Kacey Wong

Kacey Wong
Kacey Wong in 2014.
Born1970
Hong Kong
NationalityHong Kong Chinese
EducationCornell University (architecture); Chelsea College of Arts (sculpture); Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (fine arts)[1]
Known forVisual arts, architecture, sculpture
Notable workDrift City (2000), Wandering Home, (2008), Paddling Home (2009)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃國才
Simplified Chinese黃国才
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Guócái
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4 Gwok3 Choi4
Websitekaceywong.com

Kacey Wong (born 1970) is a Hong Kong visual artist and educator[2] – formerly Assistant Professor at the School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.[1][3] Wong has received the Hong Kong Contemporary Arts Award by the Hong Kong Art Museum (2012), Best Artist Award (2010); and Rising Artist Award and Outstanding Arts Education Award (2003).[4] Wong is politically engaged through his art, and is founding member of art-activist groups Art Citizens and the Umbrella Movement Art Preservation.[5]

Wong emigrated to Taiwan in July 2021 due to the crackdown in Hong Kong under the national security law.

  1. ^ a b "PolyU Design: Kacey Kwok-choi Wong". PolyU Design. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Eco Drum to Voice Sustainability". go.asia. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. ^ 抗爭現場搞藝術,所為何事?—黃國才與俞若玫談抗爭藝術. 藝頻:藝術推廣新聞頻道先導計劃 (in Chinese). 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ecozine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Is artistic freedom eroding in Hong Kong? For some, without a doubt". South China Morning Post. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.