
Nov 18 Lead Artist / Co-Curator/ Co-Producer | IMPACT Festival 2018 (Liege, Belgium), To See a World in a Grain of Sand - Experiential Installation
Oct 16 Commissioned Artist | Lumière Hong Kong Festival 2016. Memories From The Tower Of Light
Feb 17 Commissioned Artist | Harbour Arts Hong Kong 2017, Memories From The Tower Of Light
Jul 15 Commissioned Artist | Hong Kong Community Arts Biennale 2015, The Flâneur and The Fervent Fire - Immersive Light Installation
Jun 15 Commissioned Artist | Hong Hong Heritage Museum. A Half Remembered Dream – Audio-Visual Light Installation
May 15 Commissioned Artist | Hong Kong Community Arts Biennale 2015, The Flâneur and The Fervent Fire - Lighting Sculpture
Mar 13 Commissioned Artist | Hong Kong Community Arts Biennale 2015, Project Dream School – (Educational Creative Workshop/ Exhibition)
Mar 13 Commissioned Artist | Hong Kong Community Arts Biennale 2013, When The Wind Blow – Outdoor Lighting Sculpture
Jun 12 Commissioned Artist | agnès b.’s LIBRAIRIE GALERIE Hong Kong, Les Lumières Imaginaires | A Scenographic Lighting Installation
May 12 Commissioned Artist | Consulate General of France in Hong Kong, The Partitions In-between Blue, White & Red, HK Central to Mid-level Escalator
Feb 12 Commissioned Artist | Hong Kong Architecture Biennale 2012, Fish in a Tree | Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
Dec 11 Lighting Designer | Paper Tale | Island East, Swire Island East
May 11 Commissioned Artist / Instructor | Hong Kong Jockey Club, A Light Break (Educational Creative Workshop/ Exhibition) Ferry Pier 8, Star Ferry HK
Apr 11 Curator/ Instructor | Project Dream School (Educational Creative Workshop/ Exhibition) | KSY Secondary School, Hong Kong
Aug 10 Lead Artist (Solo) | A View of Light, Slowear Gallery, Fringe Club Hong Kong
Jun 06 Lighting Design Consultant | Ultra Peau : Voyage Sensoriel, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Jun 05 Curator, Exhibition Scenographer | Storytelling : an invisible exhibition, Gallery Saint Denis, Paris VIII University, Paris
Feb 01 Lighting Designer/ Co-Curator | Yunnan (Chinese) Minority Arts Exhibition, Painter’s Corner, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Feb 00 Exhibition Designer | A Maze of Image (Hong Kong Arts Festival Photo Exhibition), Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
DANCE
Mar 17 Lighting Designer | 70 Trillion A Lecture Dance Performance By Lou Strum, Brühe A, Gessnerallee, Zurich University of the Arts
Nov 13 Lighting Designer| Dance One (1 Ballet & 3 Contemporary), Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Dec 11 Lighting Designer | B.O.B, Studio Theatre, Culture Center, Hong Kong
Sept 11 Lighting Designer | Dan’s Exhibitionist 2011, Drama Theatre, HKAPA, Hong Kong
Dec 10 Lighting Designer| Macao Tale: The Living Room, Small Auditorium, Macao Culture Center
May 03 Lighting Designer | Partition in Black, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
April 01 Lighting Designer | Partition in Black, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Aug 00 Co-Lighting Designer | Japan World Dance Festival 2000 Tokyo, Theatre Tram, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
CONCERT / MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
Sept 13 Lighting Designer | Sing Sang Sung (Acapella Performance), City Hall Theatre, Hong Kong
May 12 Lighting Designer | Zheng’s Walls have Ears, Mandarin House, Macau
Feb 12 Lighting Designer | Digital Hug - A New Media Music Experiment, Small Auditorium, Macao Culture Center
Feb 12 Lighting Designer | La Valse Remembered - Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Concert Hall, City Hall, Hong Kong
Jun 11 Lighting Designer | Chon Ho Fung - East Wing West Wing Concert, Y Theatre, Y Square Hong Kong
Mar 11 Lighting Designer | Flow - Audiovisual Performance, Multi-Media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, HK
May 11 Lighting Designer | Digital Hug - a new media music experiment, Multi-Media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, HK
Jul 06 Lighting Designer | Yvon Chateigner Concert, Café de la Dance Paris
Jul 02 Lighting Designer | Zuni Multimedia Experimental Arts Youth Festival 2002, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong
Jul 01 Lighting Designer| Zuni Multimedia Experimental Arts Youth Festival 2001, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong
DRAMA
Jan 13 Lighting Designer/ Scenographer | Blue Danube, Black Box Theatre, HK Repertory Theatre Hong Kong
Aug 10 Lighting Designer | Dr. Tim Ding’s Factory, Black Box Theatre, HK Repertory Theatre Hong Kong
Dec 09 Lighting Designer | Fox Egg (Puppet Theatre), Cultural Activities Hall, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong
Dec 09 Lighting Designer | Hell Walker, Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong
Sept 09 Lighting Designer | Tears of Barren Hill, BankArt NYK Studio, Yokohama, Japan
Apr 09 Lighting Designer | Brer Rabbit in the Land of the Monkey King, (Puppet Theatre) | Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong
Aug 02 Lighting Designer | Cantonese Opera, Drama Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
May 02 Assistant Lighting Designer for Mr. John A. Williams, Henry VI (Part I and Part II) – Shakespeare Festival 02, Stratford, Canada, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Canada
Dec 01 Lighting Designer | Macbeth, Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING
Dec 11 Lighting Designer | Façade Lighting Design for Le French May 2012, Opening Ceremony in French Consulate Residence, Hong Kong
