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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.
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Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021
Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021

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



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