Mak2

Mak2 (b. 1989, Hong Kong) received her Bachelor of Arts from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong in 2013. Her practice contemplates 21st century issues through the study of philosophy, art history, culture, shifting socio-political environments, the Internet, and new technology. The aesthetic experience she crafts is bound by the dualism of humor and intense inquisitiveness. She creates, installations, paintings, drawings, video work, Youtube videos, stand-up comedy routines, and Instagram filters.

Mak2 is well known for her iconic triptych on canvas series Home Sweet Home (2019-) as well conceptual installations such as You Better Watch Out (2017), which was included in an exhibition presented by MoMa PS1 and K11 Art Foundation titled, .com/.cn.

Her artworks have been exhibited internationally, most recently in Love Pool, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany (2023); Palace of Love, TAO ART, Taipei, Taiwan (2023); The Principle of Hope, Beijing Inside-Out Museum, Beijing, China (2021); Mirage or Reality, Shanghai K11 Art Mall, Shanghai, China (2021); House of Fortune, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, China (2021); How Do We Begin?, X Museum Beijing (2020); Home Sweet Home, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, China (2019); We Didn‘t Mean To Break It (But It’s Ok, We Can Fix It), Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal (2019); and Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, China (2019).

Mak2 lives and works in Hong Kong.

 

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: The Old Man And The Sea 1, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120x213cm.

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: Sunflower Pool 3, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 141x250cm.

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: I Make Babies 5, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 200x150cm.

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: Too Hot To Handle 2, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 141x250cm.

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: Feng Shui Painting, Earth 2, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 200 x 150 cm (Each panel 66.7 x 150 cm)

Mak2, Home Sweet Home: Feng Shui Painting, Fire 2, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm (Each panel 120 x 71 cm)

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Flower Pool, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Rose Pool, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 200 x 150 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Mak in Pool 1, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 200 x 150 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: 1,2,3 Cheese, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: 1, 2, 3, 4, Cheese, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 85 x 150 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Cheese, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 85 x 150 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Referencing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Cheese 3, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Flower Tub Pool 2020 1, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm (Each panel 120 x 71 cm)

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Fishing in Central 5, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: In the Same Breath 3, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home: Lava Lamp, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, triptych, 120 x 213 cm

Installation view of "House of Fortune" at de Sarthe

Installation view of "House of Fortune" at de Sarthe

Mak Ying Tung 2, Fake Laugh, 2019, 6 screen video installation, Dimensions variable

Mak Ying Tung 2, Out of Body Experience, 2018, Vinyl, PC computer, screens, rock salt, light, tissues, two digital videos, HDV 2'37

Mak Ying Tung 2, Sterilization, 2013, Single channel video, 32'11"

Mak Ying Tung 2, Physicality II, 2018. Dyson fans, thermal paper, dimensions variable.

Mak Ying Tung 2, Mr. Fool Wants to Move the Mountains, 2018. Robotic vacuum cleaners, sand. Dimensions variable.

Mak Ying Tung 2, We are All Equal, 2015. Supermarket products. Dimensions variable.

Mak Ying Tung 2, Revenge, 2013. A hammer, nails, 61 x 15 x 8 cm.

Mak Ying Tung 2, Happy, Happier, Happiest, 2013. Bank notes, party horn. Dimensions variable

Mak Ying Tung 2, You Better Watch Out, 2017, Sponge balls, PVC plastic, inflatable snow globe, IP camera system, 218 x 330 x 260 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, You Better Watch Out, 2017, Sponge balls, PVC plastic, inflatable snow globe, IP camera system, 218 x 330 x 260 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, You Better Watch Out, 2017, Sponge balls, PVC plastic, inflatable snow globe, IP camera system, 218 x 330 x 260 cm

Mak Ying Tung 2, You Better Watch Out, 2017, Sponge balls, PVC plastic, inflatable snow globe, IP camera system, 218 x 330 x 260 cm