10 – 11 Lighting Design Director | HBA Design Consultant, Hong Kong
09 Concept Lighting Designer | Sky 100 Observation Desk, International Commercial Centre, Hong Kong.
07-08 Lighting Design Consultant | Ferrier Chan and Partners – Consulting Engineers
Dec 07 Assistant Lighting Designer | Atelier Jean Nouvel (Paris)
05 Assistant Lighting Designer (Apr-Jun) | Matteo Messervy (Artist, Paris)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR CREATIVE WORKSHOP
Jan 21 Visiting Artist | Concept on the Move - Workshop for Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts - Dance School
Jan 20 Visiting Artist | Exploring Our Own Artistic Practices - Workshop for Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts - Technical & Entertainment Arts
Oct 15 Guest Tutor | History of Theatre Lighting & The Role of Theatre Lighting Designer, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Oct 14 - Feb 15 Workshop Tutor | My Ideal School – A Creative Workshop for Teenagers, Hong Kong Community Art Biennale 2015 by HK Jockey Club
Oct 14 - Feb 15 Workshop Tutor | My Project Dream School – A Creative Workshop, Performing Art Marathon by HK Academy for Performing Arts & Bloomberg
Oct 14 Guest Tutor | Introduction on Architectural Lighting Design, Insight School of Interior Design Hong Kong
Sept - Oct 13 Guest Tutor | Introduction of Theatre Lighting Practice and Process, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Feb 11 Workshop Tutor | My Project Dream School – A Creative Workshop for Teenagers, Kowloon Sam Yuk Secondary School Hong Kong
Mar - Apr 12 Workshop Tutor | Fundamental of Light Art and Creative Process, Point to Point Community Art Program 2012 by Hong Kong Jockey Club
Sept - Oct 09 Guest Tutor | Introduction of Theatre Lighting Practice and Process, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Sept- Oct 08 Guest Tutor | Fundamental of Theatre Lighting, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jun 20 Exploring Arts & Brain | Webinar - Exploring Arts and Minds Programme
Jun 20 Exploring Arts & Mindfulness | Webinar - Exploring Arts and Minds Programme
Nov 20 Exploring Experiential Installation & Mindfulness | Museum Of Human E-Motions (Mohe) 2020 - West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Aug 20 Exploring & Curating Arts-Sciences Collaboration | The Cultural Leadership Summit 2020, Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association
Jun 20 Exploring The Arts-Sciences Collaboration | Yale Arts Fellowship Program & International Festival Of Arts & Ideas 2020, New Haven, USA
Jun 20 Exploring The Arts-Sciences Collaboration - Experiential Installation & Mindfulness | Yale Arts Fellowship Program - Yale University, USA.
Nov 18 Experiential Installation & Its Artistic Research | Hong Kong Meets Impact, Theatre of Liege, Belgium
Oct 17 Exploring Artistic Research with Neuroscientists | Zurich Meets Hong Kong 2017, Artists-in-labs: Exploring the Unknown - The Making of Art-Science Collaborations, HKU SPACE – Admiralty Learning Centre, Hong Kong
Nov 17 Transformation and Transgression: Transcoding and Transdisciplinary Practices, deTour Creative Festival, Hong Kong | PMQ Hong Kong
Feb 17 Works of Chi-yung Wong | Light Campus 2017, HAWK, School of Applied Science and Art, Hildesheim, Germany
Oct 15 Light Art Installation | International Lighting Symposium 2015, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Jun 13 Architectural Lighting & Lighting Arts | Chanel Internal Design Conference 2013, Shangri-La Hotel Hong Kong
*A full list of works can be supplied upon request