Fung Ho Yin

Fung Ho-Yin - Artist, Hong Kong

Biography

Ho-Yin received a Postgraduate Diploma in Design and Photography from the London College of Printmaking and went on to become the design Manager in a Hong Kong design consultancy company. Currently Ho-yin Fung is both lecturer and the program Leader for the higher Diploma in Multimedia Design and Technology at the Hung Keng Polytechnic University.

Current Position

Lecturer, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Programme Leader, Higher Diploma in Multimedia Design & Technology, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma in Photography & Advertising, London College of Printing, 1989
Higher Certificate in Jewellery Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1985
Higher Certificate in Applied Photography, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1983
Higher Diploma in Product Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1981
Diploma in Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1979

Professional Affiliation

Diploma Member, S.I.A.D., U. K., 1981

Recent Contributions to Professional Community

Chairman, Executive Committee, The Hong Kong Open Printshop, 2001-2002
Vice-Chairman, Executive Committee, Hong Kong Graphics Society, 2000- 2002
Departmental Liaison Officer, Executive Committee, HKPU, School of Design Alumni Association, 2000-2003
Moderator, Design and Technology AS Level Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 2001
Co-setter, Design and Technology HKCE Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 2001
Executive committee member, Hong Kong Open Printshop, Hong Kong, 2000- 2001
External Assessor, Design and Technology AS Level Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 2000
Moderator, Design and Technology AS Level Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 2000
Co-setter, Design and Technology HKCE Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 2000
Project Advisor, "An Innovative Model of Jewellery Design & Development in 2000: Integration of Traditional Jewellery Craftsmanship & CAD Technologies", Report & Seminar on the recommendations for the Industry Support Fund project, The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, organised by the Hong Kong Jewellery Manufacturers Association, 1999-2000
Moderator, Design and Technology AS Level Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 1999
Co-setter, Design and Technology HKCE Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 1999
Moderator, Design and Technology AS Level Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 1 999
Co-setter, Design and Technology HKCE Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examination Authority, 1999
Setter and Moderator, Art HKCE Examination Paper, Paper 8 . course work, Hong Kong Examinations Authority, 1999
Speaker, public presentation, "it All Started with Light: Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing", jointly organized by the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre & Hong Kong Graphics Society, 1998
Instructor, Gum Printing Workshop, Art Workshop of the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Urban Council, 1998
Moderator, Design and Technology AS Level Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examinations Authority, 1998
Moderator, Design and Technology HKCE Examination Paper, Hong Kong Examinations Authority, 1998
Member, Workshop Management Committee, Compute-Able Workshop, Hong Kong Federation of Handicapped Youths, 1996-1997

Local Exhibitions

1 Documenta (1983) - Photography exhibition at the "I' Club, Organized by The "f' Club, Hong Kong
Images of China by Hong Kong Photographers (1984) Photography exhibition, Pao Siu Loong Gallery, The Hong Kong Arts Centre organised by The Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Advertising and Photography (1989) Photography exhibition at the Association Gallery, London, organized by The London College of Printing and The Association Gallery, London
Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 1996 Accepted for Exhibition, organised by The Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Urban Council, Hong Kong
Fringe Festival 1997. Hong Kong Experiment An Exhibition of Photography and Installation Arts, organised by The Fringe Club, sponsored by The Urban Council, Hong Kong
Contemporary Prints & Image Arts 1999 Prints exhibition.' organised by Hong Kong Institute of Prints and Paper Arts, subsidized by The Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Visual Arts: Impression of Diversity (1999) Work selected for exhibition, Thematic Exhibition, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Exhibition Gall", Hong Kong Visual Arts Festival '99, jointly organized by The Provisional Urban Council, Hong Kong, and the Confederation of Hong Kong Visual Artists
Hong Kong Printmaking Exhibition (1999) Tung Chung Concourse, Kowloon station, Airport Express, MTR, organized by the MTR Corporation, Hong Kong
"Under the Bed" - joint art exhibition with international artists (2000) Mont Blanc Gallery, The Fringe Club, Central, supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
Jiangsu, Heilongjiang & Hong Kong Prints Exhibition (2001) CityU Gallery, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Overseas Exhibitions

1999 National Prints Exhibition - Cheng Du Museum of Art + China Printmakers Association, Cheng Du, Si Chuan Province, China
Hong Kong Graphics Exhibition (1999) - Prints exhibition, Shanghai; organised by Shanghai Graphics Association and The East China Normal University, subsidized by The Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Graphics Exhibition (1999) - Prints exhibition, Shanghai., organised by Hoke Art Gallery, Shanghai, China Qingdao
International Biennial Print Exhibition 2000, China (2000) - Art Museum, City of Oingdao, organised by City Government of Qingdao + China Printmakers Association + China Exhibition Exchange Centre, China
2000 National Prints Exhibition - Guangdong Museum of Art + China Printmakers Association, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
The 75th Annual International Competition. Printmaking (2001) - Finalist, The Print Center, organised by the Print Center, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
2001 Shanghai Prints lnvitational Exhibition - U@s Printmaking Arts Center, organised by Old China Hand Press, Shanghai, China

Museum Acquisitions

Shen Zhou (Cathay) Print Museum - Permanent Collection, Cheng Du, Si Chuan, China
Hong Kong Heritage Museum - Print Collection, Provisional Regional Council, Hong Kong
Qingdao Museum of Art - Print Collection, City of Qingdao, China
Guangdong Museum of Art - Print Collection, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,China

Lost and Found - A Couple of Interpretations by Fung Ho Yin

The Passion with Making Art

I had my first exhibition about twenty years ago just before I graduated from the Polytechnic. I was involved with some exhibitions in a sort of yearly scale, however, my passion towards making art, and exhibiting it dwindled until I did not feel like doing it at all.

For more than ten years, although I continued to snap images on and off, I did not participate, or, long for doing any exhibitions simply because I saw no point in doing it. I still liked to attend exhibitions and shows, but I did not get excited about producing art works myself. I simply lost the passion for it.

This numbness towards the making of art slowly got healed during the two years of staying in London where I was learning more about photography. And, it is only when I found my most comfortable technique and medium for expression again - Gum Bichromate Printing, that I started to enjoy and even long for exhibition opportunities.

Lost Amidst the Mass and Found for Personal Likings

The process of Gum Bichromate Printing is actually an old photographic printing process popularized for producing coloured photographic images, once about a hundred and sixty years ago. However, with the arrival of the of colour negatives, the process was soon abandoned and was gradually replaced by the modern emulsions.

However, I chose to reinterpret my personal images with this discarded printing process particularly for all the complications involved in it. It is exactly because of the long and complex materials and procedures involved that provide me with the enjoyable and necessary time and space for me to develop the concepts for the images fully.

A Much Wider Interpretation

So from where I see it, the title of Lost and Found actually has the potential to allow a much more open interpretation as - positive and negative, in and out, open and closed, etc., encompassing both visual, virtual, physical, abstract and concrete aspects meanings from the phrase.

Fung Ho Yin
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