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MICHAEL HO

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Michael Ho, born in Arnhem, Netherlands in 1991, now lives and works in London. He 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 at V.O Curations, London, 2021. His solo exhibitions and projects include: Grotto Heavens, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2023 and Tryst, Gallery Vacancy at Frieze London, 2022. Recent group exhibitions include: New Moroism, White Cube, Hong Kong, 2023; Michael Ho, Su Yu-Xin, Hiroka Yamashita, Blum & Poe, Toyko, 2023; Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & the Subterranean Imaginary, organized in collaboration with Hayward Gallery Touring, Nottingham Contemporary, 2022; Soy Dreams of Milk, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022; Current Transmissions, ICA, London, 2022; and Self-Dismiss, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2022. Ho’s film projects have been screened at Piccadilly Circus, London and at the ICA, London. His newly commissioned video work by FVU, London is part of the group exhibition Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & the Subterranean Imaginary at Nottingham Contemporary, co-organized with Hayward Gallery Touring. Ho’s works are in the collections of Asymmetry Art Foundation, London; By Art Matters Museum, Hangzhou; Domus Collection, New York; Labora Collection, Dallas; Longlati Foundation, Shanghai; and X Museum, Beijing.
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Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021
Michael & Chiyan Ho, Die Blaue Stunde, 2021

Solo exhibitions

2023    Grotto Heavens, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN
2022    Tryst, Gallery Vacancy, Frieze London, UK
2021    Kūnlún, V.O Curations, London, UK


Group exhibitions

2023    Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and the Subterranean Imaginary, RAMM (Royal Albert Memorial Museum), Exeter, UK (forthcoming)
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

Asymmetry Art Foundation, London, UK
Li Lin's Collection, Hangzhou, CN
Domus Collection, New York, US
Labora Collection, Dallas, US
Longlati Foundation, Hong Kong, CN
X Museum, Beijing, CN



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