Biography
b. 1995, Hong Kong
Mong-sum “Joseph” Leung is an artist based in Hong Kong and Vienna. Working across photography, text, found objects, and installation, his transmedia practice serves as an ongoing conceptual inquiry into the many manifestations of anxiety within diverse socio-political contexts—examining anxiety as affect, as social undercurrent, as political apparatus, as trauma, and, at times, as a moment of vision.
At present, Leung is assistant professor at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong and doctoral artist-researcher at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. Leung was previously awarded his MFA at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and had studied at the City University of Hong Kong and the Syracuse University, New York. Leung was also one of the co-founders of Negative Space - an art space that focuses on the development of lens-based media and experimental practices in Hong Kong.
Leung had previously been shortlisted for the 24th ifva Awards (Media Arts category), Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize and the WMA Masters Photographic Awards. His works are included in private collections from Basel, Luxembourg, Paris, Vienna and Hong Kong.
Education
2022 - Present
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD in Art), Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien [University of Applied Arts Vienna]
2017 - 2019
Master of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2013 - 2017
Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Creative Media (First Class Honors), School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
2016
Exchange program, College of Visual and Performing Art, Syracuse University, New York
Solo Exhibition
2022
The State of Being Dragged, Spielzimmer, Vienna, Austria / Lotsremark projekte, Basel, Switzerland
2021
The Flag, lotsremark projekte, Basel, Switzerland
2019
Digital and Transcendental, Death and Light, Cheng Ming Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018
Eventually Obsolete, Cheng Ming Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibition
2024
Seagrapes, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, Vienna, Austria
Hong Kong Qi, Mangrove Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Raum für Forschung – Vermittlung von Kunst und Wissenschaft, Zentrum Fokus Forschung, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, Vienna
2023
QUIETLY loud: QUESTION ME & ANSWER Group Show, GALERIE Peter Gaugy, Vienna, Austria
Zeitwärts (Rotlicht Festival), Semmelweis Klinik, Vienna, Austria
COUPLET PAIR REBUS: The Principle of Cause and Effect in Art, University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong University
Wanderlust. Sharing of things resonante, Zentrum Fokus Forschung, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, Vienna, Austria
In the Presence of Artistic Research, Postsparkasse (Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab), Vienna, Austria
2022
Paris Internationale 2022, No. 16 | rue Alfred de Vigny, Paris, France (Under Negative Space)
Peer to Peer: UK/HK 2022, Online Festival (and Physical Display at Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, UK)
Temporary, Negative Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
2021
FUTURE MEMORIES - Utopia Dystopia Nature, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Center, Hong Kong
2020
▲︎︎ (Triangle, Circle, Rectangle), Negative Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
Transitorische Turbulenzen, Bern Art Festival, Connected Space, Kunstraum Dreiviertel, Switzerland
Tomorrow Is Never A New Day, Negative Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
2019
CINEMA 2.0 Media Arts Exhibition: Acrylic Dreams, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
Enter the Negative Space, Negative Space, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong
2018
Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, The Hive Spring, Hong Kong
HKFOREWORD 2018, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
WMA Masters and WMA Film Exhibition - Transition, Hong Kong central library exhibition gallery, Hong Kong
2017
MATLAB & Guests. Drawing & Painting: (Trans)medial experiments, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Julian Lee Asia One Photographic Awards: Thoughts, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
October School 2017, Khoj International Artists’ Association, New Delhi, India
Fine Art Asia 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong
First Smash 4 Art Exhibition, Art Experience Gallery, Hong Kong
The SCM Annual 2017: Unfold, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
Happily Ever After, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
Untitled, Comstock Art Facility, Syracuse, New York
We Weren’t Here, Floating Project, Hong Kong
2016
The SCM Annual 2016: Lossless, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
PhotoSynth, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
Award/ Grant
The 6th QM&A Artist Collective Grant, 2023
Hong Kong Arts Development Council Project Grant, 2020
The 24rd ifva Awards - Media Arts Category Finalist, 2019
Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize 2018 Shortlisted, 2018
WMA Masters 2017/2018 Finalist, 2018
First Smash 4 Art Project Finalist, 2017
Julian Lee Asia One Photographic Awards, 2017
Postgraduate Studentship, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017
HIII International Photography 2016 Merit Award
Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Exchange Scholarships (2016 - 2017)
HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund – Talent Development Scholarship (2014-2015)
Hopeful Rubber Group Scholarships (2014-2015)
HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund – Talent Development Scholarship (2013-2014)
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