CV / Bio

Fine Art Practice (Photography & Video Art)

Solo Exhibitions

• Shooting Blind: Portrayals from the street, curated by Helen Ng, Woodhouse, Hong Kong, 2010

• Deconsequences, Shanghai Street Art Space , Hong Kong 2008

• Safe Distance, Shanghai Street Art Space, Hong Kong 2007

• Metamorphosis, Sin Sin Atelier, Hong Kong 2005

• Esoteric Erotica, OP fotogallery, Hong Kong 2000

• Viae Variae, Würth-Gallery, Goethe-Institut, Hong Kong 2000

Group Exhibitions (selected)

• In Conversations with 100 local artists, YY9 Gallery, Hong Jong, 2015

• Simulated Alternate Realities, curated by Davina Lee, 1a space, Hong Kong, October 2010

• Chroniques Hongkongaises, curated by Davina Lee, Diorama Rue Raspail, Arles, July 2010

• City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography, The Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 2010

• Displacement#3 Video installation, Hong Kong Art Fair, Hong Kong, 2010

• Cross, YY9 Gallery, Hong Kong 2008

• Imaging Hong Kong, Edge Gallery/Central Library Hong Kong 2008

• Mastermind 2008, Pao Galleries, The Hong Kong Arts Centre 2008

• Almost 17, White Tube Gallery, Hong Kong 2007

• Moonstruck, The Hong Kong Artists Biennale 2005, Club 64, Hong Kong 2005

• Dislocation Re-launch Exhibition, Fringe Club, Hong Kong 2004

• Wake up! Photography is Art, ART Statement Gallery, Hong Kong 2004

• Confronting Love : New Chinese Art, Fringe Club, Hong Kong 2004

• Made in Hong Kong for Hong Kong, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong 2003

• To Conquer The West : New Chinese Art, MAPOFF, Hong Kong 2003

• Small Beginnings : New Chinese Art, Fringe Club, Hong Kong 2003

• PAELLLLA 1, 2, LEE Gallery, Toronto 2001

• Bodywork, LEE Gallery, Toronto 2000

• Salon D’Hiver III, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong 2000

• Zan Shin: Moment of Reflection, Photo Space Koyo, Tokyo 1999

• 23rd International Annual Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo 1998

• Nude Quartet, Martini Gallery, curated by Caroline Chu, Hong Kong 1997

• Restricted Exposures: Private Content, Public View, curated by Lisa Cheung, Hong Kong Fringe Festival 1996

• OP95 - OP Editions, Fringe Club, Hong Kong 1995

• That obscure object of desire, Hong Kong Fringe Festival 1991

• Refuge, QuArt Society, Hong Kong 1990

Collections

• The Hong Kong Heritage Museum photography collection.

• Private collections in Hong Kong, Japan, Holland, Australia, USA and Canada.

Film / Video

Awards

• Lady Leung, Cursed Blessings: Cinematography prize, HOT DOCS 2014 Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

• THE OFFERINGS : DER award HOT DOCS 2012 Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

Film Festivals

• PRETTY PASS: Semi-Finalist, Lost Angeles CineFest 2019 / Official Selection: The Jozi Film Festival 2019 / Official Selection, PRISMA 2020 / Official Selection International Shorts 2019

• CAPTIVITY: Finalist Experimental, Roma Cinemadoc 2020, Rome / Semi-Finalist, Eurasia International Film Festival 2019 / Official Selection, Indie Visions Film Festival 2019 / Special Mention, Melkbos Short Film Festival 2020 / Official Selection, PRISMA 2020

• LOVE ME NOT: Official Selection Kansai Queer Film Festival 2012, Japan / Official Selection BAFICl 2012, Buenos Aires, Argentina / Official Selection Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival 2012, Czech / Official Selection Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2012, Canada / Official Selection San Francisco Film Society Asian Cinema, 2012, USA / Official Selection Hamburg International Queer Film Festival 2012, Germany / Official Selection Stockholm International Film Festival 2012, Sweden / Official Selection Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2012, Hong Kong / Official Selection Terracota Film Festival 2013, London

• RIDE : Official Asian Short Film Selection 23rd Aguilar Film Festival 2011, Spain

