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Pat WingShan Wong
Pat WingShan Wong (aka Flyingpig) is a community-based illustrator. She is currently working as an assistant professor at the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University. Having earned her master of arts in illustration at the Royal College of Art in 2021, Wong specializes in portraying narratives within communities while connecting to themes such as architecture, technology, memory and identity. In the same year, she served as a lecturer in illustration animation at Kingston School of Art and delivered guest lectures at the Royal College of Art. Previous publications include The Scenery of Old Shops (Joint Publishing HK, 2016), an illustration book celebrating the owners and workers in the local traditional small businesses, and Once Upon a Time in Tai Kwun (2018), a collection of 100 oral narratives shared by the old neighbours in Central, which explores the history of the Central Police Station compound and the myriad intricate relationships cultivated in the neighbourhood. Wong’s recent research, the Barter Archive, received the Varley Memorable Award in 2020 and was granted funding by Art Council England and the Hong Kong Art Development Council in 2021. The project is ongoing and has collaborations with the Royal College of Art, Camberwell University of Arts and curators from the Tate Archive and the Whitechapel Gallery. The Museum of London, where Wong worked as a researcher in 2022, has collected this project, which has also gained media coverage in outlets such as The Guardian, The World of Interiors, It’s Nice That, The Londonist and South China Morning Post.
Contact: Academy of Visual Arts, 224 Waterloo Rd, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.