Kurt Tong

Born in Hong Kong in 1977, Kurt Tong explores his Chinese roots through multidisciplinary projects. Since 2006, he has been working with photographs and archives, with a particular interest in the history of his country. After travelling in Europe, America and Asia, he has published several books, including “The Queen, The Chairman and I” (2019), in which he develops a narrative about his own family, evoking the complex history of the Chinese diaspora over the past hundred years in Hong Kong. This project has been exhibited at the Victoria Gallery & Museum in Liverpool, Galleri Image in Denmark and the Visual Art Center of the Chinese Cultural Foundation in San Francisco, among others. In 2019, his book “Combing for Ice and Jade” was named one of the best photography books of the year by Time, El País, Esquire, Art Paper and Lens Culture. This series was also presented at Rencontres d’Arles that same year.