About Artist
Chris Wong is a photographic visual artist based in Sydney, whose practice explores themes of migration, memory, and transformation through the medium of photography. Originally from Hong Kong, Wong’s relocation to Australia has deeply influenced his artistic inquiry into the emotional terrain of cultural transition and belonging. Working across conceptual still life, botanical subjects, and domestic landscapes, his images reflect a quiet tension between resilience and fragility, presence and stillness.
Chris’s recent work focuses on the potential of the photo artist book as a sculptural and narrative form. He uses hand-crafted photo books and visual sequencing to invite intimate, layered engagements with his imagery. His approach combines technical precision with poetic observation, bridging personal reflection and universal themes.
His recent project Frozen Resilience was nominated for the 2025 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists’ Book Prize and the 2025 Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award, where it was selected for the world touring exhibition organized by the Hong Kong Photobook Festival in 2025 and 2026. Wong’s current series examines the metaphorical potential of natural materials—such as ice, plants, and organic textures—to evoke stillness and transformation within the migratory experience. Through visual storytelling, he creates contemplative spaces where identity, memory, and adaptation quietly unfold.
Photo Award
2025 - Head On Photo Award Exposure Category - Semi-Finalist (Australia)
2025 - LOOK! Prize: Museum of Australian Photography Atrium Gallery - Finalist- (Australia)
Photo Book Award
2025 - Hong Kong photobook dummy award 2025 - Nomination (Hong Kong)
Group Exhibition
2026 - LOOK! Prize: Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Atrium Gallery - (Melbourne, Australia) (upcoming)
2026 - 16th Annual Photobook Exhibition - Griffin Museum of Photography (US)
2026 - Across the Binding x香港攝影小誌及樣本書獎巡迴展 (Taiwan)
2026 - Leipzig Photobook Festival, Center for Contemporary Art in Leipzig (Germany)
2026 - Shutter Hub OPEN 2026 exhibition: Shutter Hub Pop-Up Photobook Library at Cambridge University (UK)
2026 - Offset Project Library, Studio and Bookshop at New Delhi (India)
2025 - 40 X 40 Exhibition, Newcastle Art Space (Australia, Newcastle)
2025 - Head on Digital Exhibition at Bondi Pavilion Gallery (Sydney, Australia,)
2025 - LOOK! Prize: Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) Atrium Gallery - (Melbourne, Australia)
2025 - Libris Awards: The Australian Artists’ Book Prize (Queensland Artspace Mackay, Australia)
2025 - Forbundet Frie Fotografer Photo Library, Fotobokfestival Oslo (Norway)
2025 - Fotogalleriet, Lovely House (Brazil)
2025 - Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award 2025 (Hong Kong)
2024 - Hakka Kung Fu Photo exhibition (Hong Kong)
2019 - LACP Photo Book Exhibition (Los Angeles Center of Photography, LACP), Hollywood, US)
2019 - Exposure Weekend 2019 (Marina Del Rey, CA, US)
2019 - Photobook show in NIDA International Photography Symposium (Amber Gallery-Museum, Lithuania)
2019 - Arles book - The Rencontres d’Arles Book awards (Arles, France)
2019 - Wonder Foto Day (Song Shan Cultural Park, Taipei, Taiwan)
2019 - WFD X Pon Ding Book Fair (Pon Ding BookShop, Taipei, Taiwan)
2019 - Hong Kong Photo-Book Fair (Hong Kong Art Centre)
Sole Exhibition
2020 - "The Yellow Bike" Solo exhibition - Satellite exhibition in Hong Kong International Photo Festival (HKIPF)
2018 - "Now and Then" Solo exhibition - Satellite exhibition in Hong Kong International Photo Festival (HKIPF)
Book Publishing
2026 - Transplanted Light
2025 - Frozen Resilience
2019 - Now and Then
Photo Book Event
2025 - Head-On Photo book Market
Volunteer Experience
Ongoing - Volunteer Digitisation Specialist - Ku-ring-gai Historical Society, Responsible for digitising the extensive photographic collection from hard-copy archives into high-resolution digital files.
Mail - [email protected]
