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Coco Ho’s confessional artistic practice consists primarily of experimental films, works on paper and texts, depicting herself as various fantastical characters. Fusing autobiographical episodes, Japanese ACG aesthetics, Greek mythology, and satirical humor, Ho examines the psychological states of millennials in the rapidly globalized Chinese modern society - tackling issues of mental illness, overworking culture, psychological trauma within the family structure, third culture, online dating, fake marriage and immigration laws etc.
As a former arts editor at NOWNESS China, Ho has interviewed and commissioned award-winning films featuring international artists such as Maurizo Cattelan, Marshmallow Laser Feast, UVA, Chiharu Shiota, Jian An Wu, Lu Yang, Cao Fei and Liu Wei. Her commercial collaborations include cilents in the luxury sector such as Burberry, Chanel, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, FREDERIC MALLE and Isabel Marant etc.
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COCO HO
b. 1995 in Hong Kong
Works in London and Shanghai
EDUCATION
2024 MFA Fine Arts, University of Oxford, UK
2017 BA Visual Arts & Psychology, University of Washington Seattle, USA
Annual Dean’s List Award
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 OPEN STUDIO, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2018 Those Dreams About Dreams, Soho Gallery, New York City, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 MFA Degree Show, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
2024 K11 Art Fair, K11 Art Foundation, Wuhan, China
2024 Boundless Reverie: Chinese Savoir-Faire and Contemporary Art, K11 Musea Art Basel, Hong Kong, China
2023 Transcend Time, Transcend Space, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2023 SWATCH Art Journey, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2017 Final Bloom Art Show, Broadway Soho, New York City, USA
2017 RAW: Natural Born Artist Show, SODO Place, Seattle, USA
2017 Maker Summit Showcase Competitor, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2017 Medium of Choice Gallery Showcase, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle, USA
2017 CoMotion Ideathon Showcase, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2023 K11 x ArtReview Artist Residency, Wuhan, China
AWARDS
2024 New Contemporaries, Shortlisted, Lillian the Alien
2022 Black Cat International Film Festival, The Pearls of Aoi
2022 Rhode Island Film Festival Selected, Private View: Midnight Wanderer
2022 Bolton Film Festival Selected, Private View: Midnight Wanderer
2020 Shanghai International Film Festival Top 5 Short Film Nominations, I Feel Pretty
FILM SCREENINGS
2023 The Olympian Academy Screening, Modephant Art Space, M50, Shanghai, China
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021 NOWNESS China Awards Showcase, TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2020 NOWNESS China Awards Showcase, CAA Arts Museum, Hangzhou, China
2020 NOWNESS China Awards Showcase, Modern Studio & Modern Art Base, Shanghai, China
2019 NOWNESS Global Awards, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
2019 NOWNESS China New Talent Awards, K11 Chi Museum, Shanghai, China
2019 NOWNESS Experiments: The Mesh, K11 Chi Museum, Shanghai, China
2018 NOWNESS Experiments: Perception, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2016 Seattle Maker Faire, Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle, USA
WORKSHOPS + PRESENTATIONS
2023 Art & Science Event: From Canvas to Cognition: pathways to an interdisciplinary creation, Christ Church College, University of Oxford, UK
2020 4 Minutes of Time: An In-Depth Exploration of the Top 5 NOWNESS Films Nominated at the Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, China
OTHER EDUCATION
2022 Fine Arts Summer School Certificate, RCA, UK
2022 Dürer to Bruegel/ Northern Renaissance Art Certificate, University of Oxford, UK
2022 Van Eyck to Membling/ Northern Renaissance Art Certificate, University of Oxford, UK
2016 Intermediate Fashion Design Certificate, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2015 Advanced Pattern Making Certificate, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
