Biography

CORN SHUK MEI HO 何淑美 :

Painter, Day-dreamer, Wanderer

Corn Shuk Mei Ho graduated with an MFA from Wimbledon College of Arts in 2016, and has a BA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010. She lives and works in London. Since graduating she has shown her works in both solo and group exhibitions in the UK and Hong Kong, and her works reside in several private collections.

Corn sets out to explore the deepest levels of the human subconscious. The atmospheric, melancholic tones of her drawings and paintings evoke sensations of dislocation. These works document her interest in what is lost and what is found, the ambivalence between what is the fleeting memory and what is synthesized as a trace within the landscape.

Corn is having solo exhibitions at the Jam Factory Gallery, Oxford and Building BloQs, London, in summer and Coningsby Gallery in September respectively. Her work “Night Swim Series, Mirror: Crystal” has been selected by Visual Art Open 2018 and will be exhibited in Chester Cathedral and Chester Arts Fair 2018.

About Her

2014-now
Works and lives in London.

2014-2016
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) (Merit) at The University of Arts London, Wimbledon College of Arts, England.

2010-2014
Worked in her studio at Fotan, Hong Kong.

2007-2010
BA (Hons) in Fine Arts (Contemporary Studio Art Practice) and minored in French Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Solo Exhibitions:

9/2018
NIGHT SWIMS,
Coningsby Gallery, London, England.

8/2018
CORN HO SHUK MEI, FIRST THURSDAY ,
BloQs Cafe, London, England.

6-7/2018
STORMY NIGHTS SOLO DRAWING EXHIBITION,
Gallery Space, The Jam Factory, Oxford, England.

2/2017
NIGHT SWIM SERIES PREVIEW,
Art at home, Battersea Church Road, London, England.

10/2014
ABSENCE IN MIND,
SUARTS Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London, England.

4/2014
GROWTH RING,
Culture Club Gallery, G/F, 15 Elgin St.(lower), Central, Hong Kong.

8/2013
SLEEPLESS IN HONG KONG,
MY GALLERY,Shop B, G/F, Western Street, Sai Wan, Hong Kong.

Joint Exhibitions:

2018
/10: "VAO- Visual Art Open Finalist Exhibition ", St Werburgh St, Chester, England
/11: "Chester Arts Fair 2018 ", Chester Racecourse, Chester, England
/06: "Collections Group Exhibition", Bazalgette Room, House of St.Barnas, London, England

2017
/04: "Creative Debuts, April First Thursday ", Creative Debuts, Black & White Building, London, England.

2016
/10: "Arkeh Art, Frieze East End Night ", Farley Macallan Hackney, London, England.
/06: "Master of Fine Arts Graduation Show 2015/2016", Wimbledon College of Arts, University of Arts London, England.
/03: "Wimbledon MFA class exhibition", Foyer Gallery, Wimbledon College of Arts, London, England.
/03: "Lukinart",
Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea.
/02: "Voice in the Mirror",
LemoArt Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
/01: "I knew who I was",
Kentish Town Health Centre, London, England.

2015
/10 : "INDEX- Wimbledon MFA interim show",
St Pancras Crypt Gallery, London, England.
/09: "Mountain Talk- Wandering Islands Exhibition",
Chuen Lung Village, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.
/07 : "Asian Student and Young Artist Art Festival",
Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea.
/07 : "Ping Pong 2: comiX eXange Exhibition",
Comix Home Base, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong.
/06 : "Ping Pong 2: Illustration Exhibition",
Gallery Z, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong.
/06 : "SHIFT Exhibition",
Menior Gallery, London Bridge, London, England.
/02 : "+, Corridor Exhibition",
2/F, Wimbledon College of Arts, London, England.
/01 : "20:20 ",
SUARTS Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London, England.

