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
Solo Exhibitions
2021 - I will keep you in the loop. Warm regards, Trocadero, 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 - 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
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
Awards And Recognition
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
