Kacey Wong
Kacey Wong | |||||||||||
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Kacey Wong in 2014. | |||||||||||
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese | ||||||||||
| Education | Cornell University (architecture); Chelsea College of Arts (sculpture); Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (fine arts) | ||||||||||
| Known for | Visual arts, architecture, sculpture | ||||||||||
| Notable work | Drift City (2000), Wandering Home, (2008), Paddling Home (2009) | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃國才 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黃国才 | ||||||||||
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| Website | kaceywong | ||||||||||
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Kacey Wong (born 1970) is a Hong Kong visual artist and educator – formerly Assistant Professor at the School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wong has received the Hong Kong Contemporary Arts Award by the Hong Kong Art Museum (2012), Best Artist Award (2010); and Rising Artist Award and Outstanding Arts Education Award (2003). Wong is politically engaged through his art, and is founding member of art-activist groups Art Citizens and the Umbrella Movement Art Preservation.
Wong emigrated to Taiwan in July 2021 due to the crackdown in Hong Kong under the national security law.