Introduction to anothermountainman

Stanley Wong (b. 1960, Hong Kong), out of respect for the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty painter Bada Shanren, adopted the pseudonym “anothermountainman.”

 

He represented Hong Kong at the 51st Venice Biennale with his iconic “Red White Blue” series. His works in the fields of art, design, photography, and advertising have garnered over 600 awards in Asia and internationally, including two Gold Pencils from the One Show in the USA, a Yellow Pencil from D&AD in the UK, and the Tokyo TDC Award. He was also honored with the Artist of the Year Award (Visual Arts) at the 2011 Hong Kong Arts Development Awards and the Contemporary Art Award by the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2012. In 2019, he held a major solo exhibition, “A Witness to Time,” at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and was named the DFA World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer in 2020.

 

He excels in engaging with social issues through his works, creating space for reflection. His exhibitions have been showcased in over a hundred venues in Hong Kong and worldwide, and his works are included in the permanent collections of renowned museums, including M+ and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 “Red White Blue,” Fang Suo Commune, Guangzhou; Fang Suo Commune, Chengdu, China

2015 “Dual Exhibition: Stanley Wong x anothermountainman,” Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg), Tokyo, Japan

2014 “Perceiving Emptiness,” Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2013 “Show Flat 04,” Hermès, Singapore

2013 “From Su Dongpo to Bada Shanren,” Booth: Grotto Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2012 “Incomplete,” Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong

2012 “Hong Kong Architecture Red White Blue 26 / Demonstration Unit,” Absolut Gallery, Hong Kong International Art Fair 2012, Hong Kong

2011 “Traces: Back on the Road,” Future Industries, Hong Kong

2010 “Originally Nothing,” Goethe-Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong

2010 “Incomplete,” Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK

2009 “Incomplete,” LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2007 “Of Things Present,” Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

2007 “Incomplete,” Goethe-Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong

2006 “Future Tense: Red White Blue,” LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2006 “Hong Kong Architecture 16 / Red White Blue / Faith / Hope / Love,” MTR Art in MTR, Central Station, Hong Kong

2005 “From London to Hong Kong to London Photography Exhibition,” EXHIBIT Gallery, London, UK

2004 “Everywhere: Red White Blue,” LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2004 “Everywhere: Red White Blue,” Fringe Club, Hong Kong

2003 “Hong Kong Architecture 10 / Moving Through,” Benetton Fabrica Gallery, Hong Kong

2000 “The Last of Oil Street: 522 Days of Art,” Oil Street Art Village, Hong Kong

1993 “An Ordinary Person’s 100,000 Kilometers in Ten Years,” Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 “Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival – Searching for the City,” Jimei New City Citizen Square Exhibition Hall, Xiamen, China

2016 “ASIA NOW: Paris Asian Art Fair,” Booth: Grotto Fine Art, 9 Avenue Hoche, Paris, France

2016 “Fine Art Asia,” Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2016 “Hong Kong-Macao Visual Art Biennale,” Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China

2016 “MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture,” Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2015 “Lui Shou-Kwan: The Legend of Ink Painting over Four Decades,” Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2015 “WYNG Masters Award Finalists’ Exhibition,” Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong

2014 “Twin Peaks,” Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong

2014 “Art Paris Art Fair,” Booth: Grotto Fine Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France

2014 “Long Time No See, Victoria,” Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong

2014 “Building M+: The Museum and Architecture Collection,” ArtisTree, Hong Kong

2013 “Relativity in City,” Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2013 “Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition 2012,” Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

2013 “Objects of Hong Kong,” Solstice Gallery, Hong Kong

2013 “P.O.V: Alternative Perspectives in Asian Contemporary Photography,” Galerie Steph, Singapore

2012 “You See Me, I See You: Portraits by Hong Kong Photographers,” Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2011 “What’s Next 30×30 Creativity Exhibition,” OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China

2011 “AUF DER SUCHE NACH DEM WUNDERBAREN: Art and Spirituality,” Dresden, Germany

2011 “What’s Next 30×30 Creativity Exhibition,” ArtisTree, Hong Kong

2011 “Deutsche Bank Collection,” Hong Kong International Art Fair 2011, Hong Kong

2010 “ATOPIA, Art and City in the 21st Century,” CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Barcelona, Spain

2010 “City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography,” Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong

2009 “Summer Group Show,” 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong

2008 “memoria – casting a gaze,” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

2008 “New World Order,” Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands

2008 “Constant Stream – China 08,” Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2008 “ARCO 2008,” 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, The 27th International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

2008 “Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture,” Central Police Station Compound, Hong Kong

2007 “Para/Site Portfolios: 1/xx Hong Kong Graphics,” Para Site Art Space, Hong Kong

2007 “Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves,” ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany

2007 “Prison Museum – Inside Victoria Prison’s History,” Victoria Prison, Hong Kong

2006 “Creative Ink Work Exhibition,” Shenzhen, China

2006 “Outside Context Problem,” 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong

2006 “Double 6 – six occurring dialogues,” LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2005 “Hong Kong at the Venice Biennale Response Exhibition,” Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

2005 “The 1st Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture,” OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, China

2005 “Dada / Force of Hangul,” The Loop Alternative, Seoul, Korea

2005 “Red White Blue Odyssey: Drink Tea | Talk,” Venice Biennale, Hong Kong Pavilion, Venice, Italy

2004 “Build – Hong Kong Spirit Red White Blue,” Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong

2004 “Dislocation Re-launch Exhibition,” LEE Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2004 “Ordinary People – Conceptual Photography of Chinese Artists from the 90s to Now,” Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong

2004 “Insideout Show,” Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong

2003 “Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition,” Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

2003 “Hong Kong in Perspective,” CityU Gallery, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2002 “Red – Hong Kong Architecture 02,” Alan Chan 27 Gallery, Hong Kong

1999 “OP Limited Edition Photographs 1999,” Original Photography Gallery, Hong Kong

1999 “Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition,” Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

1996 “Long Live 97 Architecture Ideas Exhibition,” Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong

 

Selected Awards

2012 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards 2012

2011 Hong Kong Arts Development Awards – Artist of the Year (Visual Arts)

2003 Finalist, Hong Kong Art Biennial Awards

2001 Gold Award, Annual Awards of the Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers

1999 Finalist, Hong Kong Art Biennial Awards

 

Collections

Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Hong Kong)

Groninger Museum (Netherlands)

Guan Shanyue Art Museum (Shenzhen, China)

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Hong Kong Museum of Art

M+ Museum (Hong Kong)

OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (Shenzhen, China)

Today Art Museum (Beijing, China)

Victoria and Albert Museum (UK)