Leung Chiwo

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Leung Chiwo, aka Warren Leung, was born in Hong Kong in 1968. Leung graduated with a BA in fine arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1990 and received his MFA in 1997. As a writer, editor, curator, and photographer, he is one of Hong Kong’’s most active conceptual artists and also co-founder of Para/Site Art Space. He has exhibited internationally in major art institutions including the Queens Museum of Art in New York, Museu da Imagem e do Som in Sao Paulo, Rudolfinum in Prague and Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. He represented Hong Kong at the Venice Biennale in 2001 and has also participated in biennales in Shanghai and Gwangju, His work has been reviewed in Art Asia Pacific, New York Times and Asian Art News.

My Name is Victoria (2008)
Printed manuscript
Edition of 300 Performance: April 29, 2010, Para / Site, Hong Kong ‘

‘My Name is Victoria’ is a compilation of Facebook and email responses to the artist concerning their name contributed by women named Victoria. The book was first produced as an artist book and video work, as it is actually a script meant to be performed as if the reader is temporarily assuming a different identity of Victoria. A name implies a kind of identity. The words and character from each contributor named Victoria is adopted by the reader and the identity is meant to be impersonated. This is a book about the naming of Victoria and also an object of imagination when the reader exercises reciting all these stories. On April 29, 2010, fourteen volunteer performers recited the script My Name Is Victoria individually and randomly to visitors attending the exhibition opening at Para/Site in Hong Kong. The artist describes his art as a contradiction of ideas and that he likes to explore things that are not meant to be.