Yu Shuk Pui Bobby（余淑培）is a visual artist who was born in Hong Kong and is now living in Oslo. Her conceptual artworks, sculptures, and performances create scenarios that break audience passivity by borrowing/hiring others’ bodies, their utterance or skills. She often transforms roles / identities / appearance in her daily life. Her works act as simple games, ‘dragging’ complicated interpersonal relationships. Her interest in the female body and gender politics has recently led to research into scientific fortune telling using big data, and the idea that genetic engineering offers possibilities to determine the future—and the risks these subjects hold.
Bobby received a BA from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is currently studying MFA at Oslo National Academy of Fine Art (2021). She has exhibited her works at Listhus Gallery (Iceland); A Place Gallery & Studios (Florida); Youkobo Art Space Gallery (Tokyo); Swatch Art Peach Hotel (Shanghai); Parasite,100ft. Gallery, starprojects, 1a Space, Tomorrow Maybe Gallery (Hong Kong). Bobby has completed residencies at 3331 Art Chiyoda (Tokyo), 435 Art Studio (Taiwan), Listhus Space (Iceland), and Athena Standard Residency (Athens).
Bobby received a BA from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is currently studying MFA at Oslo National Academy of Fine Art (2021). She has exhibited her works at Listhus Gallery (Iceland); A Place Gallery & Studios (Florida); Youkobo Art Space Gallery (Tokyo); Swatch Art Peach Hotel (Shanghai); Parasite,100ft. Gallery, starprojects, 1a Space, Tomorrow Maybe Gallery (Hong Kong). Bobby has completed residencies at 3331 Art Chiyoda (Tokyo), 435 Art Studio (Taiwan), Listhus Space (Iceland), and Athena Standard Residency (Athens).
YU Shuk Pui Bobby’s CV (b.1994) Hong Kong
Education
M.F.A. in Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2019-2021)
B.A. in Visual Art (Hons), Hong Kong Baptist University (2015-2018)
H.D. in Visual Art & Culture, Hong Kong Design Institute (2012-2015)
Grants, Awards and Prizes
2020. Viken Ung-filmstipend, Oslo Norway
2020. Longlist of Ican Jurtiz Prize, King’s College London
2018. Cultural Exchange Fund, Hong Kong Art Development Council, Hong Kong
2017. Honourable Mention, Vitamin D Award, HKBU AVA & The Art of CUHK
2016. Cultural Exchange Fund, Hong Kong Art Development Council, Hong Kong
2016. Arts Development Fund, Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong
2014. the Best Actress, Golden Sugarcane Film Festival, Taiwan
2013. First Smash Art Project, Hong Kong Art Experience Gallery, Hong Kong
Solo & Two-persons Exhibitions
2019. Unstable monuments - Yu Shuk Pui & Montserrat Llampallas, Akademirommet, Oslo Norway
2019. Genetic Salon Skylight 2019, Skylight Gallery Khio, Oslo Norway
2015. Half Day with Cloud - Yu Shuk Pui & Sunday Lai, EC Gallery, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020. SOLASTALGIC, Galleri Seilduken KHiO, Oslo Norway
2020. Work the Muscle, Galleri Seilduken KHiO, Oslo Norway
2020. Wilfull Blindness, IESA Gallery, Paris France
2020. Hinne, Akademirommet, Oslo Norway
2020. Wilfully Blindness Painting Exhibition, Galleri Seilduken KHiO, Oslo Norway
2019. Strangers, Liu Art Museum, Taichung Taiwan
2019. Fragile: the 2nd Röbäck Biennale, Kulturmejeriet, Umeå Sweden
2019. Yummy Gummy(Women’s Festival 2019), Tomorrow Maybe Gallery, Hong Kong
2019. Drum & Voice Out!, Form Society, Hong Kong
2018. Bad Grade Exhibtion, Koo Ming Kwan Gallery HKBU, Hong Kong
2017. LIGHT UP Therapy Resort, Swatch Art Peach Hotel, Shanghai
2017. Plane Stories, Koo Ming Kwan Gallery HKBU, Hong Kong
2017. Plentiful Pluralities, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2017. In Search of Miss Ruthless, Para-site, Hong Kong
2017. AVA BA Graduation Show, Kai Tak Campus, HKBU, Hong Kong
2017. Dimension Convertor, 100ft. Gallery, Hong Kong
2016. Group Exhibition, Listhus Gallery, Ólafsfjördur Iceland
2016. AGENCIES: embodiment, A Place Gallery & Studios, Florida USA
2016. Dada Lives!, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College Art Gallery, Ohio, USA
2016. Feminist Fan in Japan and Friends, Youkobo Art Space Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015. Perpetual Production & Consumption, starprojects. Hong Kong
2015. Book in Times Book Art Exhibition, JCCAC, Hong Kong
2015. HK-SZ Design Biennale - New Media & Tech (OCT & Dalang Fashion Valley)
2014. Macy is Homed, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong
2014. Outside Reading Book Art Exhibition, JCCAC, Hong Kong
2014. New Voices Talent Show 2014, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong
2013. Eggwich, JCCAC, Hong Kong
Curating
2017. + + - - , Kai Tak Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong
Artist-in-Residences
2021. Perfection/Speculation, PRAKSIS Oslo Norway
2019. Lakkos Artists Residency, Crete Greece
2019. Athena Standards Residency, Athens Greece
2016. Listhús Space Residency, Ólafsfjördur Iceland
2016. 3331 Art Chiyoda Residency, Tokyo Japan
2014. 435 Art Studio Residency, Taipei Taiwan
Selected Live Performances
2019. Genetic Salon DJ Conference 2 & 3, HKCR, Hong Kong
2018. Genetic Salon DJ Conference, HKCR, Hong Kong
2016. Marriage-Seeking 2016, Mjólkurbúðin, Akureyri Iceland
2016. Exmaination, Deiglan, Akureyri Iceland
2016. POWER DUMPLINGS, Deiglan, Akureyri Iceland
2015. CV by Vagina, Art Fix Gallery, London United Kingdom
2014. The Woman, 100ft. Park Gallery, Hong Kong
Teachings & Speeches
2018. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2018. Summer Camp “In(ex)captain”, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2017. Dr. Sun Yat-sen Musuem, Hong Kong
2015. Christian Action, Hong Kong
2014. YMCArts, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
2014. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College
Participations
2020. Post-Human Narratives, Curator Kobe Ko, Hong Kong
2017. Accidental Tourist Guide, Connecting Space, Hong Kong & Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich Switzerland
2016. The Gallery Walk, Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, Hong Kong
2016. A! Performance Art Festivial, Listasumar Akureyri, Iceland
2016. Performance Night, Deiglan,Akureyri, Iceland
2016. RóT Project, Listasumar Akureyri Iceland
2016. Summer Art Festival, Listasumar Akureyri, Iceland
2015. 7th Passion of Freedom, London United Kingdom
2015. Tribe 15 Art Festival, Chorm Art, London United Kingdom
2012. the seventh YMCArts Wonder Land Festival, Hong Kong
Collections
2020. Private Collection
2019. Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2015. Library in Savannah College of Arts and Design, Hong Kong
Publications
2013. DOING, Hong Kong and Taiwan
2012. YOUTH, Hong Kong
Memberships
UKS (Young Artists' Society)
NBK (Norske Billedkunstnere)