CV

Education
2001  MA in Fine Art, Middlesex University, London, UK;
- “First Class Honour” on Graduation Exhibition;
- 2001 scholarship for Master studies from Macao Foundation.

2000  BA(Hons) in Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK;
- Exchange Student (Fall semester 08-12/1998), California State University, Long Beach, USA and having been placed on the “Dean’s Honor List” for Fall semester 1998 for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement (GPA 3.5).

Solo Exhibitions
2008  “Media Discursiveness – Impermanent Intrusion – Bianca Lei Solo Exhibition”, St. Paul’s Fine Art Gallery, Macao.
2003  “Seesaw Struggle – Lei Sio Chong (Bianca) Video Installation Exhibition”, Ox Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao. 

Group Exhibitions:
2014  “FICH – 1º Festival Internacional de Cinema Chinês e Lusófono”, Cinema São Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
    “Onde é a China / Where is China?”, Bejing World Art Museum, China Millennium Monument, Bejing, Mainland China ; Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal.
      “HKEX – Asian Experimental Video Festival in Hong Kong”, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

2013   “Crossroads • Another Dimension – A Cross-strait Four-regions Artistic Exchange Project 2013, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, Mainland China; Macao Museum of Art, Macao; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
           “Asynchronous States -AIA Asia in Independent Asia, VT Artsalon & FreeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan.

          “MC Biennale” Joint Exhibition of Collaborative Artists, MC Gallery, Macao.
          “JETLAG”--Multimedia contemporary art in China, FH Hanover (faculty III) and Kunsthalle Faust, Hanover, Germany.

2011  “Nostalgia Refreshed : Old Macao + New Media”, Macau Art Museum, Macao.
          “Similarity and Difference - Guangzhou/Macau Contemporary Art Exhibition”, OX Warehouse Art Space, Macao.
        “Imaginary Belongings ——Macau Contemporary Art”, Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal.

2010   EX!T 2010 – the Experimental Media Art Festival in Taiwan, Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, Taipei.
          “Own our City, Own our Art! - AFA AUTUMN SOLAN”, The Oriental Foundation, Macao.
          “Art Beijing 2010”, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, Mainland China.
          “The Joint Exhibition Of Artists”, MC Gallery, Macao.
          “Human Emotion Project (HEP) - International Artists using Film & Video, AFA Beijing Contemporary Art Centre, Beijing, Mainland China.

2009    “S/low – Macau/Xiaozhou Art In Live Festival”in Xiaozhou Village, Guangzhou, Mainland China.
        “Human Emotion Project (HEP) - International Artists using Film & Video, in Portuguese Bookshop Gallery, Macao.
        “Macao Independent Film & Video ── Olá Beijing! Macao Contemporary Art in Beijing Activities, in Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, Mainland China.
        “The Saddest Place on Earth Visit Macao” , Pin-to-Book bookstore, Macao.
        “The 5th China (Shenzhen) international Cultural Industries Fair”, in Shenzhen, Mainland China.
        “100% Macau Original”, in Albergue Gallery, Macao.

2008 “Prelude to the 10th Anniversary of 1999 Macao Handover art exhibition, Ox warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
          “Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York 2008” (ACAF NY), New York, USA.
          “23rd Asia International Art Exhibition” , in Ucity Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, Mainland China.
          “Pre-Exhibition of 23rd Asia International Art Exhibition” , Albergue Gallery, Macao.
 “Exhibition of Macau Contemporary” , AFA Beijing Contemporary Art Centre, Beijing, Mainland China.
“Illusion · ControlContemporary Art Exhibition, Pedra Xiaozhou Art Space, Guangzhou, Mainland China.
“Art Beijing 2008”National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, Mainland China.
“Winds of Cool: 16 Macao Contemporary Artists Summer Show”, St. Paul’s Fine Art, Macao.
               “Emulation and Truth – A View of Contemporary Art in Macao” -- Group Exhibition of Macao Artists in Guangzhou, in Ucity Art Museum of The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, Mainland China.

2007   “Six Artists – Macao Contemporary Art Exhibition” , St. Paul’s Fine Art Gallery, Macao.
        “Macau Contemporary Paintings - 2007”, Macau Art Museum, Macao.
        “TimeSpaceFlow, International Contemporary Arts Exhibition, OX Warehouse – Old Ladies Art Space, Macaothe Pier 2 Art District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
         “Place – Act II, Exhibition of Macao Contemporary Art, Macau Art Museum, Macao.
         “Myth of Place”, in OX Warehouse, Macao.
         “Dependance-independence video art screening, Espace Piano Nobile, Geneva, Switzerland.

