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" The perfected form
​of the sciences
​must be poetical"


​​Novalis, letter to Schlegel, 1798




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​​❉ Tree of Knowledge

HKBU Library, Hong Kong
​2025
Tree of Knowledge (Foam), Printed Vinyl banner, 14 x 6 metres
​Studio Pollen (Atticus Sims & Michael Whittle)

​​❉ Memento Mori

The Hong Kong Club
2024
Memento Mori series, 2024, Printed images of AI generated orchids grown in the shape of human skulls, 60 x 40 cm
Studio Pollen (Atticus Sims & Michael Whittle)

​​❉ Fragments

​COHJU Contemporary Art
​Kyoto, 2024
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Neural Snowball series I-III, 2023, Ink, water-colour, and pencil on paper, 80 x 57 cm

​❉ The Metamorphosis of Plants (Ur-chid)

Urban Species
Curated by MUSTHAVEKEYS
​Hong Kong, 2023
The Metamorphosis of Plants, 2023, AI generated digital orchid species, Video, Wallpaper and 3D print,
The Roots of the Orchid, 2019, Ink, pencil, and water-colour on paper, 111.2 x 78.9 cm

​❉ Grid Cell Performance

Light Up
​Curated by Zoe Chan

Goethe Institute 
​Hong Kong, 2022
Dance performance on Grid Cell Carpet, 2022, Custom made carpet, 250 x 250 cm
​(Installation view: Goethe Institute Hong Kong)

❉ Butterfly on the Sun

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Changwon Sculpture Biennale
Seongsan Art Hall
​South Korea, 2022
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Butterfly on the Sun, 2022, Window mounted printed plastic (UV-resistant),
1800 x 1400 cm (Installation view: Seoungsan Art Hall)


❉ Noctis Labyrinthus

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CITYA
Curated by Janet Fong
Koo Ming Kown Gallery
Hong Kong, 2021
Noctis Labyrinthus (Labyrinth of the Night), 2021. Fictional plans for Martian city based on the structure of the human ribosome.
3D milled foam model of a valley system made using NASA data, with 3D printed Martian habitats.

❉ Perpetual Motion

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Yi Tai Sculpture & Installation Projects
Curated by André Chan
Art Central Hong Kong, 2021
​                      Perpetual Motion (Grid cell carpet map with suspended MTDNA Haplogroups of the World), 2021 
                 Custom made carpet, wood, UV-printed disks, lead, wire​, 350 x 350 x 800 cm

❉ Bird call full moon

​Ashiya Schule Gallery
​Ashiya, 2020
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Bird Call Full Moon, 2009,  ​Ink and watercolour on paper, 44.5 x 42 cm

❉ Creators in Lab

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​Art & Science Residency
​Asia Culture Centre
Gwangju, 2019

Still Life, 2019,  printed roller blinds, aluminium rigging, lighting, cables, framed ink and watercolour painting on paper,
​240 x 600 x 600 cm (Installation view: Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju) Photo: Sarah Kim


❉​ Exile - Alternative Directions

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Artist in Residency
​Chusa Memorial Museum
Jeju Island, 2019​
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The Roots of the Orchid, 2019, Ink, pencil, and water-colour on paper, 111.2 x 78.9 cm
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Tear glands, tear ducts, tear drops, 2019,  Ink, pencil, and water-colour on paper, 111.2 x 78.9 cm

​❉ Portraits of Thought​
      思考の肖像

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​​The Kyoto University Museum
​Kyoto, 2018-19​​

​❉ The Cosmic Garden

​Orticolario, ​Villa Erba
​Curated by Jeff Gleich
Lake Como, Italy, 2018

❉ Circle

The Trinity Gallery
Seoul, 2018

​❉ The Shape of Information
      情報の形

​COHJU Contemporary Art
Kyoto, 2017

❉ Surface series

Volta Basel
COHJU Contemporary Art
Basel, 2017

​❉ 13 love poems and a song of despair 

Sakyukan
​Niigata, 2016
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❉ Wabi Sabi Shima:
         Of the aesthetics of perfection & chaos in the Japanese archipelago
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Fondation Thalie
​Espace H18
Brussels, 2015
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​Study for a fake moon (Lunar Earth-side geology), 2015, Ink and watercolour on paper, 111 x 79 cm

❉ Out of Africa:
     Under a full moon, with dead-ends, signal fire and old smoke

Doctoral Exhibition
Kyoto City University of Arts
​2014

❉ Dividing Line - Connecting Line
            分かつ線ーつなぐ線  

Zuiun-an
​Kyoto, 2013-14

❉ Pattern Recognition
           パターン認識   

COHJU Contemporary Art
Kyoto, 2014
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Two Large Waves (Temple roof diagrams with two point interference patterns and debris), 2013-2017, Ink and watercolour on paper, 148 x 180 cm

❉ May Dialogues:
        1st Annual Collectors' Contemporary Collaboration

Curated by Johnson Chang
Hong Kong Arts Centre, ​2014
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Parallel temples with circle steps, 2011, Ink on Paper, 116 x 147.5cm

❉ Art Futures 2011

Art Basel Hong Kong
with​ Man&Eve Gallery
Hong Kong, ​2011

❉ ¡ Que Esfuerzo ! 

​MC Gallery
Seoul, 2011

❉ The Diamond Anvil

​Daniel Cooney Fine Art
New York, 2010

❉ Art Futures 2010

​Art Basel Hong Kong
with Man&Eve Gallery
Hong Kong, 2010

❉ The World of Red Dust
          红楼梦 / Dream of the red chamber

International Artist Solo Show
C.I.G.E.
Beijing, 2009

❉ Dark Ages

​Man&Eve Gallery
London, ​2008

❉ Suspensions 
      부유 (浮遊) ​

​Gallery NV
Seoul, 2008

❉ Different Similarities, Similar Differences
    相違の類似性  類似の相違性 

​Sfera
Kyoto, 2008

❉ The Louder the Sun Blooms

​Daniel Cooney Fine Art 
New York, 2007

❉ Miniature Worlds

Jerwood Space
​London, 2006

❉ The Topology of Being

​Daniel Cooney Fine Art
New York, 2006
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