Mak2 (b. 1989 in Hong Kong, China)
- Lives and works in Hong Kong, CN
Education
2013
- BA (HONS), Creative Media, School of Creative Media, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN
Upcoming Solo Exhibition
- Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Solo Exhibitions
2021
- House of Fortune, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2019
- Home Sweet Home, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2018
- The Anything Machine, de Sarthe Gallery, Beijing, CN
2017
- COMEINSIDE: EAT ME, PingPong 129, Hong Kong, CN
- COMEINSIDE: BABY SHOWER, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong, CN
2016
- Art-It, HOCA Foundation, Hong Kong, CN
2014
- *Almost Empty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong, CN
- *Fotanian Open Studios, Hong Kong, CN
2012
- Funny Stationery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, CN
Group Exhibitions
2021
- Mirage or Reality, Shanghai Art Mall, Shanghai, CN
- The Principle of Hope, Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, CN
- Only A Joke Can Save Us, Present Projects, Hong Kong, CN
- What’s Next?, WOMANBOSS, Hong Kong, CN
2020
- A’fair, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, CN
- How Do We Begin?, X Museum Triennial 1st Edition, X Museum, Beijing, CN
2019
- Hot Flows: Pearl River Delta Arts Retrospective, Ox Warehouse, Macau, CN
- Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, CN
- We Didn’t Mean to Break It (But It’s Ok, We Can Fix It), Pedro Cera, Lisbon, PT
2018
- Beckoning the Mutation, Club Pro Los Angeles, Los Angeles, US
- Invisible Cities, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, US
- .com/.cn –, co-presented by K11 Art Foundation (KAF) and MoMA PS1, K11 art museum, Shanghai, CN
2017
- Reversal Ritual, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
- Marching in Circles, Long March, Beijing, China
2016
- Artists’ Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
- COME INSIDE Autograph Signings, OCAT, Shenzhen, CN
- Bori Bunder, Sir JJ College of Art, Mumbai, IN
- A Man Who Doesn’t Celebrate His Birthday, Clark House Initiative Mumbai, IN
- Bori Bunder, VT Station Platform B, Mumbai, IN
- Performance with C&G @ LUNG CHING Game Zone, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, CN
- Pop-up Shop: Conversations | ruangrupa: Toko Pura-Pura, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, CN
- Fashion ID, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong, CN
- MaD The Free Markerteers Singing Performance with C&G, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, CN
2015
- The Second CAFAM-Future Exhibition: Observer Creator – The Reality Representation of Chinese Young Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, CN
- Sparkle! Regarding Lightness: On Life’s Way, Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong, CN
- Under the Influence, Floor 5 1/2, Hong Kong, CN
- After/Image, Studio 52, Hong Kong, CN
- The Second CAFAM-Future Exhibition: Observer Creator, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong, CN
- Glossy! Shiny! Fertility!, StarProjects, Hong Kong, CN
2014
- Artistic or Autistic – The Seventh Annual Exhibition, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing, CN
- Shampoo Whatever #1, The A-lift Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2013
- Regarding Lightness - The Weight of Lightness: Bio-gravity, Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong, CN
- BOING!, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
- SOFT OFF (but I love it when your mouth is a little shut), LTD Los Angeles, Los Angeles, US
- SCM Annual, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, CN
2012
- Cool Kids, Lane Crawford, Hong Kong, CN
- Media Art & The Environment: The Desert Metropolis, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, CN
2011
- House of Sound, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, CN
- Best Before, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong, CN
2010
- Micro Narratives: Invented Time & Space, Blue Room, Hong Kong, CN
Awards
2013
- Creative Media Award – School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN
Residencies
2016
- Bori Bunder @ [En]counters 2016 - Hong Kong X Mumbai Art Exchange Project, Mumbai, IN
2014
- Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, CN
Collections
- Daisuke Miyatsu Collection, Ichikawa, JP
- Divide by Zero Art Collection, Hong Kong, CN
- X Museum, Beijing, CN
- JPMorgan Chase Collection, New York, US
- UBS Art Collection, New York, US
Selected Bibliography
2022
- Interview with Founder Pascal de Sarthe, Jetsetter Magazine, January 2022
2021
- Chu, Jamie, Fate and Fortune, Spike Magazine, Issue 70, Winter 2021-2022
- Choi, Yui, Interview with Conceptural artist Mak Ying Tung 2, Marie Claire Hong Kong, December 29, 2021
- Hobson, Benedict, Hong Kong artists and designers create “winter playscapes” for Design Trust Gala 2021, dezeen, December 21, 2021
- Bhargava, Aaina, Tarot, astrology, feng shui – why is Hong Kong’s art world going dotty over divination?, South China Morning Post, December 1, 2021
- Mak Ying Tung 2 plays creative games with fate, Jet Magazine, no. 231, November 2021
- Bailey, Stephanie, Mak2 Claims Her Future in House of Fortune, Ocula Magazine, October 13, 2021
- Ko, Christina, Ying Kwok Takes us Through a Year of Exhibitions, Highlighting the Priceless Role of a Curator, Prestige, May 17, 2021
2020
- Artsy Vanguard Artists 2020, Artsy Vanguard, December 2020
- Samper, Cristina, Mak Ying Tung 2 Steps Out of the Ordinary as she Reimagines Conceptual Matters, Art of Choice, October 23, 2020
- Wong, Pamela, Hong Kong: Mak Ying Tung 2, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 119, July/August 2020
- Bhargava, Aaina, Feminist YouTuber Mak Ying-tung on challenging Damien Hirst, braving an open mic, and addressing serious issues in her signature ‘fun and crazy’ way, South China Morning Post, May 20, 2020
2019
- Chow, Vivienne, Twelve works of art that chart the emotional upheavals of the Hong Kong protests, Quartz, December 31, 2019
- A Hong Kong Artist Commissioned Anonymous Painters to Render Her Sims Interiors on Canvas. The Results Are Unnerving, Artnet News, December 20, 2019
2018
- Feola, Josh, China’s tech boom has inspired a wave of internet-related art, MIT Technology Review, December 19, 2018
- Afnan, Nooshfar, Mak Ying Tung 2, Artomity Magazine, September 3, 2018
- Berg, Tatiana, Must-See Art Guide: Beijing, Artnet News, July 5, 2018
- Mouna, Tom, The Anything Machine: Mak Ying Tung 2, Art Pacific Asia, May 2018
- Wong, Winnie, On Smallness in Hong Kong Art, M+ Magazine, January 5, 2018
- Sanchez-Kozeyreva, Christina, Mak Ying Tung On Subverting Systems of Power and Oppression with Participatory Media Art, Sleek Magazine, January 4, 2018