2006  “Moving Castle, Exchange Exhibition of Four Cities, OX Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “Myth of Place”, Nolias Gallery 2, London, UK.
        “Octomania(on drawing the number eight)”, Parasite art space, Hong Kong.
        “Macau Contemporary Paintings-2006”, Macau Art Museum, Macao.
        “Microcosmo – Chinese Contemporary Art, Macau Art Museum, Macao.

2005  The Second Guangzhou Triennial- Self Organization”, Guangzhou Xinyi International Club, Guangzhou, Mainland China.
        “2005 Daejeon FAST – Image of Macao”, Gallery of Hanbat Library, Library of Daejeon City, Korea.
        “Macau New Wave - Exhibition of Contemporary art, Macau Art Museum, Macao.
        “The Empty Quarter”, Bournemouth, UK.
        “Ruins’ Flowers Contemporary Photographic Works Exhibition, OX Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “Life Community – Multi-media art exhibition, The Millennium Gallery, Macao.

2004  “Today and Tomorrow” Macau Contemporary Photography Exhibition, OX Warehouse – Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “Macao Original Video Exhibition 2004”, in OX Warehouse, Macao.
        “The City, the Community, the Images Video Installation Exhibition, in the Northern District, Macao
        “The Fulbright Film Symposium - Showcase for works by Macau video artists, The University of Macau , Macao.       

2003    “Macau Contemporary Paintings”, Macau Art Museum, Macao.
“Macao Original Video Exhibition 2003”, OX Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “Video Café”, in 1a space, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong.
        “Sketch Extension III”, OX Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “The 2003 International Open Image Competition (IOI) Showcase”, in the Deluxe Gallery Hoxton Square, London, UK.
        “The OX in the year of Sheep Exhibition , OX Warehouse – Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “The 19th Macao Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition”, in the Gallery of the Department of Municipal & Civil Affairs, Macao.

2002  “Macao Original Video Exhibition 2002”, in the Old Ladies House Art Space, Macao.
         Macao Fringe 2002 – “Life-size Palace”, Installation Arts Exhibition, in the Ruin of “Ilha Verde” Monastery, Macao.

2001  “MA Fine Art 2001”, London, UK.
        “Parallel Realities”, Quicksilver Place Gallery, London, UK.
         “Edge”, Byan Shaw Gallery, London, UK.

2000  ”Sweet Fa”, Nottingham, UK.

1998 “The π annual Exhibition of PHICS”, Long Beach, USA.
               “Beyond 30x22 printmaking show, Long Beach, USA.

1996  “Chinese Traditional Painting Show”, the Gallery of the School of Visual Art, Macao.

1994   “Photography Workshop 94”, the Gallery of the School of Visual Art, Macao.
          “The Woman Chinese Painting Artists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Exhibition”, Macao.

Curating
2014   Macau Experimental Video Works, HKEX – Asian Experimental Video Festival in Hong Kong, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2013  EXiM 2013 – Korea Experimental Video Festival in Macao, Ox Warehouse Art Space, Macao.
          “VanVan --Conceptual Photography works by Joein Leong, Icarus Wong, Ox Warehouse Art Space, Macao.
          Mir-Air Journey – Paintings by Lai Sio Kit, AFA Beijing, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, Mainland China.
2012 EXiM 2012 – Taiwan Experimental Video Festival in Macao, Ox Warehouse Art Space, Macao.
          The Secret Garden – Paintings by Lai Sio Kit, AFA Gallery, Macao.
2011  EXiM 2011 - Asian Experimental Video Festival in Macao, Ox Warehouse Art Space, Macao.
          “Study Void – Duncan Mountford Installation Artwork Exhibition, Ox Warehouse Art Space, Macao.
2010  Image of Macao --- The Experimental Video Works from Macao”, EX!T 2010 – the Experimental Media Art Festival in Taiwan, Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, Taipei.
         “Fantasy Party – Toy Figure Exhibition, in Pavilhão de Exposições e Espectáculos Artísticos para Jovens, Macao.
2009  “Fresh Artists - The Art Exhibition of Young Artists from the Cross Strait 4 Regions, Ox Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
2008  “Talks & Exhibition 2008 -Video Art Activities”, Ox Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “Macao Video Artwork Exhibition” , Ucity Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, Mainland China.
2007  “Talks & Exhibition -Video Art Activities, OX Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
        “Myth of Place” , Ox Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
2006  “Myth of Place” , Nolias Gallery 2, London, UK.
2005   “Excel Design - Exhibition of awarded works from students of School of Arts”, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao.
2004   “Airborne system mode - Contemporary Art Exhibition (Artists from UK, Japan, Korea, Taiwan), Ox Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
         “The City, the Community, the Images - Video Installation Exhibition, in the Northern District, Macao.

