Wuon-Gean Ho

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Humanities

  Programme

  MA Print, 2016

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  http://www.printplay.wordpress.com
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  @wuongean

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• I have been making prints for over 20 years. Working in series and sequence has resulted in animations, artist books, moving image, performance and small 3D sculptures and rings. 

• Degrees

• BA History of Art, University of Cambridge, 1994 ; MA VetMB MRCVS, University of Cambridge, 1998

• Experience

• Designer for The Royal Mint Lunar Coin series, one coin design a year for the Chinese Lunar Calendar Shengxiao Collection from 2014–28; Printmaking Today, news and previews editor for publication with readership of 10.000; Tutor in printmaking (clients include: Aberystwyth School of Art, Bluecoat, East London Printmakers, Leicester Print Workshop, Sitka Center for Arts, Tulane University New Orleans, Victoria and Albert Museum), 2007–present ; Studio technician for printmaking workshop East London Printmakers 2010–13

• Exhibitions

• Light Line, Two person show, Leicester Print Gallery, 2016; 10th International Biennial of Contemporary Prints, Liège, Belgium, 2015; Society of Wood Engravers 77th Annual Exhibition, touring, UK, 2015; Poetry Scores Hawaii-Look Like What It Means, Hilo Hawaii, 2015; Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK, 2014, 2013, 2010, 2006; 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge film festival, Germany, 2013; 6th International Artist Book Triennial, Vilnius; Dreams Freud Museum, London, UK, 2011; Chasing Tales, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, UK, 2011

• Awards

• First Prize for Books of Desire, Classense Library, Ravenna, Italy, 2014; British Institution Award at the Royal Academy Summer show for Unending Forest, 2014 ; Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust prize for Embrace, 2010; Printmakers Council Prize for Sleeper series, 2009

• Conferences

• Southern Graphics Council International Conference Tennessee, USA, 2015; Southern Graphics Council International Conference Tennessee, USA, Panel Chair, Topic: Distortion, 2015; IMPACT 8 Dundee: Unending Forest, 2013, ; IMPACT 8 Dundee: Shift, 2013, ; 40th Southern Graphics Council International Conference, invited international panelist, New Orleans, USA, 2012; IMPACT 7 Melbourne, 2011; 3rd Qijiang International Print Show, China, 2011; IMPACT 6, Bristol, 2009; 2nd Qijiang International Print Show, China, 2009

• Publications

• In Tandem, Printmaking Today, Vol 25, No 1, 2016, p.22; Ethics in Aesthetics, Printmaking Today, Vol 25, No 1, 2016, p.24; The Flood, Printmaking Today, Vol 25, No 1, 2016, p.25; The First Cut is Deepest, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 4, 2015, p.19; Perfect Balance, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 4, 2015, p.22; Landscapes and Interiors, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 4, 2015, p.24; Storms and Clear Light, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 4, 2015, p.25; Stardust and Moonglow, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 3, 2015, p.22; Ten Year Survey, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 3, 2015, p.24; See Your Future, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 3, 2015, p.25; Double Exposures, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 2, 2015, p.19; Global Print, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 2, 2015, p.19; Perforated Prints, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 2, 2015, p.21; Fashion Forward, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 2, 2015, p.22; Enigmatic Escher, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 2, 2015, p.24; Flowering Borders, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 2, 2015, p.25; Figure and Rhythm, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 1, 2015, p.22; Neither Dead nor Alive, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 1, 2015, p.24; Life on the Water Margin, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 1, 2015, p.25; Book review, Printmaking Off the Beaten Track, Printmaking Today, Vol 24, No 1, 2015, p.40-41; and so on, since 2013