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Wong Cho Yi Jil (b. 2000)

Lives and works in Hong Kong, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Working at the intersection of photography, sculpture, and installation, she often incorporates found objects, metal welding, and ephemeral materials to explore the subtle relationship between the monumental quality of ruins and the fragility of individual existence. Her practice foregrounds a dialogue between the material world and the inner self, seeking to construct an image-based practice rooted in humanistic concern and a deep reflection on human emotion.

In recent years, Jil has focused on copperplate etching, drawn to the reflective surface of the metal and the oxidized traces that emerge over time. Using traditional intaglio techniques—coating the plate with a photosensitive emulsion, exposing it to ultraviolet light, developing the image, and acid-etching the recesses—she merges photography, chemistry, and printmaking. Rather than treating the copper plate as a mere matrix for paper prints, she often presents the plate itself as a sculptural object with its own material presence.
       
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Education








香港中文大學藝術系文學士
The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts
2026

Professional Physical Theatre Youth Training Programme, Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio
(2 years)

 
Solo Exhibition
 Noto Peninsula能登
Solo Exhibition at  Exhibition Gallery on M/F, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library
2026
Exhibitions
B.A. Graduation Exhibition
Glide Across the Mist,The Art of CUHK 
2026

HAND PRINTED, ORIGINAL PRINTS BY HONG KONG PRINTMAKERS
Joint exhibition, Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong.
2026

SS26 Paris fashion Week 
DETAJ Showroom
Collaboration with DETAJ, Paris, France.
2026

倒敍
Group exhibition,許氏文物館，香港中文大學
2025

神戸交流展2025
IMAGINE PEACE DRAWING.
Joint exhibition at 神戸芸術工科大学
2025

The Orbit of Hope, WMA_HK
Debut exhibition for WMA’s biennial theme, “Hope”
2025

As Silent As Thunder (一如雷默)
Joint Performance and Visual Art Exhibition, Furnace, Hong Kong.
2025

Book Lab: Landing on the Paper Space,WMA_HK.
Book Making Workshop and Exhibition
2024

Tiger A(r)m Strong Biennale,
HKICC, Hong Kong
Joint exhibition, invited.
2023

PORTRAITS BEYOND FACES
Open call at FLOOR,
 Seoul,Korea, selected.
2023

Frog and You
Joint exhibition, invited.
 2023

HKBU Associate of Arts (Visual Arts) Graduation Exhibition  – Millennial Dictionary
2022

Fringe Club 40 Years Exhibition
Joint exhibition. Hong Kong Fringe Club. selected.
2022

As Such: A Photographic Study Exhibition
Joint exhibition. Chan Lai-ling Gallery,
 Hong Kong Fringe Club.
2021

Upcycling Hong Kong: Creative Practices of Reuse in Contemporary Jewellery.
PMQ, Hong Kong. Invited.
2021


Awards/Scholarships
黃作仁先生學術獎學金（成績），香港中文大學
Mr. Wong Chuk Yan Academic Scholarships, CUHK
2026

陳啟豪校董藝術系獎學金，香港中文大學
Mr. Kevin Chan Scholarship for the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK
2026

嘉圖藝術獎學金，香港中文大學
Grotto Fine Art Award, CUHK
2026

中大60周年校慶藝術人才培育基金，香港中文大學
CUHK 60th Anniversary Artistic talent Development Scholarship
2026

新亞七十藝術展獎學金，香港中文大學
New Asia 70th Anniversary Art exhibition Scholarship, CUHK
2025

陳啟豪校董藝術系獎學金，香港中文大學
Mr. Kevin Chan Scholarship for the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK
2025

麵包工程有限公司獎學金，香港中文大學
Bread Mission Limited Scholarshio,CUHK
2025

院長嘉許狀， 由學院提名，香港中文大學新亞書院
Head’s List ( Merit) , by department nomination,New Asia College, CUHK
2025

李東強教授版畫獎學金，香港中文大學
Professor Li Tung Keung John Printmaking Scholarship, CUHK
2025

「新」 版畫獎，香港中文大學
“New” Printmaking Award, CUHK
2025

展覽精選獎，視覺藝術院，香港浸會大學
Exhibition Pick’s, Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU
2022

蔡冠深博士特別才能獎學金，視覺藝術院，香港浸會大學
Dr. Jonathan K. C. Choi Scholarship (Special Talent). HKBU
2022


Interview
ParaSite.HK ,Studio Visit, invited
2022                
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写真、彫刻およびインスタレーション実践に関する国際的レビュー。中国語‧英語‧日本語で出版。International Review of photography, sculpture and installation-based practices, published in Chinese, English and Japanese 國際攝影、雕塑與裝置藝術實踐評論，以中文、英文及日文出版。


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ブックラボ：ペーパーディメンションズへの着陸
開催期間：2024年7月25日～2024年8月11日
開催場所：WMAスペース
Book Lab: Landing on the Paper Space
Dates: July 25, 2024 to August 11, 2024 
Venue: WMA Space
書籍實驗所：著陸紙維空間
日期:2024年7月25日至2024年8月11日
地址:WMA Space
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Commissioned work for:  WMA_HK
The Return of Absence (2024)
Artwork by: Jil Wong
Artist book, 42 × 59.4 cm

How might flat book pages engender a conceptual three-dimensional space, allowing artists’ ideas to be uncovered, preserved, and circulated? 

“Landing on the Paper Space” showcases the outcomes from last year's “Book Lab” initiative co-organised with HART. “Book Lab” intends to explore the connection between lens-based practice and books, and challenges the conventional sequencing model when considering the book form. After participating in the book-making workshop last year, 8 artists (CHAN Ting, Tracy CHENG and Shera CHO, Jeremy CHEUNG, Jay LAU, Ray LEUNG, Marty MILLER, Jil WONG, WU Jiaru) turned their concepts into reality; they each produced a dummy photographic artist book that fulfilled readability, interactivity, and multivalence. These dummies take the form of toys and storage boxes, urging a re-definition of “book” and the various possibilities of reading. To expand on the concept of “photographic artist’s book,” the exhibition also features picks from the WMA reference library and an addition of two books by the 2024 WMA Graduate Award (Lens-based media) recipients (LEE Hoi Yi Minnie and Shaiana PO). In this era where information are highly fragmented, books develop to be non-linear, allowing for a more autonomous and multi-sensory reading experience for the readers.

This artist book begins with memories of my father and his work in Hong Kong’s garment industry. In the 1980s and 1990s, he ran a denim factory in Cheung Sha Wan, proudly producing jeans for local brands like Bosini. My earliest impressions of him are fragments—moments spent watching him work, surrounded by the hum of machines and the scent of cotton and dye.

Through this work, I revisit these fragile recollections to reflect on familial absence and silent inheritance. I connect the act of remembering with the cyanotype process, echoing my father’s use of indigo in denim-making. Using direct exposure and sunlight, I print enlarged family portraits onto fabric, allowing the images to gradually fade through washing—mirroring how memories soften over time.

The artist book integrates materials used throughout my practice—negatives, fabric, light tubes from the UV box, and velvet cloth—pre-serving the process as part of memory itself. Though my knowledge of him may remain limited, this work becomes a quiet dialogue with someone no longer here, and a gesture of enduring pride.
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