Artist Statement
Jerry Tong is an artist-teacher based in London currently. Jerry's artistic practice lies between sound, video, text, spatial design 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.
Jerry 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.
2024 Printmaking Course, City Lit Visual Arts, United Kingdom
2024 PGCE Art and Design, University College London, United Kingdom
2023 B.A. (Hons) in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
2021 Semester Exchange, Photography, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Exhibitions
2024
Donut and Bagel, WUAREA, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Keep In Touch, PGCE Show, UCL, London, United Kingdom
2023
and still they move, HKBU AVA Graduation Show, Kai Tak Campus, Hong Kong
2022
self/LOVE, Openground, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Moonlight, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, HKBU, Hong Kong
Dialogue: Q&A, Joint Hong Kong & The Catalyst, Wan Chai & Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Skipping Boundaries, Wild Art Festival, Hong Kong
Korea Through Our Eyes, Korean Cultural Center, PMQ, Hong Kong
2021
YOU ARE HERE, CAU Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Perhaps we will not be here again, Gallery 64, Anseong, South Korea