Kong Chun Nga (Kitty) is born and based in Hong Kong. She completed her BAFA at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (co-presented with Hong Kong Art School) in 2017 and the MA in English (Literary Studies) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020. She paints in a sense peculiar to the way she slides through the fragmented everyday life; she writes in order to commemorate, though her diary is considered general fiction by all who know her well.
Her works are exhibited in Hong Kong, Spain and Japan. She has previously taken part in various workshops and residency programmes in Rome, Spain and Finland. She is a recipient of the MA in ELS Academic Excellence Award (2020) and Reaching Out Award (2017) with her works collected by Bleak House Books and private collectors.
Kitty is also the co-founder and sole developer of Hong Kong Art School Alumni Archive, an art platform dedicated to providing insights, generate ideas and promote leading and emerging Hong Kong artists to art collectors, researchers, practitioners and the public.
Education
2020
MA in English (Literary Studies), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017
BAFA, co-presented by RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School
Exhibitions
Solo
2016
Parallel Space, collaborative project "The Art Journey" by HKAS and Youth Square, 6/F, Youth Square,Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Group
2021
+1 - HKAS Alumni Network Exhibition 2021, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
"It's a Landscape Painting," I said, Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (Curated by Kong Chun Nga, Kitty)
2020
Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, 1a space, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
A Place in Time, Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2019
Book Arts of Kyoto 2019, Artbooks Yamazaki, Kyoto, Japan
By the Window, 1a space, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong
2018
PROCESSING: on reading art, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
A Tribute to Yasi: Poetic Journeys in Foreign Lands, Ground Floor Gallery, G/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2017
Collective exhibition, Espai B Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Reverie, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduation Exhibition 2017 co-presented by RMIT University and HKAS, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2016
The No-body Discourse, Nagist Group, Art Experience Gallery, Hong Kong
《虛無》,HKCAA 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, JCCAC L1 Gallery, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show (Spring Edition), Hong Kong
Awards
2020
MA in ELS Academic Excellence Award 2019 - 20, CUHK, Hong Kong
2018
First Prize, Peanuts Cover Art contest, Bleak House Books, Hong Kong
2017
Scholarship, Reaching Out Award, Education Bureau, HKSAR, Hong Kong
2015
Scholarship, Rome Art Program, Rome, Italy
Championship (alumni group), Maryknoll Convent School 90th Anniversary Photo Competition, Hong Kong
Collaboration
2018
Cover Art Project for Hong Kong Noir, Bleak House Books
Zine Publication
2017
The Continuous Present: works from 2016-2017, 100pp
2016
Observer as the Observed, 68pp
Artist Residency
2017
Hannacc, Barcelona, Spain
Vanha Paukku Artist Residency, Lapua, Finland
Collection
Bleak House Books
Private collection