Yuen Fong LING

Yuen Fong LING, is an artist living and working in Manchester and Glasgow.  He studied BA Fashion and Textiles at Liverpool John Moores University 1991-94 and a recipient of the Woo Arts Traineeship Programme from North West Arts Board based at Cornerhouse and Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester from 1996-1998. He was Co-Director (Programme) for artist-led space Castlefield Gallery, Manchester from 1999-2005 responsible for artistic programming, artists’ professional development activities and strategic planning of the gallery. Selected curatorial projects 'How The West Was Won' showing new British Chinese artists 1999; 'Apocalypse Now and Next Week' outsider art scene show touring to Outline Gallery Amsterdam 2000; 'Tea Dance' by Elaine Constantine the inaugural exhibition at Castlefield Gallery 2002; and 'Dog & Partridge' a show about pubs 2003. He is currently at Glasgow School of Art on the Master of Fine Art programme from 2005-2007.

Selected art projects include 'FLIP' a satirical lifestyle magazine for Year of the Artist 2000; 'The Breakfast Club' in search of stereotype students in University of Central Lancashire part of Artist Access to Art College Scheme 2001/02; solo exhibition 'Great Art' at International3 Manchester 2002 including publication 'A Book Of Pages' featuring writing by Martin Vincent and Padraig Timoney. Ling’s recent work explores the social, political and cultural conditions of ‘looking’ and observation from life. Responding to the pedagogy of institutional art schools the artist reflects on its significance to a wider public.

Sally LAI

Sally LAI is a curator and currently a fellow on Clore Leadership Programme. She has an M.A in curating from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Between 2002-2005 Sally was curator at Chinese Arts Centre, UK’s centre for the promotion of contemporary Chinese visual arts where she was responsible for devising and running of the organisation’s artistic programme. Amongst the curated exhibitions were Happy and Glorious, a solo exhibition by JJ Xi and Cai Yuan (Mad for Real), Re-fashion, a fashion based exhibition which featured designers Julian and Sophie, Justin Oh and Maria Chen Pascual, Whodunnit?, a murder mystery video piece by Ming Wong. Her previous experience includes working as a Visual Arts Officer at Arts Council, London, curator of contemporary Asian art in Hong Kong. Freelance projects include Urban Nomads at South London Gallery, a site-specific project by Thomas Kilpper in a disused building at St. Thomas’ Hospital. She is currently Guest Curator at Phoenix Arts in Brighton, curatorial advisor to Axis’ Open Frequency, Specialist Advisor to Scottish Arts Council, Think Tank member of Freeness a music project by Chris Ofili and Member of Culture Northwest.

Howard CHAN

Howard CHAN works as a curator and a cultural programmer in Hong Kong. Chan has been concerned with art worker-public interface and exhibition as a strategy in public sphere. In 2002, he co-founded and chairs the Community Museum Project, a curatorial/research collective that aims at reviewing and promoting the culture and practice of everyday life, as well as nurturing a creative public platform. Chan has been active in promoting a community-driven art scene in Hong Kong and overseas. In 1998, he co-founded 1aspace, a non-profit-making visual art organization and exhibit venue. He was an initiator of IN-BETWEEN art space network, and is currently an organizing committee member of an inter-Asian artist mobility network. As an organizer, he coordinated Festival of Vision: Berlin in Hong Kong in 2000 and Re:Wanchai – Hong Kong International Artists’ Workshop in 2005.

SIU King-Chung  

SIU King-Chung is an Assistant Professor and Program Leader of BA (Hons) Art and Design in Education Program at the School of Art and Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is an art commentator, an installation artist and actively involved in arts policy and art/design curriculum development in Hong Kong. He is a full member of Hong Kong Designers’ Association and had been (1998-2001) the President of Hong Kong Society for Education in Art. He is also a founding member of the installation group, NUX and has been consciously exploring possible forms and strategies for installation art and museum display. He produces experimental videos and often participates in local and international creative projects. He is currently co-founded of ‘Designs You Don’t Know What to Do With Association’ and ‘Community Museum Project’.