Movana Chen
EDUCATION
2007
Exhibition Studies and Art Curatorship, Hong Kong Art School
2005
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Hong
Kong
1997
Fashion Design The London College of Fashion, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Travelling into my Bookshelf - Paris - France - CHINART LaGalerie
Travelling into my Bookshelf - Paris - France - Solo show off Art Fair
Body Containers come to life , K11 art mall, Hong Kong
5th stop: Michigan State University's Bookshelf - East Lansing
4th stop: Drexel University's Bookshelf - Philadelphia
2010
3rd stop: Euan Park's Bookshelf - Seoul
2nd stop: Eleonora Lupo's Bookshelf - Milan
1st stop: Manu Luksch & Mukul Patel's Bookshelf - London
2009
Travelling into my Bookshelf , Shin Hwa Gallery, Hong Kong
2008
Two-way Communication Beijing, Pekin Fine Arts Beijing, China
Two-way Communication, IFC mall Hong Kong
2007
Play with artbooks-II, Fringe Club Hong Kong
Wear Me Out-II, The 10th Seoul Fringe Festival, HUT Gallery Seoul Korea
2006
Wear Me Out, Fringe Club Hong Kong
2005
Play with artbooks, White Tube Hong Kong
TOURING PROJECTS - TRAVELLING INTO YOUR BOOKSHELF
SELECTED GROUP / COLLABORATION EXHIBITIONS
2010
"War & Peace" The International Fashion Art Biennale in Seoul, Seoul Arts Centre
"ECHO" Hong Kong Sculpture Biennial 2010, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2009
".be Anti-Crisis" DETOUR-DESIGNR-rdv project in Hong Kong and Brussels, Belgium
"Fashion & Art Exhibition" A Global VOGUE Celebration of Fashion, Beijing, China
Fashion Ethics "Wear Good" 2009 Cross Genre Exhibition, Gyeonggi MoMA Korea
Mixed Media and Body Containers on Display at The Opposite House, Swire Hotel
Beijing, China
"Endless" art exhibition, Chow Sang Sang Central Store Hong Kong
2008
Body Containers, Challenging the Language of Fashion Culture,
Collaboration with Shanghai Tang and Art Asia Pacific at ART HK08 Hong Kong
Body Container comes to life @ Shanhai Tang Hong Kong
Beyond the Body, Galerie helene Lamarque Miami
THE TABLE, Chater Garden Hong Kong
"GREEDY" conceptual art exhibition, C&G Artpartment Hong Kong
Glittering in the Factory, JCCAC Hong Kong
Shanghai MoCA Envisage II - Butterfly Dream, MoCA Shanghai Museum, Shanghai,
China
2007
Art-To-Wear, Gallery Benten 17 Hong Kong
Fashion x Art, LCX Shopping Mall Hong Kong
AmCham Show, The American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
Eggstraganza Easter Public Art Exhibition, Times Square Hong Kong
Piggies my love, Charity Public Art Exhibition, Times Square Hong Kong
Variances in Singular, Too Art Hong Kong
2006
Outsider Insider, Culture Club Hong Kong
Paradigm Shift BA (Fine Art) Graduation Show 2006, Pao's Gallery Hong Kong
New Trend 2006, Artist Commune Hong Kong
Crackers, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2005
Beyond the Surface, Artist Commune Hong Kong
Looking, touching, knitting, shredding=INTERACTING, Para/Site Art Space Hong
Kong
You Make Me, Oxo Tower London
POKH MORF FROM HKOP, Printmaking Exhibition, Habitus Hong Kong
Crossing Path, YY9 Gallery Hong Kong
My fair Lady, Too Art Gallery Hong Kong
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009
re:animating, City Festival 2009, JCCAC Hong Kong
2008
Passage, Shin Hwa Gallery Hong Kong
ReForm, Fringe Club Hong Kong
2007
Art-To-Wear, Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong
Squeeze, UMA G, Hong Kong
2006
Outsider Insider, Culture Club, Hong Kong
AWARDS
2009
New York Festivals 2009 Film & Video Awards, Finalist Certificate "Close to Culture: Art Faces - movana chen
i-CABLE News Ltd., Hong Kong
2008
"40 under 40" creative talents Award, perspective magazine, Hong Kong
PUBLICATIONS
"Travelling into your bookshelf " - Paris 1er - 10 Oct 2011
"Travelling into your bookshelf " - Seoul 4 - 15 Nov 2010
"Travelling into your bookshelf " - London & Milan 2 - 12 Apr 2010
"Two-way Communication", the art of movana chen (Publisher Kubrick, 2008)
ARTS-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Gallery Curator, YY9 Gallery, Hong Kong
COLLECTIONS
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Galerie Helene Lamarque Paris
Seoul Fringe Korea
Private Collectors
CHINART LaGalerie Paris
COMMIISSION WORKS
L'hotel Island South Hong Kong
ZELO Italian Restaurant Hong Kong
Hyatt Regency Hotel Hong Kong
Hung Hum Bay Club House Hong Kong
Harbour Green Club House Hong Kong