Feature Films

• HAVANA DIVAS - Cinematography (Documentary 2018, Directed by S. Louisa Wei)

• LOVE ME NOT: - Director of Photography (Romantic Comedy, Drama 2012, directed by Gilitte Leung),

• GAME ON : TIME TO PULL THE STRINGS (Comedy, Crime, Romance 2013), ‘Unlease the Sabre Tooth’ segment, Director of Photography

Short Films (selected)

• CUPBOARD GIRL - Editor (Drama, Fantasy 2019, directed by Yue Ran)

• PRETTY PASS: SOME PROBLEMS SOLVE THEMSLEVES - Director (Dark Comedy 2019, written, produced and edited by Michelle Claase)

• ENDLESS STORY - Director and Director of Photography (Comedy 2018, written by Michel Duthin, edited by Michelle Claase)

• CAPTIVITY: THERE IS NO ESCAPE - Director (Drama 2018, written, edited by Michelle Claase, cinematography by Michael Rush)

• ACNESTIS: ROSE - Director of Photography, Editor (Drama, 2018 directed by Mitchell Birks)

• AS CLOSELY LINKED AS FLESH AND BLOOD - Director of Photography (Comedy, Drama 2015, directed by Gabriel Trane Clemont)

• LADY LEUNG: CURSED BLESSINGS - Director of Photography (Documentary 2014, directed by Seth Henderson)

• THE HOOK - Director of Photography (Drama, 2013, directed by Boris Burgess)

• SATURNALIA: THE SHADOWS OF ISCA - Director of Photography (Noir Drama 2013, directed by Kaitlin Trowbridge)

• THE OFFERINGS - Director of Photography (Documentary 2012, directed by Seth Henderson)

• ONE DAY - Director of Photography (Drama 2012, directed by Marcus Shen)

• TWO KISSES AND A SLAP - Director of Photography (Drama, Fantasy 2011, directed by Joao Goez)

• RIDE - Director of Photography (Drama 2011, directed by Syren Johnstone)

TV Series

• Tycoon Talk - Cinematography, 3 episodes (TV Series 2014, directed by Sean Lee Davies)

Music Videos

• FOLLOW by Suicide Star 2022 - Editor & Colourist

• BEDPOST by Step Echo - 2019 - Director & Director of Photography, Editor, Colourist

• IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE by Kevin Guffy 2014 - Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colourist

• EYES OF A STRANGER (Cover) by Step Echo 2013 - Director & Director of Photography, Editor, Colourist

• I LOVE IT by Step Echo 2012 - Director of Photography, Colourist

• ONE WAY TICKET by Manting Chang 2011 - Director of Photography

Commercials / Promotional Videos (selected)

• POLY AUCTION, Spring 2018 Art Auction - Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

• POLY AUCTION, Fall 2017 Art Auction - Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

• FOOD PANDA (HK), Put some music in your plate campaign 2017 - Producer, Director of Photography, Colorist

• TAIPAN ROW BESPOKE TAILOR, New shop and vertical screen promo videos 2016 - Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

• BAIN & COMPANY CONSULTANTS, 25th anniversary in Hong Kong video for Gala night screens 2016 - Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

• THE WOMEN’S FOUNDATION (HK), Girls in Tech promotional video 2015 - Producer, Director of Photography, Colorist

• UBER COPTER SERVICE (HK) 2015 TV campaign - Director of Photography

• AMC JEEP (HK) 2015 ‘ADVENTURE AWAITS’ Campaign - Director of Photography

• APM MONACO, ETÉ COLLECTION 2015 - Director of Photography

• MARIEJOLIE, AYA COLLECTION 2015 - Director of Photography

• SAMSONITE, VOX Innovation(Asia) 2014 - Director of Photography

• APM MONACO, VALENTINE COLLECTION, 2014 - Director of Photography

• MELISSA BUI, OPALINE COLLECTION 2014 - Director of Photography

• APM MONACO, MEMPHIS COLLECTION 2014 - Director of Photography

• HONG KONG TRADE COMMISSION, ASIA’S BUSINESS SERVICE CENTRE CAMPAIGN 2014 (7 micro-films Directed by Paul Mogg) - Director of Photography

