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. His solo exhibition with his previous work partner Chiyan Ho includes: Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, 2021. His works have been featured in group exhibitions at ICA, London; Guts Gallery, London; Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai; Intersticio, Madrid; Soft Opening, London; and Delphian Gallery, London. His film projects have been screened at Piccadilly Circus, London and at the ICA, London. Ho’s newly commissioned video work by FVU, London will be part of the group exhibition Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & the Subterranean Imaginary on view in September 2022 at Nottingham Contemporary, co-organized with Hayward Gallery Touring. He will have his first solo exhibition at Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai in 2023.
Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021
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Solo exhibitions
2023 Solo exhibition, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN (forthcoming) 2022 Solo presentation at Frieze London, Gallery Vacancy, UK (forthcoming) 2021 Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, UK Group exhibitions 2022 Hollow Earth, Hayward touring exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary, UK (forthcoming) 2022 Blindspot Gallery, HK (forthcoming) 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 (forthcoming) 2021 Circa x Dazed Class of 2021 2021 ICA/BBC New Creatives Residencies 2021 V.O Curations Summer Residency, London, UK |