Sarah Hong: Biography


Born in Hong Kong.
1982-1987: Studies Fine Art at the "Ecole des Beaux Arts" in Aix-en-Provence, France. Lives and works in Paris, France, after that.
1988-1995 Settles in Southern California. Shifts her attention from figurative to abstract painting.
1990: Spends six months in Hong Kong.
1991-1995: Cooperation with the Riggs Gallery in San Diego.
1995-1998: Settles in Berlin, Germany.
1997: Travels to China and Hong Kong.
1998-2004: Moves back to Southern California.
1999: Begins to show on a regular basis at the Porter Troupe Gallery in San Diego/New York.
2001: Birth of son Nikolas in La Jolla, CA.
2004-2009: Based in Berlin, Germany.
Since 2009: Living in Hong Kong again.
2013: Relocates to the south of France.
2015:Moves to Germany.
2019:Relocates to the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

relevant exhibitions
1987: Solo exhibition at Gallery Meyer, Freiburg (Germany).
1991-1995: Participates in several group shows at the Riggs Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
1995:
  • Solo exhibition at AOK Gallery in Brunswick (Germany).
  • Official artist of the "8th Brunswick Chamber Music Festival";
       solo exhibition at Rittergut Bisdorf near Wolfsburg, Germany.
  • Solo exhibition in Kassel, Germany.
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    1996:
  • Solo exhibition at AOK Gallery in Magdeburg, Germany.
  • Participates in the International Art Fair in Hamburg, Germany.
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    1998: Group show in Berlin, Germany.
    1999: Takes part in the exhibition "12 Attitudes -- A Multimedia Exhibit of Women Artists" at the Porter Troupe Gallery.
    2000:
  • Group show at the Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego.
  • Represented at the San Diego Interior Design Expo by the Porter Troupe Gallery.
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    2002: Solo exhibition in Encinitas, California.
    2004: Double exhibition at AOK Gallery, Magdeburg, Germany
    2005: Exhibition at Doris-Rüstig-Ladewig-Foundation, Schleswig.
    2006: Exhibition at CHINA GATE, Berlin.
    2008: Design project for Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur (KPM), Berlin.
    2010: Exhibition at Hong Kong Center for the Arts.
    2012: Solo exhibition in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong.

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