Kexin Hong
Kexin Hong was born in China, lives and works in the Netherlands, as a multidisciplinary artist, she employs a variety of media including, video, sculpture, and digital fabrication as tools to explore political issues on digital platform and sociology.
Kexin Hong is fascinated by the boundaries between reality and virtuality, as well as the real and the imaginary;
Her research delves into the impact of post-colonial trauma on the self-
projection mechanisms among individuals in the post-truth era. It investigates how these self-
projection mechanisms are manipulated by politically motivated power structures in the rapidly
evolving landscape of technology, thereby constructing a multitude of projective realities. Kexin
perceives these virtual realities as an ouroboros, perpetually self-referential, created based on our
subjective emotions and deeply intertwined with collective social and cultural histories.
In other words, she intends to investigate how political images achieve a fictional “authenticity” while affirming themselves in reverse.
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PRESS COVERAGE
2022 Metropolis M - Review
https://www.metropolism.com/nl/reviews/49964_graduation_shows_2023_hku_ma_fine_arts
2021 Numero China - Personal Interview
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/K5yEvNbyeyJcpGXcRaKzgw
2020 The WOW Magazine Issue3 -Interview
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFZLY-jAVKc/
2018 NYLON China April Magazine Cover
https://weibo.com/6298663816/GcQ8H4ttV
NYLON selects 99 young people with the most NYLON genes from the fields of fashion, music, humanities, arts, sports, etc., to represent Nylon and showcase their talents and collective spirit.
RESIDENCY
2023 Queerdom film project - cooperation with Shulea Cheang, Salzuberg, AT
2023 Portal Park Online Residency, MaMA, Rotterdam, NL
2023 The Hmm FYI Project, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, NL https://thehmm.nl/education/participants-digital-makers-program/
2022 Temporary Takeover Educational residency, Casco Institute, Utrecht, NL
EXHIBITION
2024 Voicing Responsibility, SEA Foundation,Tilburg,NL
2023 “ Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear”,
The Hmm @ REBOOT , Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL https://live.thehmm.nl/the-hmm-at-rebo0t
2023 “ Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear” ,W139 , Amsterdam, NL
2023 “ Staff Only”, Portal Park Online Rescidency, MaMA, Rotterdam, NL
2023 “ Staff Only”, Portal Park Online Rescidency, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam,NL
2023 “Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear” Refraction Group show, BAK, Utrecht,NL
2022 Spatial Negativity and Hijacks through Hybrid Materiality, Summer Academy, AT
2022 Upstream Garllery BYOB group exhibition, Amsterdam,NL
2021 “Rear/Real” , Tproject Hangzhou SangShang Art, CHN
2020 GLOW ShenZhen 2020 VI design, Guangzhou K11, CHN
2019 “0am/12pm” ,Tiaoshui Gallery, Shanghai, CHN
2019 “Rebirth”, Bananafish Gallery, Shanghai,CHN
2019 “Rebirth” , Fluid Borders Art Fair,New Zealand
2018 “Situational Anomie in 4’50”, NonDual, UK
2018 Performer, “Asia one” by CAO FEI, US,CHN…
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
2023.12— 2024.8 FREITAG Amsterdam Store Social media Creative Design
2019.10 Shanghai Bund Art Museum HIGHLIGHT photographer
2019-2021 Art Director theOUTPUT official Shanghai https://www.instagram.com/theoutputofficial/
• Spearheaded a team of 12 to successfully conceptualize and present visual content and campaign proposals for Absolute Vodka, targeting China's youth cultural market. Initiatives included brand research, audience analysis, virtual persona
development, brand content positioning, visual direction establishment, and 3D imaging.
• Orchestrated and designed the visual campaign script for Salomon's collaboration
with OUTPUT's represented artist-Timo Helgert, for the XT-6 campaign. Responsibilities included storyboard scripting, content communication, layout design, and more.
• Lead Graphic Designer for GLOW ShenZhen 2020 Art Festival.
Designed the festival's main visual posters, key visual boards, exhibition panel designs, and visual navigation layouts.
• Innovatively coordinated and designed the main visual contents for the Kering Group's exhibition booth at the Shanghai Import Expo. Responsibilities encompassed video editing and spatial curation planning.