• RUE MADAME, TVC 2014 - Director of Photography

• FINGERQ PRIVACY PROTECTION TVC 2013 - Director of Photography

• FINGERQ PRISM TVC 2013 - Director of Photography

• THREE THOUSAND HUMAN EVOLUTIONISM, Special Effects Make-up Exhibition promotional video 2013 - Director of Photography

• ELLEGANCE JEWELLERY, Corporate Video 2012 - Director of Photography

• HONG KONG BEACH FIVES 2012 promotional video - Director of Photography

• INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF FILM & TV, Now in Hong Kong 2012 campaign - Director of Photography

Art Curator

Curated Exhibitions

• Co-Curator, KNITerature the art of Movana Chen (ten year retrospective), ArtisTree, Hong Kong, 2013

• Co-Curator, Destination Berlin, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2011

• Co-Curator, SCOPAHOLICS an exhibition of Hong Kong Photography, INDEXG Gallery, Toronto, April 2010

• Co-Curator, Stretched Connotations, White Tube, Hong Kong, May 2010

• Curator, DEJA VU, Eileen Chan's participation at the 9th Florence Biennale, Florence, December 2009

• Curator, Arnel S. Agawin: Remains of a Travelling Battered Wing, Osage Soho, Hong Kong, July 2009

• Co-Curator, Feigned Innocence: We all look, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, May 2009

• Curator, William Lim: Destination, Osage Soho, Hong Kong, September 2008

• Co-Curator, “Horses” Photographs by Almond Chu, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong, 2008

• Co-curator, Kung Lui: The Princess Within, Benten17 Gallery, Hong Kong, February 2008

• Assistant Curator, Star Fairy, Hong Kong at the 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, June 2007

Essays / Writing

• Catalogue preface, KNITerature - transmogrifications in the paper based work of Movana Chen, (with co-author Helen Ng), 2013

• Catalogue essay, “Youngseok Cha : Well Still Life” - Publisher: New Gallery On Old Balley, Hong Kong 2010

• Catalogue essay, Expansion, Volume, Spatiality and Colour: A Topological paragon of Alberto Reguera’s installations, 2010

• Didactic / Essay, SCOPAHOLICS : voyeurism, exhibitionism and a few stops in between, April 2010

• Catalogue essay, "When the Journey Becomes the Destination" - William Lim: Destination, Publisher: Osage, 2008

• Catalogue essay, "The Ever So Paradoxial Art of Wilson Shieh" - Wilson Shieh: Ladykillers, Publisher: Osage, 2008

• Catalogue essay, "Echoes of Change" - Chinese Voices Chinese Stories, Publisher: Osage, 2008

Project Work

• Exhibition design and implementation, The Ghost Of Sister Ping, video installation by Katrien Jacobs, Videotage, Hong Kong 2017

• Project Documentation, Project “Excavation”, Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, 2009

Educator / Teaching

Instructor

• Cinematography Mentor at the English Language Film School, Japan (2019)

• Part-time Lecturer at Hong Kong Art School - RMIT,  School of Photography,  Bachelor of Fine Arts programme (2011 - 2018)

• Part-time Lecturer at Hong Kong PolyU (SPEED) Bachelor of Arts-AMA Hons, programme (2015 - 2018)

• Adjunct professor at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Hong Kong,  Photography and Film departments,  Bachelor of Fine Arts programme (2012 - 2016)

• Cinematography Mentor at International Academy of Film and Television, Hong Kong (2012 - 2014)

Workshops

• Asia Society:  ‘What is Street Photography?’ (2015)

• The Photocrafters:  “Street Photography Workshop” (2013 and 2015)

• History of Photography, eight sessions, Photography Appreciation series at the JPG Camera Club (2011)

• Shung Tak Catholic English College.  Artist in Residence 2008 (three months)

Guest Speaker talks / Visiting Lecturer

• Hong Kong PolyU

• City University of Hong Kong

• Chu Hai College of Higher Education

• Hong Kong International Photo Festival

• St. Margaret's Co-Ed English Secondary School

• Delia Memorial School

• Diocesan Boys' School

• Yaumati Kaifong Association School

• Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre

• LAMDA EXAMINATIONS Hong Kong

• Random Art Workshops (RAW)

