Hiram To Biography

Born in Hong Kong to Chinese parents, Hiram To lived in Scotland and Australia. He has widely exhibited in Australian public galleries and internationally, with works acquired by institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum and the Queensland Art Gallery. Hiram was invited by Camden Arts Centre in London to exhibit a one-person exhibition in 1994. The invitation was the first Chinese artist solo show at a British contemporary art museum. The Winnipeg Art Gallery, the State Gallery of Manitoba in Canada also presented a selected projects survey of the artist in 2002.

He was one of three artists representing Hong Kong at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. As a curator, he has collaborated with Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, Artspace Sydney, Ipswich Art Gallery and Next Wave Festival in Australia, and Hong Kong's Goethe-Institut. Since 1995, he has resided in Hong Kong and worked in communications and journalism. His writings have appeared in South China Morning Post, Harpers Bazaar Hong Kong, C for Culture, City Magazine, The Standard and many other English and Chinese language publications. In 2011, Hiram collaborated with Australian artist Scott Redford on the project For Your Pleasure (Remake / Remodel). He created_Canto 6_, a magazine project with Harper's Bazaar Hong Kong with the participation of Hong Kong vocalist Sandy Lam and other Hong Kong artists, and One Suitcase Per Person, a project with David Diao and Ken Lum, two of the most important international Chinese artists in the world today.

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