2014
/11: "Made in Art London Exhibition",
The Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London, England.
/09: "ShenZhen Art Fair 2014",
SECEC, ShenZhen, China
/07: "Camberwell Summer Exhibition",
Camberwell College of Arts, London, England.
/06: “Art Projects Gallery x 1600 Pandas World Tour Exhibition",
Art Projects Gallery, PMQ, Central, Hong Kong
/06 : "Ping Pong: Illustration Exhibition",
Gallery Z, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
/05: "Six and a quater",
2/F, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
/05: "Art Carnival",
The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univerisity, Hong Kong
/01: "Fotanian Open Studio 2014",
Fotan, Hong Kong

2013
/10:"The Chinese University of Hong Kong 50th Anniversary Alumni Art Exhibition"
Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
/09:"City Survival Guide - Artist Painting Performance",
K11 Art Mall, Piazza, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
/07:"NA(r)TURE"
Gallery Daze, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong
/06:"Boing!! Pop-up Market 2013, Peppercorn Exhibition",
Osage Gallery, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
/05:The Sketchbook Project - Mysterious Maps"
Brooklyn Art Library, Now York, U.S.A.
/01:"Stripped Lights",
Yiliu Painting Factory, Fotan, Hong Kong
/01:"Fotanian Open Studio 2013",
Fotan, Hong Kong

2012
"She says -A body A Story Muti-Media Exhibition",
Black Box Theatre, JCCAC, Hong Kong
"A Touch On Temperature",
Livi Gallery, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
"Fotanian Open Studio 2012",
Fotan, Hong Kong

2011
"Shing Ha Theatre -4 Artists Joint Exhibition",
McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Art Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong
"Fotanian 2011- Turritupsis Nutricula",
Fotan, Hong Kong
"You don’t see me",
G16 Gallery, FoTan, Hong Kong

2010
"New Trend 2010",
Artist Commune, Hong Kong
"Alumni Art Exhibition of Fine Arts Department",
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
"Blooming Valley - Graduation Exhibition",
Gallery 1, Art Museum,The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"The Art of Chinese University of Hong Kong 2010",
Cheng Ming Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"New Beetle Art Gallery Charity Auction and Exhibition",
Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

2009
"The Art of Chinese University of Hong Kong 2009",
Cheng Ming Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Online Suddenly",
Ch’ien Mu Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"The Light of Art",
Shatin Town Hall, Shatin, Hong Kong

2008
"A Year of Linkage",
Humanities Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2007
"Preface",
Cheng Ming Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2004
"Exhibition of Primary and Secondary Schools Students’ Creative Visual Arts Work-2004",
Education and Manpower Bureau of Hong Kong Government

Awards:

2016
Final Year Award 2015/16, University of Arts London, England.

2014
Best Creativity Prize of the film "Ghostless Horror", Hong Kong Fresh Wave 2014 – International Short Film Festival.
(Position : Art Director)

Special prize of Excellence of the film "David",Taiwan The Ninth Screwdriver International Short Film Contest and Film Festival.
(Position : Art Director)

2010
Poven-Aven School of Contemporary Art Scholarship.

2007
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prize.

2004
Excellence Award of Primary and Secondary Schools Students’ Creative Visual Arts Work 2004, Education and Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong.

Films:

2014
Ghostless Horror , 19mins, RED
Had been selected to screen at the Hong Kong Fresh Wave 2014.
Awarded Best Creativity Prize and Best Cinematographer of Hong Kong Fresh Wave 2014- International Short Film Festival.

2013
David, 16.23 mins, 18mm film video
Had been selected to screen at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2014, Taiwan the Ninth Screwdriver International Short Film Contest and Film Festival 2014, Macau Espaco Video Festival 2013.
Awarded Special Prize of Excellence of the Ninth Screwdriver International Short Film Contest and Film Festival 2014.

2012
Lai Chun-wing, 18.36mins, Sony HD video

Book Project:

2015
Ping Pong 2
The collective comics magazine
2014
Ping Pong
The collective comics magazine