Other Arts Activities
2013    Video Designer, theatre “Wall of Fog” (Dir: Wang Mo Lin), the 24th Macao Arts Festival, Dom Pedro V Theatre, Macao.
         Assisted the “Illustration Book Workshop” (Tutor: Xiong Liang), Stone Commune, Macao.

2010   Organised the “HKIndieFF in Macau”, Ox Warehouse– Old Ladies Art Space, Macao.
          Art director, a short film “Just One Dollar” (Dir: Vincent Hui), Macao.

2009   Organised the “Contemporary Moving Image Activity - Chinese Independent Film 1+1 Festival”, in Ox Warehouse, Macao.
          Live video creation for “The Prosperity Alarm of the Goldfish Tank in Nam Van Lake” performance (Dir: J Lei & Ng Fong Chu), Macau city Fringe 2009, in St Paul Fine Art Gallery, Macao.

2008    Art director, a short film “Macao Stories -A Right Time” (Dir: Albert Chu), Macao.

2007   Video creation for the “CREB: Camp Response Element-Binding” performance (Dir: J Lei), Macao Fringe 2007, Macao.
2006   Installation work in the site-specific dance theatre - ”Kafka listening to the wind” (Dir: J Lei), in Culture Centre, Macao.

2003   Editor, the “Macao Art Net Website”, Cultural Institute, Macao.
         Presenter for the Video Screening and the Debate with the curator Hanspeter Ammann, in the  “Beauty and Meaning” International Video Art Cycle in the 14th Macao Arts Festival, Macao.

2002   Art Director, a TV programme “Love. Lost Count” (Dir: Mo Wing-Sin), the TV department of RTHK, Macao.

2001  Worked with Belgium Artist Joelle Teurlinckx, Christoph Fink and Ria Pacquee in an Art Project   which was about space, body and language, London, UK.

2000   Exhibition Assistant, British Artist Duncan Mountford’s Solo Exhibition - “Ordinary Facts Arranged within Time” in Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK.

1998   Worked with USA artist Brian Sanderson in an “Exchange Print” Printmaking Project, California State University, Long Beach,USA.
         Organised the exhibition --“The annual Exhibition of PHICS” with other students, California State University, Long Beach, USA.

Academic, Scholarly and Teaching Experience :
2003-present   Full-time Lecturer, the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute.
2006-2011  Supervisor for Graduation Project Report, Multimedia major, Design Programme, the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute.
2012     Article –“The status of Experimental Moving Image in Macao”, published in the magazine “Black Reader”, Seoul, Korea.
2010       Article for publication and presentation – “The development and status of experimental video in Macao”, EX!T 2010 – the Experimental Media Art Festival in Taiwan, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre, Taiwan.
2009-2011  Design Programme Validation Coordinator, the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute.
2009       Publications: The Sixth chapter: “The International development trend of Higher Education in Visual Arts.”,Prospects for Macao Higher Education in Visual Artsby the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute, published by the Guangdong Higher Education Press, 2009.
              Tutor, art creation course, “Fresh Artists” project in 2009, in Ox Warehouse, Macao.
2007        Speaker, video art in “Video Creation Activities”, organised by the “CUT” audio-visual association, in Macao.
2006-2007   Design Programme Coordinator, the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute.
                Design Programme Validation Coordinator, the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute.
2005-2006  Design, Music(educational) and Visual Arts (educational) Programme Validation Coordinator and completed three Programme Validation Reports, the School of Arts, Macao Polytechnic Institute.
2006        Tutor, video art course in the “2nd Museum Guide Training Programme”, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macao.
               Tutor, the “Workshops for Inspiring Youth – Video Art Appreciation” organised jointly by the “Stone communes” and the Macao Cultural Centre, Macao.
2003-2004  Tutor for the video installation course, organised by the “CUT” audio-visual association, in Macao.
2003    Speaker for a seminar - “New Century Vision – Video Art”, invited by the Macau Art Museum, in Macao.
             Speaker for a seminar - “The Picture Life – Spiritual Touch” of the Teachers Workshop, invited by the Breakthrough Limited, Hong Kong.
             Tutor for Video Art DV Workshop in the “Be Fun, No Smoking” Young People DV Production Project, organized by the “Serviço de Sáude”, “Instituto de Acção Social”, the “Associção de Audio-Visual CUT” and the “Associçao de Escoteiros de Macau (AEM)” and the Association of Chinese Students of Macao, Macao.


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