Artist
MICHAEL & CHIYAN HO
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Michael Ho (b. 1991 in Arnhem, Netherlands) and Chiyan Ho (b. 1993 in Hertfordshire, UK) are an artist duo live and work in London, UK. They both graduated from the Architectural Association in 2019 and started collaboration in 2020. As second-generation immigrants from China, Michael and Chiyan Ho investigate the notions of the Chinese diaspora, cultural mismatch, and subsequently cultural rediscovery through their painting practice. They employ a specific technique of painting from back to front, superimposing diluted images with resolved brush strokes, clashing Eastern traditions with Western aesthetics. Their critical engagement with the orientalist images and tropes is multifold: from the playful to the political and from the erotic to the domestic. Their solo exhibition includes: Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, 2021. They have been featured in group exhibitions at ICA, London; Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai; Intersticio, Madrid; Soft Opening, London; and Delphian Gallery, London. Their short film Empty Orchestra was screened at Piccadilly Circus, London, and the short film Lucky House will be shown at the ICA, London in 2022. Michael & Chiyan Ho will have a solo exhibition at Gallery Vacancy in 2022.
Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021
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Solo exhibitions
2021 Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, UK Group exhibitions 2022 Current Transmissions, ICA, London, UK 2022 Self-Dismiss, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN 2022 SALON, Guts Gallery, London, UK 2021 Lo otro maravilloso, Intersticio, Madrid, ES 2021 ART021 Shanghai, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN 2021 Empty Orchestra, CIRCA x Dazed Class of 2021, London, UK 2021 Open Call 2020, Delphian Gallery, London, UK 2021 Intra-action: Part 2, Soft Opening, London, UK 2020 Figuratively Speaking, an online exhibition curated by Claire Kidd for Kunstmatrix, UK 2019 Radius, Wirdnachgereicht, Basel, CH Residencies 2021 V.O Curations Summer Residency, London, UK |