Kongkee 江記 Malaysia, b. 1977

Kongkee, a.k.a. KONG Khong-chang, was born in Malaysia and grew up in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000, and completed his master’s degree at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong in 2005. Focusing on the work of visual arts and animation directing, he is also committed to promoting cross-sector collaboration, such as independent publishing and video arts.

In 2003, Kongkee established the publishing organization “29s” with a number of Hong Kong creatives to promote artist-led publishing and production. In 2006, he served as one of the art directors of the literary magazine “Fleurs des Lettres” during its founding period. Kongkee’s publications include “Travel to Hong Kong with Blur,” in collaboration with English rock band BLUR in 2015. Kongkee started developing the comic series Mi Luo Virtual in 2013, which was later animated and transformed into a short film Dragon’s Delusion: Preface that won the grand prize of the 22nd DigiCon6 from the Japan TBS channel. This animation work was extended to an experimental music live performance at Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District in 2023.

In 2021, his interactive video installation Flower in The Mirror was commissioned by M+ Museum. In 2022, his major solo exhibition Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk debuted at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, touring to Wrightwood 659 Museum in Chicago, and Tai Kwun in Hong Kong. In 2024, Kongkee was awarded as the honoree of the Asia Game Changer West Awards by Asia Society, US.

In 2025, Kongkee participated in the 18^th Istanbul Biennial, and presented his first institutional solo exhibition in Japan, Kongkee: Electric Heart Beat at the 21^st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa.

In May 2026, Kongkee participates in Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab's (C-LAB) annual exhibition WE Are Becoming. In October, the artist will be featured in the group exhibition, Myths, Monsters, and Manga: The Art of Fantasy in Asia, at M+ Museum, Hong Kong.