​​​​​​​​Scotty SO

Scotty So is a Melbourne based artist who works across media, using painting, photography, sculptures, site-responsive installation, videos and drag performance. Driven by the thrill of camp, he explores the often-contradictory relationship between humour and sincerity within lived experience. Born and raised in Hong Kong, So graduated BFA Honours at the Victorian College of the Arts with First Class Honours in Melbourne, Australia, 2019. So’s work has been displayed in Hong Kong, China and Australia, including the Triennial 2020 of the National Gallery of Victoria.

 

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), First-Class Honours, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, 2019

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2018

Associate Degree in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education, 2015  

 

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Solo Exhibitions

2021 - The 1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto by Jackie, West Space Window, Melbourne

              I will keep you in the loop. Warm regards, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
2019 - 06:00/ 18:00, Melbourne, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2015 - Self-Introduction, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2014 - A Moment of A Moment, Hong Kong

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2021 - Footscray Art Prize 2021, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
              A Strange Space, Centre for Projection Art, Melbourne
              APRIL FOOL GROUP, MARS Gallery, Melbourne

              Small room downstairs, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
             

2020 -Triennial 2020, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

              Project Anywhere 2020, Melbourne
              STRANGE UNCERTAIN TIMES, Grey Gardens Gallery, Melbourne

              Shelter, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne

              Abstracted Landscapes, Lon Gallery, Melbourne

              FiX 05, Melbourne

              Venus in Thorns, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne

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2019 - Performing Textile, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne 

             Satellite Anthem, Assembly Point, Melbourne
             Gaping, VCA Art Space, Melbourne
             FiX 04, KINGS, Melbourne

             Kensington Contemporary – a Conveniently Timed, Market Based Event for the Activation of                               Space, Program Announcement and Generation of Capital Art Fair, New Agency, Melbourne

2018 - 2018 ILFORD CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography Melbourne
              DESTINATIONS, Step Gallery, The Greek Australian Cultural League, Melbourne
              Please Mind the Uneven Ground, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong

 

2017 - IDENTITY, Barber’s Basement Gallery, Hong Kong

 

2016 - HK:ID, identity and illusion, Lightstage Gallery, Hong Kong

              Pride Art, Clifford Chance, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong

 

2015 - Love Is Our Future, Polar Bear Gallery, Shanghai

              Weight -, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

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Awards And Recognition
2021. -  Footscray Art Prize 2021 Emerging Artist Residency Prize

2020 - Room to Create Artist-in-Residency Program at Collingwood Yard, Yarra City Arts

               Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2020 Finalist

2019 - West Space Award, West Space

              Trocadero Art Space Award, Trocadero Art Space

              Creative Arts Grants, University of Melbourne Student Union

2014 -Design Excellence Award, Genesis Building Rolls Royce Car Artistic Reinterpretation Competition

2013 - Society for Community Organization Charity Auction by Sotheby's

              <Poppies On The Ground With Woods >  

             Oil on Canvas, 46 x 61 cm, 2013
             46,000 HKD