"(...) EVERYONE IS LIKE WORKING HARD TO BECOME A COMMODITY, SOCIAL MEDIA EXACERBATES THIS CYCLE, IT IS VERY TIRING. AND ART IS TO REALLY LIBERATE YOU FROM THESE EXPLOITATIONS AND GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHOICE IN THINKING. THE HIGHEST HUMAN VALUE SHOULD NOT BE IT’S A COMMODITY, THAT SHOULD BE YOUR HEAD."
– MAK2 in Conversation w/ Yui, Marie Claire HK, 2021
Mak2 (b. 1989 in Hong Kong, China) is a Hong Kong-based conceptual artist. Her work contemplates 21st century issues through the study of philosophy, art history, culture, shifting socio-political environments, the Internet and new technology. The aesthetic experience she crafts is bound by the dualism of humor and intense inquisitiveness. She creates installations, paintings, drawings, video work, youtube videos, stand-up comedy routines and Instagram filters.
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Home Sweet Home: Pandemic Love 4, 2022Painting - Acrylic on canvasIn 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 201 x 150 cm (78 x 59 in) -
Home Sweet Home: Love Pool 12, 2022Painting - Acrylic and oil on canvasIn 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 200 x 150 cm (79 x 59 in) -
Home Sweet Home: Love Pool 13, 2022Painting - Acrylic and oil on canvasIn 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 200 x 150 cm (79 x 59 in) -
Home Sweet Home: Gang 6, 2022Painting - Acrylic on canvasIn 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 201 x 150 cm (78 x 59 in) -
Home Sweet Home: Mak in Pool 5, 2022Painting - Acrylic on canvastriptych
In 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 200 x 150 cm (79 x 59 in)
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Home Sweet Home: Too Hot to Handle 12, 2022Painting - Acrylic on canvasIn 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 201 x 150 cm (78 x 59 in) -
Home Sweet Home: Too Hot to Handle 6, 2022Painting - Acrylic on canvastriptych
In 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 200 x 150 cm (79 x 59 in) -
Home Sweet Home: Feng Shui Painting, Metal 2, 2021Painting - Acrylic on canvas, triptychIn 3 parts, each: 67 x 150 cm (26 x 59 in)
Overall: 201 x 150 cm (79 x 59 in)
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Cows With Built-in Wi-Fi
Mak2 14 Nov 2024 - 15 Feb 2025 SeoulPeres Projects is pleased to present Mak2’s second solo exhibition with Peres Projects, and her first in the Seoul gallery.Read more -
Love Pool
Mak2 24 Mar - 21 Apr 2023 BerlinPeres Projects is pleased to present Love Pool, Mak2’s first solo exhibition with Peres Projects at the Berlin gallery.Read more
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Mak2: Funnily Enough, Nothing is Original
HG MASTERS, Art Asia Pacific, March 21, 2024 -
(Simulated) Love
Carolin Desiree Becker, Fräulein Magazin, November 1, 2023 -
8-Bit Intimacies
Ido Nahari, Spike Art Magazine, May 23, 2023 -
Mak2
Wonderland Magazine, April 21, 2023 -
Kick Off Your Spring With These 5 Rising Artists We’re Watching This Month
Artnet News, April 14, 2023 -
Peres Projects Presents – Mak2’s ‘Love Pool’
Marcel Schlutt, Kaltblut Magazine, March 24, 2023 -
Beyond Art Basel: 5 local artists representing Hong Kong in exhibitions around the world in 2023
Aaina Bhargava, Tatler Asia, February 23, 2023 -
Mak2’s Newest Art is Too Hot to Handle
Oliver Giles, Zolima City Magazine, February 8, 2023 -
‘It started as an inside joke’: Hong Kong artist Mak2 on her new web series that channels Queer Eye to parody the city’s
Ashlyn Chak, South China Morning Post, February 7, 2023
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Art Basel Hong Kong
28 - 30 Mar 2024Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong from March 28 – 30, 2024. We will present new...Read more -
Art Dubai
1 - 3 Mar 2024Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Dubai from March 1 – 3, 2024. We will present new works by...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
6 - 10 Dec 2023Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Miami from December 6 – 10, 2023.Read more -
KIAF Seoul
6 - 10 Sep 2023Peres Projects looks forward to presenting a curated booth for KIAF Seoul 2023 with a selection of works by artists from the gallery program. Encompassing...Read more -
Art Basel
13 - 18 Jun 2023Peres Projects looks forward to presenting a curated booth for Art Basel 2023 with a selection of new works by artists from the gallery program,...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
23 - 25 Mar 2023Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in Art Basel Hong Kong from March 23 – 25, 2023. VIP Preview: March 21 – 22,...Read more -
ART SG
12 - 15 Jan 2023Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in Art SG from January 12 – 15, 2023. VIP Preview: January 11, 2023.Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
1 - 3 Dec 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Miami from December 1 – 3, 2022. VIP Preview: November 29 –...Read more -
Artissima
4 - 6 Nov 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Artissima from November 4 – 6, 2022. VIP Preview: November 3, 2022.Read more -
Paris+ par Art Basel
20 Oct - 23 Nov 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Paris+ par Art Basel from October 20 – 23, 2022. VIP Preview: October 19,...Read more -
Frieze London
13 - 16 Oct 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Frieze London from October 13 – 16, 2022. VIP Preview: October 12, 2022Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 11 Sep 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s The Armory Show from September 9 – 11, 2022. VIP Preview: September 8, 2022.Read more -
Kiaf SEOUL
2 - 5 Sep 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Kiaf SEOUL from September 2 – 5, 2022. VIP Preview: September 2, 2022.Read more -
Art Basel
16 - 19 Jun 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel from June 16 – 19, 2022. VIP Preview: June 13 – 15,...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
27 Mar 2022Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong from May 27 – 29, 2022. VIP Preview: March 25...Read more