ARTISTS / Kitty Kong
Kong Chun Nga (Kitty) is based in Hong Kong. She graduated with a BAFA from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (co-presented with Hong Kong Art School) in 2017 and with an MA in English (Literary Studies) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020. She paints as she slides through fragmented everyday life; her writing commemorates, although some regard it as general fiction.
Her works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Spain, and Japan. In the past, she has participated in workshops and residency programs in Italy, Spain and Finland. She is the recipient of the MA in ELS Academic Excellence Award (2020) and Reaching Out Award (2017), while her work is collected by Bleak House Books and private collectors.
With a passion for literature and films, she has created artworks for book covers, movies, and poems for Bleak House Books, HK Film Critics Society, and CUHK Press.
Education
2020 MA in English (Literary Studies), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017 BAFA, co-presented by RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Parallel Space, collaborative project "The Art Journey" by HKAS and Youth Square, 6/F, Youth Square,Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Group Exhibition
2022
Carnival of Animals - Xi Xi's Animal Poems, Yrellag Gallery, Hong Kong
A Collection in Two Acts, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong
2021
+1 - HKAS Alumni Network Exhibition 2021, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
So I say, “It’s a landscape painting.”, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (Curated by Kong Chun Nga, Kitty)
2020
Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
A Place in Time, Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2019
Book Arts of Kyoto 2019, Artbooks Yamazaki, Kyoto
By the Window, 1a space, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong
Tribute to Hong Kong Writers - An Exhibition of Photography, Ground Floor Gallery, G/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018
PROCESSING: on reading art, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
A Tribute to Yasi: Poetic Journeys in Foreign Lands, Ground Floor Gallery, G/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2017
Collective exhibition, Espai B Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Reverie, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduation Exhibition 2017 co-presented by RMIT University and HKAS, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2016
The No-body Discourse, Nagist Group, Art Experience Gallery, Hong Kong
《虛無》, HKCAA 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, JCCAC L1 Gallery, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show (Spring Edition), Hong Kong
Awards
2020 MA in ELS Academic Excellence Award 2019 - 20, CUHK
2018 First Prize, Peanuts Cover Art contest, Bleak House Books, Hong Kong
2017
Scholarship, Reaching Out Award, Education Bureau, HKSAR
2015
Scholarship, Rome Art Program
Championship (alumni group), Maryknoll Convent School 90th Anniversary Photo Competition
Collaboration
2022
"Like a Dream" by Clara Law, Hong Kong Film Critics Society
"Animal Carnival", Xi Xi
2018
Cover Art Project for Hong Kong Noir, Bleak House Books
Zine Publication
2017
The Continuous Present: works from 2016-2017, 100pp
2016
Observer as the Observed, 68pp
Artist in Residence
2017
Hannacc, Barcelona
Vanha Paukku Artist Residency, Lapua, Finland
Collection
Bleak House Books
Private collection