Artists Represented -- Wuon Gean Ho

Artist Statement

Life, death, memories and nostalgia are recurrent themes in much of my work. As a vet, I see death on a daily basis, and have been moved to make work that shows my response to this. I am fascinated by how sleep and death may be confused with each other, particularly in a two dimensional image, which lacks the aspects of time and sound. I like to portray a narrative of human and animal interaction in my work that is ambiguous, and thus open to interpretation by the viewer.

Wuon Gean Ho

Selected Exhibitions
2020	René Carcan International Printmaking Prize, finalist, Brussels, Belgium
	Royal Academy Summer (Winter!) Show, London, UK
2019	Meetings, Film and Video symposium, Western Jutland, Denmark
	Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
	Ulsan Printmaking Biennial, Ulsan, South Korea
	Novosibirsk Biennial of Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk, Russia
2018	René Carcan International Printmaking Prize, shortlisted, Brussels, Belgium
	Baksi: Sahasi/ Print: Pressure, Arte Sanat, Ankara, Turkey
	Bainbridge Print Open, ASC Gallery, London, UK
	National Original Print Exhibition, London, UK
	Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan
	Second International Triennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts 2018, Novosibirsk, Russia
2017	Splitgraphik, 8^th International Graphic Art Biennial, Croatia
	Masters Monoprint, Bankside Gallery, London, UK (animation)
	Seventh Sense, Solo show, Atelier Press Papier, Trois Rivieres, Canada
	BIECTR, Trois Rivieres, Canada
	Selected work from BIECTR at Galerie A. Piroir, Montreal, Canada
	Printing and Animation, New York Center for Book Arts, Manhattan, New York, USA
	Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
	Highlights of the Royal Academy Summer Show, selected by Norman Ackroyd, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, UK
	Paul Croft and Wuon-Gean Ho at Changsha Normal University, Two person show, Changsha, Hunan, China
2016	The Feast of Emperors, Solo show (commission), HKK restaurant, London, UK
	Clifford Chance, Postgraduate Print Show Prize, shortlisted, London, UK
2015	10^th International Biennial of Contemporary Prints, Liège, Belgium
	Society of Wood Engravers 77^th Annual Exhibition, touring, UK
	Poetry Scores Hawaii-Look Like What It Means, Hilo Hawaii, USA
	Xiaoxiang International Print Show, Changsha, Hunan, China
2014	Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
	Drawing Festival, Rimini, Italy
	Bainbridge Open, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK
	Yesterday’s Wrong Thinking, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK
	Why War?, Freud Museum, London, UK
2013	Winterlude, Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd, Canada, Group show
	9^th International Biennial of Contemporary Prints, Liège, Belgium
	Impressit, Harris Museum, Preston, UK
	Between Spaces, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
	Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
	9^th Berlin International Directors Lounge Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
	Mirror Mirror: Ian Boyden and Wuon-Gean Ho in the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon, USA
2012	Beyond the Moon, Solo show, School of Art Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
	Flight, Solo show, Material Gallery, Ludlow, UK
	6^th International Artist Book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
	8^th British Mini Print Show, invited artist, touring show beginning in London, UK
2011	Chasing Tales, Solo show, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, UK
	Wrexham Print International, Wrexham Oriel, Wales, UK
	Splitgraphic V, International Graphic Art Biennial, Croatia
	Dreams, Freud Museum, London, UK
	IMPACT 7, Portfolio presentation, Melbourne, Australia
2010	Off the Wall, printmakers make artist's wallpaper, London, UK
	Global Studios, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK, invited artist in residence
	Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK, artist's book selected
	Line Up!, Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd, In Conjunction with Drawn Festival, Canada, Group show
	ELP in SPACE, London, UK, Group show
	A Suite of Lighted Rooms, Russian Cultural Centre, London, UK
	London Artist Book Fair, recipient of the Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust Prize
2009	6th International Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, UK, Solo show and paper presentation
	2nd Qijiang International Print Festival, China, Curator and invited artist
	Wonderland, V&A of Childhood, London, UK
	Bamboo Dream/Devour Book Launch, Material Gallery, Ludlow, UK, Solo show
	Wrexham International Print, Wrexham Oriel, Wales, UK, touring show
2008	Beautiful Beast, Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd, Canada, Solo show
	Masks Unmasked, Vorpal Space Gallery, Oregon, USA, Solo show
	Masks Unmasked, Asia House Café, London, UK, Solo show
	Wonderland, East London Printmakers, Germany, Group show
	Uniquely Chinese, artChinese, London, UK, Group show
2007	Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
	New Prints, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, USA
	International Contemporary Print Exhibition, Connecticut, USA
	Small print: Big impression, Leicester, UK, touring show (Awarded 2 prizes)
	Stone, Plate, Grease, Water: Contemporary Lithography, UK, touring show
2006	Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
	Crows Shadow Institute of the Arts, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, Oregon, USA
	5th Lessedra International Mini Print Exhibition, Bulgaria
2005	Your Heart's Desire, Nasic Square Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, Solo show
	Puppy Play, Nasic Square Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, Solo show
2004	Be My Baby, Waterloo Gallery, London, UK, Two person show
	Tripletake, Embassy of Japan, London, UK, Three person show
2003	You Caught My Eye in Heaven, Printspace, London, UK, Solo Show
2002	Still Life:Sleeping Beauty, Printspace, London, UK, Solo Show
2001	American Dream, Printspace, London, UK
2000	Tabi, Gallery Tears, Kyoto, Japan, Solo show
Selected Residencies
2018	Opificio della Rosa, Montefiore Conca, Italy, artist residency
2017	Atelier Presse Papier, Canada, residency and solo show
	Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, USA, collaborative publishing project
2013	Portland Chinese Classical Garden, USA, artist residency
2011	Opificio della Rosa, Montefiore Conca, Italy, artist residency
2010	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
	University of Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
2007	Sitka Center of the Arts, Oregon, USA
2005	Crows Shadow Institute of the Arts, Oregon, US, visiting artist
2004-05	Kyoto Seika University, Japan, research student
2004	Intaglio Printmaker, London, UK, artist in residence
2001-03	Printspace, artist-run gallery and workshop, London, UK, artist in residence
Selected Awards and Scholarships
2019	Second Prize for the books Orchis Library at Libri Mai Mai Visti, Ravenna, Italy
	Honorary membership of the Royal Society of Printmakers (RE)
2016-18	Fellowship at the Royal Academy Schools, London, UK
2017	Award Presse Papier, Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
2014	First Prize for Books of Desire, Classense Library, Ravenna, Italy
	British Institution Award at the Royal Academy Summer show
2010	Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust Prize for Embrace, an artists’ book
2009	Printmakers Council Prize for Sleeper series
2007	John Purcell Paper Prize, UK for China Love series
1998- 2000	Osaka University of Education and Kyoto Seika University, Japan. Scholarship student sponsored by the Japanese Government
Publications
Printmaking Today Spring 2011
IMPACT 6 Conference Proceedings 2009
Collections
Aberystwyth School of Art, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, Oregon, USA Hakkasan Group, London, UK Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA National Art Library, London, UK Splitgrafika, Croatia Tate Library, London, UK Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Xiaoxiang Collection, Changsha Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Artist Statement Life, death, memories and nostalgia are recurrent themes in much of my work. As a vet, I see death on a daily basis, and have been moved to make work that shows my response to this. I am fascinated by how sleep and death may be confused with each other, particularly in a two dimensional image, which lacks the aspects of time and sound. I like to portray a narrative of human and animal interaction in my work that is ambiguous, and thus open to interpretation by the viewer. Wuon Gean Ho
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