Jerry Tong is a Hong Kong & Manchester-based media artist and educator. Tong's artistic practice lies between sound, video, text, installation, and photography. He explores the invisible relationship between space, society, and identity, with a strong focus on the fluidity and multiplicity of Hong Kong migrants and water-based identity.
Tong graduated from Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2023, and subsequently from University College London in 2024. Tong also had previously studied at Department of Photography, Chung-Ang University in 2021. He is currently learning printmaking techniques at Hot Bed Press.
Tong believes that there is an inseparable bond between places, citizens, and the community. His methodology is greatly influenced by Hong Kong video artist Law Yuk-Mui, therefore, he often intervenes in spaces through field research, using video, sound, text, and images, as well as historical research on the complexity of identity and community.
唐明林是現居於香港及曼徹斯特的媒體藝術家及藝術教育工作者。唐氏的藝術實踐涵蓋聲音、錄像、文字、裝置和攝影。他探索空間、社會和身份之間無形的聯繫，特別關注香港移民的流動性和多元性以及與水相關的身份認同。
唐氏先後二零二三及二四年畢業於香港浸會大學視覺藝術院及倫敦大學學院，並曾於二零二一年就讀中央大學校攝影系。他目前在熱床版畫工作室專修版畫技巧。
唐氏認為地點、居民和社群之間存在著不可分割的連結。他的創作方法深受香港錄影藝術家羅玉梅的影響，因此，他經常透過實地考察介入空間，運用影像、聲音、文字和影像，並結合對身分認同和社群複雜性的歷史研究。
Exhibitions 展覽
2026
Belonging, OT Creative Space, Manchester, United Kingdom
Distant Voices, Saan1 Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
2025
Ningbo Contemporary International Gallery Week, Ningbo Shanghai, China
2024
Donut and Bagel, WUAREA, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
PGCE Art & Design Graduation Exhibition, UCL, London, United Kingdom
2023
and still they move, HKBU AVA BA Graduation Show, Kai Tak Campus, Hong Kong SAR
2022
self/LOVE, Openground, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong SAR
Moonlight, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, HKBU, Hong Kong SAR
Dialogue: Q&A, Joint Hong Kong & The Catalyst, Wan Chai & Sheung Wan, Hong Kong SAR
Skipping Boundaries, Wild Art Festival, Hong Kong SAR
Korea Through Our Eyes, Korean Cultural Center, PMQ, Hong Kong SAR
2021
YOU ARE HERE, Chung-Ang University Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Perhaps we will not be here again, Gallery 64, Anseong, South Korea