Nicole Pun

Nicole Pun is a multidisciplinary visual artist and experimental space-runner based in Hong Kong. She primarily uses photography, video, performance to explore queer identity, desire and female representation. She received her MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BSSc from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with a background in Journalism and Communication.  

She is the recipient of the following awards: Yale-China Arts Fellowship, Both Sides Now V Artist-in-Residency in UK, Emerging Artist Scheme from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, WMA Masters Special Mention Award.

Her artwork has been exhibited locally and internationally in Circus Gallery and Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles; SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco and Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco; Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven. Her solo exhibition In & Out took place at Lumenvisum in Hong Kong in 2018 and Boy, Don’t Cry? at Aco Art Space in Hong Kong in 2019.

Pun is also a founder of Sai Sai Sing, one of few queer alternative spaces in Hong Kong. She recently self-published the book In & Out, comprising photographs of lesbian hand gestures made from 2014-2018.

Ho Yan Pun Nicole, 2022