Wong Ming Hao
About Ming Hao
Wong Ming Hao was born in 1988 in Pahang. He Works on primarily acrylic painting.
Ming Hao Graduated at Dasein Academy Of Art at 2009. He joined HOM artist residency programs in December 2017 for six months, after that he has the first major duo-exhibition “Distant Emotion”. He is currently a full time artist and part time art mentor of Undo Academy of Animation.
In 2019, Ming Hao had received the Young Contemporaries Jury Award from Bakat Muda Sezaman 2019 and he won the Gold Award in UOB Painting of the Year in 2020. In the same year, Ming Hao had his first solo exhibition, Unreal Reality, at HOM Art Trans.
His works seek to capture the emotional sense towards the elements that surround him. They are inspired by the people around the artist, current happenings in the society, life experiences and the conscious or sub-conscious awareness from his old memories. Currently he is working mainly in acrylic painting.
Awards
2020 – UOB Painting Of The Year, Gold Award
2019 – Bakat Muda Sezaman 2019, Young Contemporaries Jury Award
2016 – Nando’s Art Initiative 2016, Finalists
2014 – Pertandingan Lukisan Cat Air Ekspresi Selangor 2014, Finalists
2010 – STARHILL GALLERY Visual Arts Awards (VAA) 2010, Starhill Gallery, Malaysia
* Top 40 Finalists
– Tanjong Heritage 2010 Art Competition Kuala Lumpur & Selangor, Malaysia
* 3rd Prize of OIL/ACRYLIC
Residencies
2018 – Artist-in-Residence 2018, HOM ART TRANS
International Show / Art Fair
2021 – ART MOMENTS JAKARTA ONLINE 2021, Art Moments Jakarta(Indonesia) with G13 Gallery(Malaysia)
2020 – Premonition, Online art exhibition, Kalwit Gallery(Thailand) x G13 Gallery(Malaysia)
2019 – Art Expo Malaysia 2019 with G13 Gallery, Matrade Towel, Malaysia
Solo Exhibition
2020 – UNREAL REALITY, HOM Art Tran
Group Exhibitions
2021 – BETWEEN SPACE, G13 Gallery
– ’A Malaysian Artists’ Visual Biography of Lim Kit Siang, Theatre Impian, Malaysia
– Pure Painting 2, Maybank Virtual Art Galley
– SOP, Art Realm Gallery
2020 – REJUVANATION SOUL, Artas Galeri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– Mending Fence: Tales From An Isolation, G13 Gallery
– KICKSTART 366, Segaris Art Centre
2019 – Figure It Out, Segaris Art Centre
– Silence Imagination, G13 Gallery
– " Diversity & Inclusivity" RHB Art With Heart Exhibition 2019, Bangsar Shopping Centre
– Bakat Muda Sezaman 2019, National Art Gallery, Malaysia
– A-RES The Graduate Exhibition 18/19, Ken Gallery
– Locals Only!, Taksu Galleries
2018 – Face Value, G13 Gallery
– Distant Emotion A-RES Duo 2018, Hom Art Trans
2017 – Matter of [F]act, Chinahouse, Georgetown, Penang