Venus is a curator and artist based between Hong Kong and the Netherlands. Her research explores the poetics and politics of everyday life, focusing on relational forms of resilience and collective experience.
Recent projects include the port-based research initiative Tiny Wave and the residency programme We Came from the Future at Buitenplaats Brienenoord in Rotterdam. In 2024, she participated in the Gwangju Biennale Academy International Curator Course in South Korea and later co-founded Gyemoim, a curatorial collective. She also curated Re-imagining Home VR Tour (2021) at the 18th Street Arts Center in Los Angeles.
In Hong Kong, she was awarded the Hong Kong Arts Centre’s Creators for Tomorrow 2024 grant. Two of her texts are archived in the Hong Kong Oral History Reference Resources of the Hong Kong Public Libraries.
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Awards
2024
Curator, Anchoring The Presence, CREATORS FOR TOMORROW, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2020
Awardee, Local Arts Administration Scholarships, The Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
2018
Archive of “Hong Kong Oral History, Reference Resources”, Hong Kong Public Libraries, Hong Kong
Education
2014
Bachelor of Social Science (Hon) in Communication (Journalism), Hong Kong Baptist University
2022
Master programme in cultural management, dean's list, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Residency & Training
2026
(Upcoming) M&m Archival Research Residency – To explore place, experience, and alternative archives through field research and collective learning, Hong Kong
2025
We Came from the Future, Residency, Buitenplaats Brienenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2024
Gwangju Biennale Academy 2024 International Curator Course, 15th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
2022
Curatorial Internship Programme, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, United States
Curatorship - Exhibition & Initiative
2026
Tiny Wave, Issue 1, self-published zine, 36 pp, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 25
2026
Klein golfje, Issue 2, zine, 48 pp, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 8 2026
2026
Into the Fields, group exhibition, presenting Halley Cheng, Ka-Man Leung, Yuk-Cheung So, Pointsman, Hong Kong
2025
Active Presence, We Came from the Future, Mini Residency, Buitenplaats Brienenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2025
Fatigue Lunch, food and art workshop, Liquid Dood, ADC ArtSpace, Hong Kong
2025
Anchoring The Presence, exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2024
As Far As I Remembered, documentary and screening, Gwangju Biennale Academy 2024 International Curator Course, Gwangju Biennale Foundation, South Korea
2023
WeView Project, dialogue and educational programme for art critique, ACO, Hong Kong
2023
It's Stuffy Here, group exhibition, supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Wure Area, Hong Kong
2022
Re:imagining Home, VR exhibition, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles
2022
Transcending The Days, Leung Kam-Wa’s solo exhibition, Form Society, Hong Kong
2022
Salute to a Palm Tree, Peggy Kuo’s solo exhibition, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles
2021
Hong Kong Literature/Sound, multidisciplinary performance, Wure Area, Hong Kong
2021
Dine With Poems (10 sessions), various art spaces, Hong Kong
Involvement
Since 2023
Founder, Shychat Art, online platform for art critic, discussions and dialogue
Since 2020
Columnist, Ming Pao Arts and Cultural Section, regular art critique column, leading Chinese newspaper, Hong Kong
2026
Maker, ZINE ISLAND, Book Fair, Nowhere Bookstore, The Hague, The Netherlands
2024
Critic, I Don’t Know How to Love You Teach Me to Love, group exhibition, Das Esszimmer, Bonn, Germany
2024
Peer, Peer-to-peer Feedback Sessions, collective critique section inspired by The DasArts Feedback method and Critical Response Process, in combination with principles of Nonviolent Communication, The Balcony, The Hague, The Netherlands
2024
Collaborator, Shadows In My House, curatorial project, Wure Area, Hong Kong
2023
Writer, Damp Heat, first edition, bilingual magazine, Hong Kong
2023
Guest Writer, Gazing at Trees, Reflecting on Urban and Mental images, catalog of Whispering Canopies, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2022
Coordinator, Chatting as an endeavour - Community engagement projects showcase x Book exhibition on Peace Studies, community project, Form Society, Hong Kong
2022
Host, I KNOW KUNG FU by Rex Koo, book launching and post-screening artist talk, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2022
Curatorial assistant, Memory Has No Return, duo exhibition of Natalie Chu Lok Ting and Harrison Tso Cheuk Yim, Hong Kong
Solo Presentation & Selected Commission
2023
Inherited, live performance happenings, FURNACE#1, Tai Po Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2022
Every Rupture In History Is Me, Storiesss, Group exhibition, Mist Gallery, Online
2021
Hong Kong Literature/Sound, multidisciplinary performance, Wure Area, Hong Kong
2020
The Situation of Learning II, showcase of lecture performance and documentation, Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong