Be. APlant
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Ivy Ho Man Kei (she/her)
creative thinker

Ivy HO Man Kei is passionate about collecting and documenting the unconsciousness alongside spontaneous aesthetic encounters of the everyday through painting and installation. Inspired by the naive forms of children's drawings, her work curates a fragmented visual lexicon into dream-like spaces for audiences to experience and interact with.​​
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She is currently fascinated by the ambiguity of stars and jagged rotational shapes as meditative and projective forms. Through these works, she hopes to resonate her unconscious obsessions with the world of common experience to form a connection with the viewers.

Education
2019-2023
2021
Hong Kong Baptist University (UGC-funded)
Bachelor of Arts(visual arts)
Chung-Ang University (South Korea),
exchange study at Photography Department

Solo/ Dual Exhibition
17/11-27/11/2021
17/11-27/11/2021
Perhaps we will not be here again
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Curator, Artist
Ho Man Kei & Tong Ming Lam Dual Exhibition
@ Chung-Ang University (South Korea, Anseong) Gallery 64
Insta @cauphotography @perhapswewillnotbehereagain
Group Exhibition
06/07-28/07/2024
18/03-13/04/2024
21/07-04/08/2023
The Blossoms in the Flowerless
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Curator, Participating Artist
Insta@blossoms.in.the.flowerless
Venue: G/F, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, CVA, HKBU
02/06-25/06/2023
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"and still they move"
AVA BA Grad Show
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Graduate, "The Best Award for Drawing and Painting" Awardee
Insta @avabagradshow
Venue: Kai Tak Campus, HKBU AVA
21/04-23/04/2023
19/05-28/05/2023
ARTionary- ARTester Achievement Showcase
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Internship
Insta @humbleharthk
Stop 1 Venue: AVA Gallery(HKBU)
Stop 2 Venue: HART HAUS
26/11-16/12/2022
Dialogue: Q&A
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Curatorial Team (Research, Public Program), Artist
HKBU AVA: Curatorial Practice
Insta @qna_dialogue
Venue @the_xevarion @jointhongkong
28/10-30/10/2022
A Date with Dog
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Participating Student
Make a Difference Instutite
Insta @adatewithdog
Venue: Memorial Lawn, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park
17/7-22/7/2021
Arts of the Gap
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Participating Artist
Zurich University of Arts (Germany, Berlin)
Shared Campus Group Show
Venue @italic.de
26/8-26/9/2021
Glass Fever 2.0
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Participating Artist
Hong Kong Baptiste University
Venue @hkbulib
21/11-24/11/2021
You Are Here
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Participating Artist, Catalogue Designer
@Chung-Ang University (South Korea, Seoul) Art Centre
insta @cauphotography
13/12-17/12/2021
No ISBN​
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Participating Artist
@Chung-Ang University (South Korea, Anseong) Gallery 64
insta @cauphotography @makelearnprint
13/12-17/12/2021
Open Studio​
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Participating Artist
@Chung-Ang University (South Korea, Anseong)
Building 805
insta @cauphotography
16/12-19/12/2021,
28/4 - 1/5/2022
Booked: Hong Kong Art Book Fair 2021, 2022
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Participating Artist
@Tai Kwun Contemporary
Year 2021 at Booth of Asia: Silas Fong(Seoul)
Year 2022 at Booth of Academy of Visual Arts

Projects
2022
2022
2020
Make a Difference (MaD) Asia: A Date with Dog
Community multi-disciplinary art project on the topic of the co-existence of species
Shared Campus: Food for the Future – Cooking, Eating and Crafting Hospitality
Ryerson University (Canada) x HKBU
CAMPUS REIMAINGED Global Campus Studio
Community art project for the community in the school