About
Marian Ang is a contemporary visual artist and researcher born in London and based in Hong Kong. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, exploring material culture in contemporary life is the starting point for Marian's practice. Combining the symbolism of traditional Western still life and interior genre painting with precious cultural objects and banal everyday paraphernalia, Marian brings together an eclectic range of stories about the world and our lived experiences today.
Her most recent solo presentations include No Man’s Land (2026) at HART HAUS, which traces female migration, memory and belonging across the Chinese diaspora; Lucky You (2024) which explored the notion of "Chineseness" through classical imperial Chinese ceramics and everyday wares that embodied feng shui beliefs, superstitions, and the existential search for luck and fortune; and A Room of One's Own (2023), named after the 1929 essay by the English writer Virginia Woolf and inspired by the personal spaces that great women artists carved out for themselves.
b. 1987 in London, UK
Lives and works in Hong Kong
Education
2010 BA (Hons) History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Solo Exhibitions
2026 No Man's Land, HART HAUS, Hong Kong
2026 Success Upon the Horse's Arrival, OWC TAKE YOUR TIME, Hong Kong
2024 Lucky You, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 A Room of One’s Own, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2025 Collect Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2024 A Quiet Room, A Place in Your Heart, WOAW Gallery, Singapore
2022 ASYAAF, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea
2008 HIATUS, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2004 YOUNG@ART, Firstsite @ The Minories, Colchester, UK
Awards
2023 Shortlisted for the Hari Art Prize, Hong Kong
2009 John Hayes Scholarship, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
2006 Prince’s Drawing School (now the Royal Drawing School) Scholarship, London
2004 Young Essex Artist, Firstsite @ The Minories, Colchester, UK
Selected Press
Wen Wei Po | Solo Exhibition "No Man’s Land": Seeking Cultural Roots and Narrating the Life Experiences of Female Elders 個展「無人之境」追尋文化根源 Marian Ang敘說女性長輩生活經歷 (print & online) | Feb 2026
Vogue HK | The Best Art Exhibitions To Visit In Hong Kong This February | Feb 2026
South China Morning Post | Hong Kong artist Marian Ang explores motherhood and family legacies in new exhibition | Jan 2026
South China Morning Post | Motherhood and heritage in a world that keeps turning (print) | Jan 2026
Ming Pao |Recording Family History Through Objects: "No Man’s Land" Traces Three Generations of Female Diaspora 物件記錄家族歷史 「無人之境」回溯三代女性離散記 (print & online) | Jan 2026
Zolima CityMag | Marian Ang: Female Migration, Memory and Belonging | Jan 2026
Vogue HK | The Best Art Exhibitions To Visit In Hong Kong This January | Jan 2026
ARThing 藝術活 | 香港｜汪慧华：无人之境 | Jan 2026
Art-mate | Life 二月 | Feb 2026
Wen Wei Po | Independent Artists in Hong Kong Speak Out: Hoping for Government Support for Art Communities and Education 在港獨立藝術家訴心聲 冀政府支援藝術社區 藝術教育 (print & online) | June 2026
RTHK CultureZine | Podcast: Marian Ang - Contemporary Artist | May 2024
RTHK Vibrant Hong Kong | TV interview | May 2024
Hoy International Business | TV interview | May 2024
Cathay | Hong Kong | Painting the Town: Artist Highlights | May 2024
Harper’s Bazaar SG | Things to do in Singapore this weekend: 24 to 26 May | May 2024
Ming’s | ART | MARIAN ANG | May 2024
Galleries Gal | Marian Ang: A Room of One’s Own at Touch Gallery | Oct 2023