tamshui (tamshui:\) was born in Hong Kong. After graduated from the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2001, he became actively involved in various creative works. His works were exhibited and screened in various countries and places including Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Hong Kong. He received the Gold Award in Animation Category in the 7th ifva in 2001, and the Rising Artist Award (Film & Media Arts) in the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2002. He has devoted himself in design education in recent years, and has been Subject Coordinator (Design & Visual Communication) at the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity.
Personal Data
Name
tamshui (Woo Tam-ming)
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Place of Birth
Hong Kong
Exhitbition (selected)
Solo
2009 Dec – 2010 Jan
My Alphabet,
Art in Hospital – Hospital Gallery,
Hong Kong
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Group
2012 April / July
Exhibition by Superb Meaningless Invention Group,
Hong Kong
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2011 Jan
Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme V Launching Exhibition,
Hong Kong
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2010 July
Tasting Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
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2010 April
The Superb Meaningless Invention Exhibition,
Hong Kong
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2010 March
Share the Loves of Your Life – the Moleskine Passions Exhibition,
Hong Kong
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2010 Feb
ALIGHT,
Hong Kong
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2007 Nov
<Art responds to 14 QKs> many people show,
Hong Kong
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2006 July
[trivial] exhibition,
park19 art space,
Guangzhou china
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2006 June
aWay – Group Exhibition of Contemporary Visual Artists,
1a space,
Hong Kong
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2004 March-Dec
melbourneconnectionasia 2004:
Contemporary art by 15 artists from Asian cities in the region,
Melbourne,
Australia
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2004 Jan
TELEPIDEMIC! – multimedia installation exhibition,
Videotage,
Hong Kong
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2004 Jan
Interpenetration of habitus – design exhibition,
Arttube MTR,
Hong Kong
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2003 June
Navigating the Dot – 50th Venice Biennale,
Venice, Italy
(member of Para/Site Collective)
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2003 March
Take a Break – visual exhibition,
SD Gallery,
The Hong Kong Polytechic University,
Hong Kong
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2002 May
MOVING-STOP,
Videotage,
Hong Kong
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2002 March
Gwangju Biennale (Part of Para/Site Art Space),
Gwangju,
Korea
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2002 March
Social Club – group exhibition in Para/Site Art Space,
Para/Site Art Space
Hong Kong
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2002 March
The New Contemporaries –
Exhibition of a New Generation of Hong Kong Artists,
Artist Commune,
Hong Kong
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2002 Jan
CityFestival 2002 – CityLiaoli,
Fringe Club,
Hong Kong
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2001 June
“Design Matter: Future Now” Design Show 2001,
School of Design,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong
Education
1998-2001
BA(Hons) in Design (Visual Communication),
1st class Honors, School of Design,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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1996-1998
Diploma in Design Study with Credit,
School of Design,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Video Screening (selected)
2006 Sept
Asia’s View Finder – Splendid Asia,
Taiwan International Animation Festival,
Taiwan
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2006 June
Our Years of Animation – Hong Kong Animation Shorts From 1990 to 2006,
Hong Kong
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2005 March
<icity>, The 10th ifva festival opening film,
Hong Kong
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2005 Jan
<Move on Asia – Animation and Single Channel Video Art Festival>,
Aichi, Osaka, Tokyo,
Japan
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2004 May
<Move on Asia – Animation and Single Channel Video Art Festival>,
Mapo-Gu Seoul,
Korea
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2003 March
U-Videomaker Project Showcase,
Hong Kong Central Library,
Hong Kong
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2002 March
Hou Hanru’s AsianVibe at the Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello,
Spain
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2002 Feb
Hedah Festival,
The Netherlands
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2002
“A_PEAL 001 Contemporary Art in Public Spaces” festival,
The Ekaterinburg’s branch of NCCA,
Russia
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Backup.award,
Germany
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Fluxs – International Film Festival On The Internet
Mulitmedia Art Asia Pacific 2002, Beijing,
China
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2001 Oct
Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival 2001,
Kyoto,
Japan
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2001 Sept
Microwave International Media Art Festival 2001,
Hong Kong
Awards
2003
2003 Rising Artist Award – Film and Media arts category,
Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2002,
Hong Kong
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2002
“Gold Award” in Animation Category,
7th Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards (2001),
Hong Kong
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2001
Award of Team Spirit,
Open Days of School of Design 2001,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong
Others
2016 – now
co-Founder of yukdung production – a community design group
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2013 – now
co-Founder of Matchus – a design group
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2012 – 2021
Subject Coordinator (Design & Visual Communication),
HKICC Lee Shau Kee School Of Creativity
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2009
The 15th IFVA jury (Animation Category)
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2007 – 2012
Part-time Tutor,
HKICC Lee Shau Kee School Of Creativity
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2006 – 2007
Art Director,
Lan Kwai Fong Entertainments
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2004
Project Coordinator,
Project V for the New Generation 2004: A Self-designed Video Journey,
The University of Hong Kong
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2003 – 2006
Visual Realization of goodmornigloria – the band
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2003 – now
Member of Para/Site Art Space
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2002 – 2005
Founding member of habitus – designed space
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2000 – now
Committee of book_thinker – a muti-media art & design team, Published Comic Book “one more book”.
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1999 – now
Volunteer for the Children Cancer Foundation
Press/Interview
Hong Kong Arts Development Awards – Rising Artist Award (Film and Media Arts)
http://www.hkadc.org.hk/?p=3563&lang=en
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九龍城書節「行遊」 探小城歷史文化 (chinese)
http://std.stheadline.com/yesterday/edu/octopus/1124go04.html
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新群體 – 香港新世代藝術展 (chinese)
http://art.enorth.com.cn/system/2002/03/01/000280863.shtml
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「無啦謂勁架勢發明隊」大膽發明激發觀眾的創意神經 (chinese)
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201207/16/P201207160395.htm
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《I-City》放映及座談會觀後感 (chinese)
http://www.henryporter.hk/read.php/63.htm
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與《i-city》的動畫人真情對話 (chinese)
http://www.cuhkacs.org/~benng/Bo-Blog/read.php?158
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「勁架勢」創意源於生活 (chinese)
http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/2012-07-26/B12/B12_Screen.pdf