Engineering

( 26 years in the Telecom industry working for Bell Northern Research and Nortel )

• 2002-2007 (5 years) - Joined Nortel Marketing team as technical expert, capturing customer requirements as well as responding point-by-point to both Private company and Nationally issued RFP bids (request for proposal / bidding process). Drawing on twenty years of experience with a wide variety of Nortel’s DMS switches and software products, from inception, implementation, deployment, verification and support, advising as both a System Architect and Network Architecture expert on a variety of Nortel systems and also third party partnerships (OEM). This involved frequent trips to meet customer teams face to face and work/negotiate and agree on best solutions. It also involved working with Nortel R&D, Engineering, Support teams and Nortel Supply Chain for OEM third party vendors’ product integration to our offers and bid proposals based on best fit and price. Regularly flew to locations across Asia (Pakistan, Dubai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Taipei, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Tokyo and Ottawa) but based in Hong Kong.

• 2000-2001 Transferred back to Hong Kong and began working on Nortel GSM2 and GSM2.5 in DMS100s MSC and HLR Mobile Network systems support. Involved in all aspects of trouble shooting and debugging live networks in Hong Kong and China. Nortel consultant based in Hong Kong

• 1996-1999 Transferred to Tokyo to join a new technical requirements capture team under Bell Norther Research consultancy. Duties included working with customers (NTT, IDC and MCI-Worldcom) to accurately capture their requirements and document each aspect of their new feature requests which were then implement and tested in Ottawa. This involved working on network architecture that included network-wide features supported by DMS100, DMS200 and DMS300 switches (local, toll and international). Besides the Japan specific CCS#7 and ISDN signalling, this also included working on the new Service Builder Intelligent Network (IN) that centralised network wide features like billing and prepaid cards. Based in Tokyo, Japan (3 years) during this time BNR ceased to exist and all BNR employees were absorbed into the newly renamed Nortel Networks under the Technology department.

• 1995 (6 month assignment) Training and advising the all new (30 person) Field Support team created in Beijing that supported the DMS deployments China market which grew to over 500 systems in cities across all of China. Duties included training engineers specifically in the China Variant of the R2 Compelled Line Signalling system as a Subject Matter Expert, including debugging both remotely and in person in the field. Based in Beijing as a Bell Norther Research consultant.

• 1993-1995 Localised back in Hong Kong and continuing the work done with the Hong Kong Field Support team back in 1990-1991 as a consultant from Bell Norther Research.

• 1992-1993 (18 months) - Repatriated to Canada for upgrading while working with the DMS100 Field Support and TAS teams based in Ottawa. Duties included investigating field problems reported internationally, information gathering, debugging and writing software patches to be applied in live systems in the field. Ottawa, Canada.

• 1990-1991 (two year contract) - Training and assisting members of the new Field Support / TAS (Techincal Asisstance Service) engineering department based in Hong Kong to supporting the rapidly growing China DMS deployments. Duties included training engineers on all aspects of regular maintenance of the DMS systems as well as information gathering and trouble-shooting problems, both remotely and in person in the field. Based in Hong Kong as a Bell Norther Research consultant.

• 1988-1989 A year performing testing, integration and Verification Office activities in the People’s Republic of China (18 months in Jiangxi Province and 6 months in Beijing). Testing the China specific R2 Compelled Line Signalling system (local and toll), integrating the DMS100-I into China’s public telephone network as a pilot project toward an official certification by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. The Beijing system was commissioned for the 10th Asian Games stadium, facilities and athlete housing. PingXiang Jiangxi and Beijing, China.

• 1988 Four months prepping and executing Verification Office activities at the Toronto Reliability Lab (Bramalea) and the Anguila (Carribean) live system of the International Telephone Operator Position System (I-TOPS) tethered to their DMS100/200-local & toll switch.

