Wing Po So was born into a family of Chinese medicine doctors, and grew up surrounded by medicinal ingredients, transforming them into raw materials for playthings and eventually artworks. Seeing that traditional Chinese medicine originates in observation, sensitivity and imagination towards nature, So applies the same theory of knowledge in her investigation of forms, materiality, metaphysics and relationality. In addition, So often incorporates research from her interest in cosmology into her large-scale installations and sculptures.
So’s solo exhibition at Para Site “Take Turns” will open on March 15, 2025. So has also had a solo exhibition at Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, titled “Six-part Practice” (2018). Her work has been widely exhibited in group shows, including a commissioned work in “Fragrance of Time” in the Hong Kong Museum of Art (Hong Kong, 2024), The 13th Taipei Biennial (Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, 2023), “The 14th Shanghai Biennale: Cosmos Cinema” (Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China, 2023), “Kathmandu Triennale” (Nepal Patan Museum and Bahadur Shah Baithak, Kathmandu, 2022); “Lamma Mia” (Art Promotion Office, Lamma Island, Hong Kong, 2021); “The Eighth HuayuYouth Award Exhibition: A Long Hello” (UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2020); “The Palm at the End of the Mind” (Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2020); “Holy Mosses” (Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2020); “Garden of Six Seasons” (Para Site, Hong Kong, 2020); “Ghost Walk” (Hong Kong Fringe Club, Hong Kong, 2015) and “Sound of Image: Exploring the Links between Audio Description and Visual Art” (Hong Kong Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2013). Soalso published an artist book in 2018, titled “From Space to Space: An Illustrated Guide to an Infinite Something”.
Wing Po So currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
