https://www.isaacchongwai.com/

Isaac Chong Wai is a Berlin-Hong Kong artist. Chong was a participating artist in the 60th Venice Biennale, Foreigners Everywhere,  curated by Adriano Pedrosa. He uses glass, drawing, photography, video and performance as mediators to investigate contemporary global phenomena. His practice transforms the emotions, tensions, and memories of human interactions into performative materiality and immersive forms. His work addresses queer identity politics, Asian diasporic histories, and systemic racism to imagine alternative microcosms of human relationality. His works have gained recognition at prominent venues, including Innsbruck International Biennial of the Arts, Innsbruck; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Bundeskunsthalle Bonn; MMCA, Seoul; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin and Liste Art Fair Basel. His works are featured in notable collections including Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin; Kadist, Paris and San Francisco; Burger Collection and Sunpride Foundation, Hong Kong; White Rabbit Collection, Sydney. He received the New York Désirée & Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council and was a fellow of the Kulturakademie Tarabya. In 2024, he was selected as one of the TOP 100 most important cultural figures in Berlin by Tagesspiegel.

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