Silia Ka Tung

 



Education


2000-2002 -----MFA (painting) Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

1999 -----------ERASMUS/SOCRATES Exchange Program Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin

1997-00 --------BA (Hon) Fine Art Degree, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

1996-97---------Diploma in Oil Painting, China Academy of Fine Art, PRC


Forthcoming Exhibitions


2008 ------------Chiral – Swiss Cottage Gallery, London, UK

------------------Guasch Coranty International Prize for Painting, Barcelona, Spain

------------------Cocktail, Union Square, Kowloon, Hong Kong


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2007 ------------Solo show – GlaxoSmithKline Headquarters, Brentford, UK

2006 ------------Placebo - Galerie On dirait la Mer, Centre Design Marseille, France

2005 ------------Follow Me - Jerwood Café, Jerwood Space, Union St. London

2003 ------------Games of Chance – [sub rosa] Dahl Gallery of Contemporary Art, Switzerland


Selected Group Exhibitions


2007 ------------Repetition & Sequence – Jerwood Space London

------------------Reversing Horizons - Shanghai MoCA, China curated Johnson TZ Chang and Gao Shiming

------------------Repetition & Sequence at Bridge Art Fair - London

------------------The Exposed Animal (cat.) - KISS Kunst im Schloss Untergroeningen, Germany

------------------Sequence and Repetitions (cat.) - Beldam Gallery, London

------------------Li - Ning X over - Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2006 ------------Let there be Light – Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, London

------------------Britishness - Another Product @ Cornerhouse, Manchester

2003–2005 ------When in Rome (cat), Lewisham Art House, London. Toured to Spacex, Exeter;

------------------Castlefield Gallery, Manchester; MAC, Birmingham; Third Floor Arts Centre, Portsmouth

2004 ------------Zoo Art Fair –The Great Unsigned, London Zoo

------------------Première Vue (cat) - Passage de Retz, Paris curatec by Michel Nuridsany

------------------Summer Exhibition - Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong curated Johnson TZ Chang

------------------2 x 2 - Dahl Gallery of Contemporary Art, Luzern, Switzerland

------------------Le salon Europeen des Jeunes Createurs 49 (cat.) -France; Portugal; Spain

------------------5 Abstract Painters @ Hands Salon, 61 Broadwick St. London

2003 ------------Harmony- 27 Spital Square, London

------------------The BOC Emerging Artist Award - BOC Headquarter, Windlesham, Surry

------------------Winter Exhibition of Contemporary Artworks – Le Petit Blanc, Manchester

2002 ------------Four Colleges Exhibition (Cat.)- AT Kearney, Berkeley Sq. London

------------------London Bizarre - London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, London

------------------Painting in the Park - Woburn Square, London

------------------Hang the Curator -The Central Space, Faroe Rd., London

------------------Story Teller - Kinnijoe Space, Hamburg, Germany

------------------Fresh Point - Debenhams Window Exhibition, Tib St. Facadet, Manchester

2001 ------------3rd October open - The Place, Letchworth Arts Centre, Herts, UK

------------------Late Arrivals@ Kings Cross – Kings Cross, London

------------------Linear - West End Centre, Aldershot, UK

2000-------------Flawed - The Gallery, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London


Awards


2008 ------------Finalisted of Guasch Coranty International Prize for Painting, Barcelona, Spain

2006 ------------Shortlisted for John Moores 24

------------------Celeste Art Prize 2006 - Professional Artists Shortlist

2003 ------------Shortlisted for John Moores 23

------------------Nominated for the Jerwood Artists Platform

------------------Finalisted of the BOC Emerging Artist Award

2001 ------------Shortlisted for New Contemporaries;

------------------Shortlisted for Pizza Express Prospects


Bibliography


2007-----------Time Out London - Repetition and Sequence, Martin Herbert, 29.08.07

----------------Ta King Pao – “Reversing Horizons”, 02.08.07

----------------The Saatchi Gallery daily magazine - Repetition and Sequence at Jerwood Space, Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, August 3, 2007

----------------ColdFringe.org- Repetition and Sequence by Charlotte Dingle, 08.2007

----------------Schwab Post - “Das Exponierte Tier” 2007.5.22

----------------Rems-Zeitung - “Das Exponierte Tier” 2007.5.19

----------------Uxbridge Gazette - Plethora of arty Talent , Victoria Prewer 17.01.07

2006 ----------Marseille l'hebdo – Silia danse sur la toile, 09.2006

2004 ----------Première Vue Exhibition catalogue essay by Michel Nuridsany, 09 . 2004

----------------Freizeitmagazin, Goodbye mit 2x2, May 2004

----------------Apero Newspaper, review 2x2 show, Dahl Gallery, Switzerland

----------------New Luzerner, 2x2 Dahl Gallery, Luzern, 2004

----------------New Luzerner, 2x2 Dahl gallery, Kurt Beck, July 17 2004

----------------Ta Kung Pao - “Cool, Summer Show” 27.07.04

----------------South China Morning Post -“Not-yet Famous Five” Joyce Lau 22.08.04

----------------a.m.post -“Five Individuals, Six Pairs of Hands”, Jaspar Lau 2004

----------------Asia Art Archive – World Event, Review 08.2004

2003 ----------Games of Chance – Essay by Charlotte Mullins

2002 ----------Szene , Story Teller, 04.2002

---------------100 Reviews, Hang the Curator, Matthew Collings, 2002


Publication


2007 -----------Sequence and Repetitions exhibition catalogue

----------------Reversing Horizons exhibition catalogue

----------------The Exposed Animal exhibition catalogue

2006 -----------Let there be Light Catalogue

----------------Celeste Art Prize 2006 Catalogue

2003-05 -------When in Rome I-V Project Books

2004-----------Le salon Europeen des Jeunes Createurs 49 Exhibition catalogue

----------------Première Vue Exhibition catalogue

2002-----------Four colleges Exhibition catalogue


Lectures / Discussions


2007 ----------Sequence and Repetition - Artists’ Talk

2004 ----------Commentator on Art Reviews, BBC Radio Asia Pacific on Saatchi Collection

2003 ----------Art and Body? – A dialogue on art and body with Silia Ka Tung, 03.05.2003 Dahl Gallery of Contemporary Art

2001 ----------Artist Lecture at Slade Summer School


Curating


2007 -----------Sequence and Repetitions - Beldam Gallery, Brunel University tour to Jerwood Space, London

2004 -----------5 Abstract Painters @ Hands Salon- 61 Broadwick St. London

2007 copy right: Silia Ka Tung