Artist | Movana Chen
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Hong Kong
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About Movana Chen
Movana Chen is a Hong Kong-based artist who studied fashion design at the London College of Fashion and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Hong Kong. Movana started her knitting projects in 2004 by making “magazine clothes”, a genre that involves playing with deconstructing and reconstructing of meanings and content by knitting shredded magazine papers. Her work is a multi-disciplinary fusion of media, fashion, performance, installation and sculpture which has been presented at different exhibitions, art festivals and events globally. Her recent solo projects include at ArtisTree (Hong Kong), Chinart LaGalerie (Paris), Shin Hwa Gallery (Hong Kong) and Pekin Fine Arts (Beijing). She has also participated in group-exhibitions at CODA Museum (Apeldoorn-Netherland), Espace Louis Vuitton (Hong Kong and Singapore), MoA Museum of Art Seoul National University, Gyeonggi MoMA Korea and MoCA Shanghai Museum. Movana was one of the 30 finalists of the 2011 & 2012 Sovereign Asian Art Prize. Amongst the collectors of her art works, apart from private collectors, are the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Louis Vuitton, Chinart LaGalerie (Paris) and the Galerie Helene Lamarque (Miami).
Artist Statement
Since 2004, I have been making “magazine clothes”, which are knitted from shredded papers of old magazines. I focus on exploring “wearable art” by creating “body containers” sculpture. The reconstructed paper pieces represent wishes and are transformed into shreds of meanings of daily life. It creates an alternative way of reading and exploring art as a dialogue between visual languages and the viewers. I believe it is also a new way to appreciate different cultures. I want to explore different ways to “wear” one’s identity, to experiment and play with it, and create new opportunities for different cultures and identities, and begin the communication between each other. This is one of my developments to allow audience to look things at sideway; to discover; to challenge; to be individual.
CV
EDUCATION
2007 Exhibition Studies and Art Curatorship, Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong
2005 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1997 Fashion Design The London College of Fashion, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 KNITerature, ArtisTree, Hong Kong
2011 Travelling into your Bookshelf-Paris, CHINART, Paris
2011 Body Containers come to life, K11 art mall, Hong Kong
2009 Travelling into my Bookshelf, Shin Hwa Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 Two-way Communication Beijing, Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008 Two-way Communication, Kubrick bookstore, IFC Mall, Hong Kong
2007 Play with artbooks-II, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2007 Wear Me out-II, The 10th Seoul Fringe Festival, HUT Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 Wear Me Out, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2005 Play with artbooks, White tube, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 The Magic of Space, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Korea
2014 The Future of Fashion is Now, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2014 Elephant Parade Hong Kong, Asia Elephant Foundation
2013 CODA Paper Art, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherland
2013 The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Hong Kong & Seoul
2012 2012 International Fashion Art Biennale in Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
2012 “Design Futurology” MoA Museum of Art Seoul National University, Korea
2012 “The Art of Dress” Espace Louis Vuitton, Singapore
2012 “The Art of Dress” Espace Louis Vuitton, Hong Kong
2012 ARTHK12, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2012 “Knit Together” Atrium, ifc mall, Hong Kong
2012 SHOW OFF Solo Show Art Fair, port des Champs Elysées, Paris
2012 Ethical fashion Show, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2011 2011 International Fashion Art Festival in Hague City Hall, The Netherlands
2010 "War & Peace" 2010 International Fashion Art Biennale in Seoul, Seoul Arts Centre Korea
2010 ECHO Hong Kong Sculpture Biennial 2010, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2010 ARTHK10, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2009 “.be Anti-Crisis" DETOUR-DESIGNR-rdv project in Hong Kong and Brussels, Belgium
2009 Fashion’s Night Out Sept. 11 2009 Beijing, A Global VOGUE Celebration of Fashion, Beijing
2009 ‘2009 Cross-genre exhibition <Fashion Ethics –“Wear Good”>, Gyeonggi MoMA Korea
2009 Mixed Media and Body Containers on Display, The Opposite House, Swire Hotel Beijing
2008 ARTHK08, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2008 Beyond the Body, Galerie Helene Lamarque, Miami
2008 Shanghai MoCA Envisage II – Butterfly Dream, MoCA Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China
2006 Paradigm Shift BA (Fine Art) Graduation Show 2006, Pao’s Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 New Trend 2006, Artist commune, Hong Kong
2006 Crackers, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2005 You Make Me, Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf, London
SELECTED PERFORAMNCE PROJECTS
2013 Body Container Comes to Life in Hong Kong
2012 Body Container Comes to Life in London
2011 Body Container Comes to Life in Paris
2010 Body Container Comes to Life in Seoul
2008 Body Containers, Challenging the Language of Fashion Culture, Collaborate with Shanghai Tang and Art Asia Pacific at ART HK08
2008 Body Container Comes to Life @Shanghai Tang, Hong Kong
2005 Looking. Touching. Shredding. Knitting=INTERACTING, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
2005 You Make Me, OXO Tower, London
TOURING PROJECT
2012 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - Sicily
2011 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - Paris
2010 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - Philadelphia
2010 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - East Lansing
2010 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - Seoul
2009 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - London
2009 Travelling into Your Bookshelf - Milan
AWARD
2012 Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2011 Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2008 “40 under 40” creative talents Award, Perspective Magazine
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2012 LOUIS VUITTON
2011 Chinart LaGalerie, Paris
2009 Hong Kong Heritage Museum
2008 Galerie Helene Lamarque, Paris & Miami