• 1986-1987 Spent a year in Istanbul working at Northern Telecom’s joint venture Netas. Initially as a verification prime at a new installation site (Silivri) verifying and debugging the next release of the BCS (Bulk Change Supplement) software load for the DMS100-I with 7 variants of Turkish local and national signalling call traffic. Later joined the R&D facility at Netas to train the all new design team and assist them in producing their first country specific software load, in-house (including design, implementation, testing). BNR System Architecture and Design Consultant on assignment in Istanbul Turkey.

• 1983-1985 Worked on a series of in-band signalling systems and integration for the international market for Northern Telecom’s DMS100-I version of the DMS100 digital public switch. DMS100-Is were being deployed in the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Turkey, China, Australia. Software Designer, Member of Scientific Staff at Bell Norther Research, Ottawa Canada.

• 1982-1983 CITT No.6 Common Channel Signalling. The three person team that transported the new XPM based peripheral architecture to Northern Telecom’s DMS300 International switch. Implementation of full integration to call processing and trunk control, network management, operational measurements and billing. Software Designer, Member of Scientific Staff at Bell Norther Research, Ottawa Canada.

• 1981-1982 Common Channel Signalling #1. Part of the team that created the new XPM based peripheral architecture and integrated it to the existing Call Processing and Trunk control and maintenance of what, until then had been an in-band based signalling system. Implementation of Trunk Test Position commands and test signalling for Northern Telecom’s DMS200 Toll Switch. Software Designer, Member of Scientific Staff at Bell Norther Research, Ottawa Canada.

• 1980-1981 System architect and programmer. Implemented data schemas, data base, control and report generation for a full inventory system on an IBM mini computer (pre-PC) at Armstrong CableTV, Welland Ontario, Canada.

Experience

• ITS support, indirect contractor at Dropbox Japan (2023-2024 - six month contract)

• Multimedia specialist, indirect contractor at Morgan Stanley’s Tokyo office (2020 - 2023)

• Co-Founder Bao Bao Films (2015 - 2019)

• Founder ARTCUE projects (2009-2013)

• Independent Curator (2007 - 2013)

• Resident Curator, Osage group of galleries and Osage Art Foundation (2008 - 2009)

• Assistant Curator, Hong Kong Pavillion, 52nd Venice Biennale (2007)

• Sole Proprietor ECWORKS (2005 - 2018)

• Fine Art Photography Practice (1988 - present)

• Telecom Systems Engineer, Network Architect, Product management, Product Marketing, at Nortel Networks (1997 - 2007)

• Software Designer, Member of Scientific Staff at Bell-Northern Research (1981-1997)

• Programmer, Armstrong Cable TV (1980-1981)

Proficiency

• Multimedia: Video Conferencing, Video Streaming, Video Bridging, Webcasts, Webinars, Video Switching and event production. Platforms: Cisco, Zoom, GlobalMeet, NewTek Tricaster.

• Production: Directing, DOP/Cinematography, Lighting, Producing. Gear familiarity: BlackMagic (Cine Production, Ursa Mini 4), Red, Sony, Canon Cine line (C200, C300). Lights: Arc, Quartz, Tungsten, Kinoflo, LED.

• Editing & Colour grading: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, Da Vinci Resolve

• Photography: 35mm, Medium format, Large format 4x5. Cameras: Leica, Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Hasselblad, Rollei, Contax.

• Studio lighting (continuous and strobe)

• Photography post-production: Digital (Lightroom, Photoshop, Printers: Canon, HP design-jet 24”, beta mcgrath spectrography) - Analogue (darkroom at master printer level)

• Desktop productivity/publishing: Microsoft (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Apple (Pages, Numbers, Keynote). Adobe (Acrobat Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, InDesign)

• Languages: Fluent: English, Greek and Italian | Proficient: French and Amharic | Beginner/Rudimentary: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese

Education

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Master of Fine Arts - Photography (2008)

• Hong Kong Art School, Professional Certificate in Exhibition Studies and Art Curatorship, awarded with distinction (2008)

• Hong Kong Jockey Club - Para/Site Art Space Curatorial Training Programme (2008)

• Niagara College of Applied Arts & Technology, Computer Engineering Technology Degree (1981)

• Niagara College of Applied Arts & Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology Degree (1981)