Hong Kong Art Archive

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Pau, Ellen 鮑藹倫

Name in pinyin: Bao Ailun

Also known as:

Place of birth: Hong Kong

Dates: 1961-

Art Medium: video art

Pao graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic with a Professional Diploma in Diagnostic Radiography in 1985. She has held five solo exhibitions and her work has been shown in many different places: Goethe Insitute, Hong Kong (1995); Museum fur Kunthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany (1997), Goethe Forum, Munich, Germany (1997), Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University (1997), and Spacex Gallery, Exeter England (1998). She has also participated in various group shows including Hong Kong Heritage Museum (2001); “Magic at Street Level”- The 49th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, China, Hong Kong Pavilion (2001); “Hot Pot: Contemporary Chinese Art” (2001), etc. Pao has received several awards: Special Jury Award, Sign of Living Video Competition, organized by RTHK (1989); 6 months Fellowship to travel and research on American Art, Asian Cultural Council (1991); Scholarship, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong (1995); Hong Kong Arts Development Production Fund, for “I only tell it to strangers”(1996); Hong Kong Arts Development Council Travel Fund, for “Festival of Cultures in Munich (1997); & Fellowship for Artistic Development, granted by the Visual Arts Committee, Arts Development Council (1998). Since 1994, she has participated in Artist-in-residence projects in Brussels, Hong Kong and Australia and has curated various shows in Hong Kong and abroad: “Videotage” annual screening (1978-1995); Hong Kong Video Art (1989); Deep Dish Program (U.S., 1990); Video Mix (Hong Kong, 1990); Hong Kong Video Retrospective 1985-1995 (Taiwan, 1995); Video Circle, video installation project (Hong Kong, 1996); The Best of Videotage 1986-1996 (Hong Kong, 1996); Microwave International Video Festival (Hong Kong, 1996-7); & The Best of Videotage Vol. 2 “Mug Shot” (Hong Kong, 1997).

Alice doesn’t live here anymore (1990) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

CCDC, “Exhibition for Women” July Programme (1991) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

Vogue (1992) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

Song of Goddess (1996/97) Video Installation/ installation 6:40min. SVHS (NTSC)

Bak-Lai-Chu (1994-1997) Video Installation/ installation 6:40min. SVHS (NTSC)

I only tell it to stranger (Series #3 of Bik Lai Chu) (1996/97) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

Drained IV (Series #4 of Drained) (1996/97) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

Recycled Opera (1996/97) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

Red Stock: Post Pledge Movement (1997/98) Video Installation/ installation size unknown

Click on title below to access the material concerning this artist:

Author	作者	Year	Title of Article [Related Information]
Leung Po Shan	梁寶山	2001	Ellen Pau interviewed by Leung Po Shan [in Chinese 中文訪問]

Contact the artist: ellenpau@hkstar.com

The Hong Kong Art Archive is honoured to be chosen as one of the HKU Faculty of Arts 90th Anniversary projects.

Last updated: 3 July, 2020.