Mak Ying Tung 2 was born in Hong Kong in 1989. She graduated from City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Critical Intermedia Art in 2013. Mak Ying Tung 2 currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Mak 2 is a conceptual artist and her work is not defined by any medium. Her recent works contemplate contemporary issues through the study of Humanities. The aesthetic experience she crafts is bound by the dualism of humor and intense, often dark inquisitiveness. For instance, through incorporating QR codes within a playground-like setting, her artwork You Better Watch Out (2017) illustrates the widespread surveillance implications of an open internet. She does not prompt audiences to merely laugh, but also to explore spaces and direct the viewer’s attention to the forces that lie underneath the surface of their surroundings.
Her artwork has been exhibited internationally in: We Didn’t Mean To Break It (But It’s Ok, We Can Fix It), Pedro Cera, Lisbon (2019); Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing (2019); The Anything Machine, de Sarthe, Beijing (2018); Invisible Cities, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas (2017-18); com/.cn – Co-presented by KAF and MoMA PS1, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai (2017-18); Reversal Ritual, de Sarthe, Hong Kong (2017); COMEINSIDE: EAT ME, PingPong 129, Hong Kong (2017); COMEINSIDE: BABY SHOWER, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (2017); Artists’ Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2016); The Second “CAFAM-Future” Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (2015); Artistic or Autistic – The Seventh Annual Exhibition, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing (2014); Almost Empty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (2014); and SOFT OFF: But I love it when your mouth is a little shut, ltd Los Angeles, (2013).
