Vincent MAK Shing Fung

Biography

Hong Kong with a Bachelor's degree and from the City University of Hong Kong's School of Creative Media with a Master's degree (Distinction). He now works in the fields of education and media production. His works, which are mainly in animation and video arts, has been shown extensively in Hong Kong and overseas film and video festivals, including the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009, the 29th Tokyo Video Festival and Octopus Art Exhibition in Israel. He also received the Silver Award in the 15th IFVA Festival (Animation Category), Prize-of-Effort in the 12th TBS DigiCon6 Animation & Movie Awards and Bronze Award in Amazing Cities Animation Competition.

Mak joined HKMU in 2013 as a Lecturer of the Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Animation and Visual Effects. His supervised students' animations were being nominated at 54^th and 55^th Golden Horse Film Festival and the animation project “Losing Sight of a Longed Place” was awarded the Best Short Animation Film at 54^th Golden Horse Film Festival.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Digital Chinese Ink in Contemporary Arts

• Animation and Media Arts

Academic & Professional Experience

• Examiner, Hong Kong Arts Development Council (Film and Media Arts), 2015 – present

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Tam, Kwok-kan; Lam, S.K. Sunny; Law, T.F. Angela; Yip, K.M. David; Mak, S.F. Vincent; & Fung, B.F. Makin. (2014). From idea to practice – Creative arts programmes at the Open University of Hong Kong. Journal of Youth Studies, 17(2): 50-61.

Conference Papers

• Mak Shing Fung (2017, January 12-13). Digital Chinese Ink in Contemporary Arts. Paper presented at the RIDCH Symposium 2017, OUHK, Hong Kong.

Creative Works

Exhibition

Solo Exhibition

• Moving Ink -Ink Animation Series. Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2008

Group Exhibition

• Ink Global – Education Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong, 2018

• Ink Animation Exhibition, 3rd Silk Road International Cultural Expo, Dunhuang, China, 2018

• 虛異‧京港澳 #水墨新媒體, Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2018

• Ink+ The Worlds, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2017

• Ink Global 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2017

• Ink Asia 2015, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2015

• New Trend Joint Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong, 2014

• Looking at the Big Sky, Hong Kong Film Archive, Hong Kong, 2013

• Contemporary SAN SUI Exhibition, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2013

• Octopus Art Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2011

• HK ARTcomics, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2011

• Hong Kong Arts Biennale, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2010

• 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, 2010

• The 15^th IFVA Festival, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 2010

• Hong Kong International Art and Antiques Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, 2009

• Ink Contemporary: ReXPERIMENT, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2009

• Movement, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2008

• 29^th JVC Tokyo Video Festival, JVC, Japan, 2007

• Sonar International Short Film Festival, French Institute of Florence, Italy, 2007

• The 12^th IFVA Festival, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 2007

• Red Stick International Animation Short Film Festival (Experimental Category), United States of America, 2007

• The 11^th IFVA Festival, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 2006

Honours, Awards & Prizes

• Silver Award, 15^th IFVA Festival (Animation Category), Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2010

• Prize-of-Effort, 12^th TBS DigiCon6 Animation & Movie Awards, TBS, Japan, 2010

• Finalist, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2010

• Bronze Award, Amazing Cities Animation Competition, Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association, Hong Kong, 2010

• Finalist, 29^th Tokyo Video Festival, JVC, Japan, 2007

• Finalist, 12^th IFVA Festival (Animation Category), Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2007

• Finalist, 11^th IFVA Festival (Animation Category), Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2006

• Special Mention, X-D Animation Competition, Videotage, Hong Kong, 2006