HO PONG PONG

Ho Pong Pong was born in United states in 1979. She received a BA in graphic design from Camberwell College of Art in UK . Pong’s keen interest in jewelry design and collecting vintage costume jewelry had led her to study with the Gemological Institute International as gemologist, furthermore, she had exhibited her vintage costume jewelry collection in 2010 at the Taipei Ren Café. Pong created a series of jewelry designs, inspired by Tong Yang Tze’s aesthetic imagery of calligraphy. Since 2009, Pong has exhibited her jewelry design works in Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong, including: 2009 “Eternal Rhythm of Ink──Calligraphy by Tong Yang Tze & Designs Bases on Tong’s Art for Creative Industry”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, and 2010 “INK and DESIGN Exhibition”, Hong Kong Central Library. In 2011, January ,Pong had an exhibition with Tong Yang Tze in Kaohsiung Sincewell Gallery , also in 2011, Pong designed a new series of calligrapgy jewelry, exhibited in “Taipei World Design Expo──A Poster Exhibition of Asian Designers and Tong Yang-Tze’s Calligraphy Ingenuity follows Nature”, also Pong designed a colligrpahy T- shirt during the event. STF Cultural & Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan. In June, 2012, she had her first solo show “Splendid Remnant──Creative ink drawing inspired by vintage costume jewelry by Ho Sze Pong” in Kaohsiung Sincewell Gallery. July, 2012 she joined “Ingenuity Follows Nature: A Poster Exhibition of Asian Designers & Tong Yang-Tze’s Calligraphy Hong Kong Edition” in Hong Kong. Now she is focusing on ink drawing, jewelry design and vintage jewelry collection. September, She designed a series of jewelry for a special exhibition “King Wu Ding and Lady Hao, Art and Culture of the Late Shang Dynasty” in National Palace Museum, and had a preview exhibition in Mayor Salon Taipei. December, she had an exhibition “Flow in the Dark ── Creative ink drawing inspired by vintage costume jewelry by Ho Sze Pong” in Eslite Bookstore, Taipei.