Artist
MICHAEL HO
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Michael Ho, born in Arnhem, Netherlands in 1991, now lives and works in London. Ho graduated from the Architectural Association in 2019. As a second-generation immigrant from China, Ho’s works investigate the notions of the Chinese diaspora, cultural mismatch, and subsequently cultural rediscovery through his painting practice. He employs a specific technique of painting from back to front, superimposing diluted images with resolved brush strokes, clashing Eastern traditions with Western aesthetics. Ho’s critical engagement with the orientalist images and tropes is multifold: from the playful to the political and from the erotic to the domestic. From 2020 to 2022, Ho worked with Chiyan Ho (1993-2022) as an artist duo. The duo’s solo exhibition includes: Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, 2021. Ho’s solo exhibition includes: A Semblance of Truth, Gallery Vacancy at Independent, New York, 2024; As Feelings Burn Their Way, High Art, Paris, 2023; Grotto Heavens, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2023; Tryst, Gallery Vacancy at Frieze London, 2022. His works have been featured in group exhibitions at Thaddaeus Ropac, London, 2024; Modern Art, London, 2024; James Fuentes, New York, 2024; GRIMM, New York, 2023; White Cube, Hong Kong, 2023; Blum & Poe, Toyko, 2023; Nottingham Contemporary, 2022; Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022; ICA, London, 2022; Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2022; and Soft Opening, London, 2021. His film projects have been screened at Piccadilly Circus, London, ICA, London and Nottingham Contemporary. Ho’s works are in the collections of ASOM Collection, Geneva; Asymmetry Art Foundation, London; Domus Collection, New York; K11 Foundation, Hong Kong; Labora Collection, Dallas; Li Lin’s Collection, Hangzhou; Longlati Foundation, Hong Kong; Tanoto Family Collection, Singapore; X Museum, Beijing; ZHI Foundation, Beijing.
Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021
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Solo exhibitions
2024 A Semblance of Truth, Gallery Vacancy at Independent, New York, US 2023 As Feelings Burn Their Way, High Art, Paris, FR 2023 Grotto Heavens, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN 2022 Tryst, Gallery Vacancy, Frieze London, UK 2021 Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, UK Group exhibitions 2025 360°: Why We Paint?, curated by SUN Man and Stefano Collicelli Cagol, By Art Matters, Hangzhou, CN 2025 Yay, to have a mouth!, Rose Easton, London, UK 2024 Neither Here ~ Nor Elsewhere, curated by Sanaz Askari, The Third Line, Dubai, AE 2024 Embodied Forms: Painting Now, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK 2024 Phantom Hymn, Modern Art, London, UK 2024 Re: Representation, James Fuentes, New York, US 2023 Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and the Subterranean Imaginary, RAMM (Royal Albert Memorial Museum), Exeter, UK 2023 The Moon and I, GRIMM, New York, US 2023 New Moroism, White Cube, Hong Kong, CN 2023 Michael Ho, Su Yu-Xin, Hiroka Yamashita, Blum & Poe, Toyko, JP 2022 Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary, organized in collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK 2022 Soy Dreams of Milk, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, CN 2022 The Nixon Collection, Vortex, Venice, IT 2022 Virile, The House of St Barnabas, London, UK 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 Commissions 2022 Film and Video Umbrella 2021 Circa x Dazed Class of 2021 2021 ICA/BBC New Creatives Residencies 2021 V.O Curations Summer Residency, London, UK Collections ASOM Collection, Geneva, CH Asymmetry Art Foundation, London, UK Domus Collection, New York, US K11 Foundation, Hong Kong, CN Labora Collection, Dallas, US Li Lin's Collection, Hangzhou, CN Longlati Foundation, Hong Kong, CN M Art Foundation, Hong Kong, CN Tanoto Family Collection, Singapore, SG X Museum, Beijing, CN ZHI Foundation, Beijing, CN |