Biography
Phoebe Hui is a Hong Kong-based artist, researcher, and art educator whose research-driven practice explores how technology shapes our perception of reality. Drawing from the philosophy of science, language, and machine learning, she has created artworks across a wide range of media, including robotics, kinetic sculpture, generative art, installation, sound, comics, and drawing.
Hui holds an MFA in Design Media Arts from UCLA, an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and a BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong. As a dedicated educator, she was honoured with a Teaching Excellence Award in 2019. Her works and research have been presented internationally at institutions and events such as Ars Electronica, ISEA, the MIT Media Lab, Asian Contemporary Art Week, Tokyo Experimental Festival, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and Tai Kwun.
She has received numerous grants and accolades, including Young Artist of the Year (Media Arts) in 2012 and Artist of the Year (Media Arts) in 2022, both awarded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC). She is also a recipient of the Altius Fellowship, the United States-Japan Arts Programme Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council, the HKETO Yale-China Art Fellowship, the Bloomberg Emerging Artist Award, the HKADC Art Scholarship, and the Hong Kong Design Association Design Student Scholarship. In 2021, Hui was awarded the 5th Audemars Piguet Art Commission, which made her the first female artist in Asia to receive this prestigious honour. Her large-scale installation on this occasion, The Moon is Leaving Us, was also the first Audemars Piguet Art Commission showcased in Asia.
Hui holds an MFA in Design Media Arts from UCLA, an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and a BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong. As a dedicated educator, she was honoured with a Teaching Excellence Award in 2019. Her works and research have been presented internationally at institutions and events such as Ars Electronica, ISEA, the MIT Media Lab, Asian Contemporary Art Week, Tokyo Experimental Festival, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and Tai Kwun.
She has received numerous grants and accolades, including Young Artist of the Year (Media Arts) in 2012 and Artist of the Year (Media Arts) in 2022, both awarded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC). She is also a recipient of the Altius Fellowship, the United States-Japan Arts Programme Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council, the HKETO Yale-China Art Fellowship, the Bloomberg Emerging Artist Award, the HKADC Art Scholarship, and the Hong Kong Design Association Design Student Scholarship. In 2021, Hui was awarded the 5th Audemars Piguet Art Commission, which made her the first female artist in Asia to receive this prestigious honour. Her large-scale installation on this occasion, The Moon is Leaving Us, was also the first Audemars Piguet Art Commission showcased in Asia.
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Phoebe Hui
“The Garden of Resemblances” at The Oil Street Art Space March 13, 2025Phoebe Hui’s solo exhibition “The Garden of Resemblances”, will be presented by The Oil Street Art Space’s Oi! Spotlight program, in Hong Kong from 22...Read more -
Phoebe Hui
The Peninsula - 2025 Art in Resonance February 13, 2025Phoebe Hui’s public art commission, Lunar Rainbow , will debut in Hong Kong this March at the Peninsula Hotel. Phoebe Hui has been selected as...Read more
