Ko Sin Tung

Ko Sin Tung (; born 1987) is a visual artist from Hong Kong. She is a graduate from the Department of Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her art explores the relationship with the urban environment, domestic space, and impact of condition. She is represented by Edouard Malingue Gallery in Hong Kong.

Ko has exhibited at the Tai Kwun Contemporary, Para Site in Hong Kong, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum in Beijing, amongst other locations. Adaptation (2019), is "a group of white-spray-painted cast-silicon molds of home and garden accessories"; Surface (2019), a work "initially looked like exposed drywall"; and ‘Modern Home Collection’ (2013), an array of framed, pixelated prints of domestic objects collected from Internet searches. Artsy editors have said of the exhibition: "For Ko, contemporary urban life is pervaded by disappointment and alienation as much as it is by expectation and hope for a sense of belonging."

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Adaptation, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong (2019) A Closed Room, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong (2014) Undone, HARDNECK.hk, Hong Kong (2012) Repairing Space, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong (2010)

Group exhibitions (selected)

Rehearsal, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2018) Women in Art: Hong Kong, Sotheby's, Hong Kong (2018) From Ocean to Horizon, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK (2017) Breathing Space, Asia Society (2017) Eros, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2014)

Awards and residencies

Ko is the recipient of awards including Project Grant (Emerging Artists Scheme) from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2014), the Pure Art Foundation Grant 2013–2014 (2014) and Jury’s Special Prize of Huayu Youth Award (2016).

In 2012, Ko completed a residency at the Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway.