About this event
Please join us for an artist talk with Fiona Wong, ceramic artist, curator, and Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong Art School on Wednesday June 9 at 1 - 2 pm Melbourne/ 11am - 12 noon Hong Kong. Discussion will be hosted by Kris Coad, artist and Lecturer in Ceramics, School of Art at RMIT University. This event is hosted by CAST Contemporary Art and Social Transformation research group.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fiona Wong Lai Ching is a renowned and well-respected ceramic artist in Hong Kong. She was selected as the Artist of the Year (Visual Arts) in the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2017. She received a Starr Foundation award from the Asian Cultural Council in 2000 and was elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva in 2007. She has been appointed Expert Advisor for Hong Kong Museums since 2014. Since 2004, Fiona has curated various research and social art projects such including “ My Soil My Land (2006)” a community project th