Kacey Wong
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Kacey Wong drawing blind
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| Born | 1970 Hong Kong |
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| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese | ||||||||||
| Education | Cornell University (architecture); Chelsea College of Arts (sculpture); Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (fine arts) | ||||||||||
| Known for | Visual arts, architecture, sculpture | ||||||||||
| Notable work | Drift City (2000), Wandering Home, (2008), Paddling Home (2009) | ||||||||||
| Website | kaceywong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃國才 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黃国才 | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Guócái |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Gwok3 Choi4 |
Dr. Kacey Wong (born 1970) is a Hong Kong visual artist and educator – formerly Assistant Professor at the School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wong has received the Hong Kong Contemporary Arts Award by the Hong Kong Art Museum (2012), Best Artist Award (2010); and Rising Artist Award and Outstanding Arts Education Award (2003).
Wong Kwok-choi was born in 1970 in Hong Kong. Due to concerns about the future of Hong Kong at the time, Wong was sent away at the age of 14 to Long Island in the United States as a secondary school pupil. His chosen name "Kacey" is derived from the initials of his Chinese name. Wong was admitted to Cornell University, from where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Architecture. He has practiced internationally as an architect and artist. His sculptures explore philosophical ideas that engage the body of the viewer. He holds a master's degree in Sculpture at Chelsea College of Arts. Wong also obtained his Doctorate in Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2003.
Upon graduation from university, Wong worked as an architect for nearly six years in New York, Japan, and Hong Kong, in the fields of graphic, interior and architectural design. He set up in independent practice. Finding that the professional world as an architect did not allow for the degree of freedom he desired, he gave up a well-paid professional career and left for further studies in England. After finishing the masters programme in London in 1998, Wong returned to Hong Kong and taught sculpture and art appreciation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for two years. Wong later became Assistant professor in the school of design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, until 2015.
In 2003, Wong was bestowed the Rising Artist Award by the Hong Kong Arts Council and Outstanding Arts Education Award. The Hong Kong Museum of Art awarded Wong their Hong Kong Contemporary Arts Award in 2012.
Wong stated that most people take for granted what they possess, and may be without identity or culture. Wong says his self-awareness, and what Hong Kong represents to him, stem from the years he spent abroad. He says that only by living amidst a second culture can one fully come to realise what one represents and where one belongs. A thread that runs through much of his work is therefore the notion of home, homelessness and wandering. Since 2011, his repertoire has taken on a political dimension.
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