Chi Kiu So (aka Jack So)

I keep searching my true identity and real self via art. First place winner of the Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023. The latest work "Nursing Home" was selected to exhibit in the 199th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (2025). My short animation "Magic Tower" was selected in 7 film festivals. For purchase of works, please contact Zarin Gallery in Finland.

Selected Works

Nursing Home

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. This work was selected to exhibit in the 199th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (2025). link to video

HongKonger

This work won the First place winner of Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023. It was exhibited in various locations including Japan, Finland, Taiwan and South Korea. It also appeared on a Japanese TV channel, Times Square billboard and on Dalí Museum website.

1997 The Treaty of Irrelevance

Autographs who were related to Treaty of Nanking. This work has been exhibited in Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum for 3 months.

Hong Kong Has Never Been a British Colony

This work is composed of 8 Hong Kong governors autographs and was exhibited in Skipton Town Hall.

The Red Sun

It is called "The Red Sun" with the Mao figure in the centre, but the sun part is the Japanese military silk flag during WWII, I think Mao is cooperating with Japanese at that time and he extended the "legacy" of Japanese rule afterward, in this case the far left was originated from far right, it is an irony, so I came up with this idea. Dimension is 38 x 29 inches, material is Silk like textiles. This work has been exhibited in Colonnade House Gallery, Worthing.

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 for memorizing its own expiry date. This work is called "The Expiry Date of an Expiry Date".

Exhibitions

Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023 Exhibition

Chè-lâm Presbyterian Church, Taipei, Taiwan

7/12/2023 - 16/12/2023

Leamington Open 2024 ExhibitionHighlight

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Warwick, UK

2/2/2024 - 12/5/2024

Let Us See You Exhibition

APS Gallery, Leeds, UK

23/2/2024 - 22/3/2024

Elementos Exhibition

Artly Mix, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23/3/2024 - 6/4/2024

The Dalí’s Impressionism Art Contest ExhibitionHighlight

The Dalí Museum (Online), Florida, USA

9/4/2024 - Indefinitely

Accord Art Exhibition

The Art Department, Paisley, UK

26/4/2024 - 10/5/2024

Yorkshire’s Emerging Artists

Skipton Town Hall Exhibition Gallery, Skipton, UK

15/6/2024 - 2/9/2024

Hong Kong Liberty Art Prize 2023 Exhibition

Kinokuniya, Sapporo-shi, Japan

28/6/2024 - 4/7/2024

Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me

Art Centre Caravel & ARTE.M, Madeira, Portugal

11/7/2024 - 27/7/2024

The PATHHighlight

Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, Venice, Italy

3/9/2024 - 3/11/2024

Color 2024

CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

23/10/2024 - 10/11/2024

Zarin Art Gallery Exhibition

Zarin Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

19/11/2024 - Present

Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition

National 228 Memorial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

1/4/2025 - 29/6/2025

199th RSA Annual ExhibitionHighlight

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

3/5/2025 - 8/6/2025

Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me

Arthall Gozo, Victoria, Malta

12/9/2025 - 21/9/2025

ArtPrizeHighlight

Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, USA

18/9/2025 - 4/10/2025

Flags of Diversity

Colonnade House Gallery, Worthing, UK

6/10/2025 - 18/10/2025

17th Contemporary Venice

Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy

24/10/2025 - 7/11/2025

NanoArt International Festival

Shizuoka University in Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan

16/11/2025 - 23/11/2025

Mitochronia: art / science exhibition

Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT) Gallery, London, UK

7/5/2026 - 17/5/2026

Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition 2026

National 228 Memorial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

1/6/2026 - 30/9/2026

Hong Kong Human Rights Art Exhibition 2026

Kaohsiung Museum of History, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

1/11/2026 - 31/12/2026

Film Festivals

AnimaPIX

Auditório da Madalena, Madalena, Portugal

2/12/2024 - 8/12/2024

25th The Fargo Film Festival

Fargo Theatre, North Dakota, USA

18/3/2025 - 22/3/2025

33rd Croatian One-Minute Film Festival

City Theater Pozega, Požega, Croatia

11/6/2025 - 15/6/2025

37th Girona Film Festival

Casa de Cultura de Girona, Girona, Spain

4/11/2025 - 8/11/2025

Tanzanite International Animation Festival

Alliance française de Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

27/11/2025 - 29/11/2025

AI Video Awards 2025 of Dutch AI Week

Kinepolis Breda, Breda, Netherlands

19/11/2025 - 19/11/2025

The Magikal Charm Experimental Video & Film Fest Xlll

Producers Club Theaters, New York, USA

27/12/2025 - 27/12/2025

Videograma 4

Bogotá Cinematheque, Bogotá, Colombia

20/2/2026 - 28/2/2026

Austin Micro Film Festival

Southwest Theaters Lake Creek 7, Austin, USA

11/4/2026 - 11/4/2026

Stay Gold Film Festival

Geaux Shows, Oklahoma, USA

31/5/2026 - 31/5/2026

Video Art Miden

ToPikap Kato, Thessaloniki, Greece

11/6/2026 - 12/6/2026

Pop-up Shows

IEEE ICME 2025

La Cité Nantes Congress Centre, Nantes, France

30/6/2025 - 4/7/2025

Overlap Exhibition

St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London, UK

26/8/2025 - 28/8/2025

GOSIM Hangzhou 2025 Summit

Hangzhou Platinum Hanjue Hotel, Hangzhou, China

13/9/2025 - 14/9/2025

Sengkuni 7 Harmony

University of Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

14/11/2025 - 17/11/2025

À l’heure

Le Village by CA Paris, Paris, France

30/4/2026 - 30/4/2026

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Feel free to contact me at jackso@ieee.org