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 is an artist with diverse interest in painting, drawing and writing that adds voice to whispers obscured within the transience of urban life.
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.
As a passionate art researcher, she is also the co-founder and sole developer of HKAS 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
Group
2020
A Place in Time, Anita Chan Lai-ling Gallery, Fringe Club
2019
Book Arts of Kyoto 2019, Artbooks Yamazaki, Kyoto
By the Window, 1a space, Cattle Depot
Tribute to Hong Kong Writers - An Exhibition of Photography, Ground Floor Gallery, G/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
2018
PROCESSING: on reading art, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre
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
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
2016
The No-body Discourse, Nagist Group, Art Experience Gallery
《虛無》,HKCAA 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, JCCAC L1 Gallery
Asia Contemporary Art Show (Spring Edition)
Awards
2020
MA in ELS Academic Excellence Award 2019 - 20, CUHK
2018
First Prize, Peanuts Cover Art contest, Bleak House Books, Hong Kong
2017
Scholarship, Reaching Out Award, Education Bureau, HKSAR
2015
Scholarship, Rome Art Program
Championship (alumni group), Maryknoll Convent School 90th Anniversary Photo Competition
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 in Residence
2017
Hannacc, Barcelona
Vanha Paukku Artist Residency, Lapua, Finland
Collection
Bleak House Books
Private collection