James T. Hong
James T. Hong is a filmmaker and artist who has been producing thought-provoking, unconventional, and occasionally controversial films and videos for over twenty years.
In recent years, Hong was awarded Grand Prize (Taiwan Competition), Taiwan International Documentary Festival (2021); Art Matters Foundation Grant, NYC (2018) and Best Documentary – Mecenat Award from the Busan International Film Festival (2018). He has participated in group exhibitions at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2022, 2017); Center Pompidou Metz (2021); 12th Taipei Biennial (2020); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia (2018), Chi-Wen Gallery (2017); Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (2017); Para Site (2015). His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Jewish Museum of Vienna (2022); Ikon Gallery (2021) and Empty Gallery (2019).
UPCOMING:
Onsen Confidential 2024: The Final
April 7 – 21, 2024
in collaboration with Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
PRESS:
Payal Uttam, ‘From James T. Hong to Giang Lê: The artists rewriting history at Art Basel Hong Kong‘, Art Basel
Melanie Pocock, ‘The philosophical films of James T. Hong’, Ikon Gallery