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Selected Work, 199th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (2025)

Nursing Home

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Selected Work, 199th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (2025)

Nursing Home

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My Name

Jack So / Chi Kiu So

Art Statement

I keep searching my true identity and real self via art. 

Award

  • The First Place Winner, Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023, Japan

Education

  • 4/2008 - 3/2009: Diploma in Art History, London Art College
  • 9/2004 - 8/2005: MSc in Information Systems, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Group Exhibitions

  • 7/12/2023 - 16/12/2023 : Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023 Exhibition, Taipei Chè-lâm Presbyterian Church, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2/2/2024 - 12/5/2024 : Leamington Open 2024 Exhibition, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Warwick, UK
  • 23/2/2024 - 22/3/2024 : Let Us See You Exhibition, APS Gallery, Leeds, UK
  • 23/3/2024 - 6/4/2024 : Elementos Exhibition, Artly Mix, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 9/4/2024 - Indefinitely : The Dalí’s Impressionism Art Contest Exhibition (online), The Dalí Museum, Florida, USA
  • 26/4/2024 - 10/5/2024 : Accord Art Exhibition, The Art Department, Paisley, UK
  • 15/6/2024 - 2/9/2024 : Yorkshire's Emerging Artists, Skipton Town Hall Exhibition Gallery, Skipton, UK
  • 28/6/2024 - 4/7/2024 : Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023 Exhibition, Kinokuniya, Sapporo-shi, Japan
  • 11/7/2024 - 27/7/2024 : ‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’, Art Centre Caravel & ARTE.M, Madeira, Portugal
  • 3/9/2024 - 3/11/2024 : The PATH, Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, Venice, Italy
  • 23/10/2024 - 10/11/2024 : Color 2024, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • 19/11/2024 - now : Zarin Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
  • 1/4/2025 - 29/6/2025 : Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition, National 228 Memorial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 3/5/2025 - 8/6/2025 : 199th RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
  • 30/6/2025 - 4/7/2025 : AIART Gallery at IEEE ICME 2025, La Cité Nantes Congress Centre, Nantes, France
  • 12/9/2025 - 21/9/2025 : ‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’, Arthall Gozo, Victoria, Malta

Film Festivals

  • 2/12/2024 - 8/12/2024 : AnimaPIX, Auditório da Madalena, Madalena, Portugal
  • 18/3/2025 - 22/3/2025 : 25th The Fargo Film Festival, Fargo Theatre, North Dakota, USA
  • 11/6/2025 - 15/6/2025 : 33rd Croatian One-Minute Film Festival, City Theater Pozega, Požega, Croatia

Publication

  • 4/2008 - 7/2013: The Hong Kong ArtReview website and printed ver.
    https://aaa.org.hk/en/collections/search/library/the-hong-kong-artreview-vol-1 
  • 12/2024 : Chewin' The Fat Volume 2 (Issues 4 - 6)
  • 18/3/2025 : 論語 - 奇趣香港版 (Translated work)

Gallery Representation

Zarin Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

https://zarinartgallery.com/en/zarin-gallery/ 

"Nursing Home"

It is my new work "Nursing Home". Actually I have this idea in mind for around 10 years, just realised it visually now. Many years ago, I frequently visited a local nursing home to see my father-in-law, and the sights, sounds, and emotions I experienced there continue to inspire this work : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MipETKTEZgA

199th RSA Annual Exhibition (3/5 - 8/6/2025)

"HongKonger"

Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize Exhibitions (various dates)

"1997: Treaty of Irrelevance"

Leamington Open 2024 Exhibition (2/2 - 12/5/2024)

"Hong Kong has never been a British colony"

Yorkshire's Emerging Artists (15/6 - 2/9/2024)

"The Expiry Date of an Expiry Date"

Leeds Grant Theatre has "Name a Seat" fundraising event for its 145 anniversary. I donated 145 pounds for naming a seat which is supposed to carve donor own name. I found that this plate is not permanent, it will be removed five years later, that means the plate will be expired. So I decided to put the expiry date of this plate instead of my name on the plate. The existence of this plate is purely

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"I Stole Art by Naming it"

It was an 19th century oil painting I collected over 15 years ago. Now I stole this art by simply giving it a new name, it is my art now, called "I Stole Art by Naming It".


Dimension : 45 x 54cm

Medium : 19th century oil painting

"Homesick"

"Underground"

It is a work based on my first work "HongKonger". It is a super short animation, have a look here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MC5Af2VEKQ

Contact Me

Questions or Comments

Send me a message or ask me a question. I will do my best to get back to you soon!

jackso@ieee.org

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