Rental United CV
Rental United 夾租團 (2009-)
BIOGRAPHY
Rental United is the name of a studio shared by three artists, Damon Tong, Stephanie Sin and Timothy Zauho since 2009. It is also the name of the artists’ collective by the three. Focusing on art interventions, Rental United started its 1st appearance by showcasing a video installation for Fotanian Open Studio 2010, the largest annual artists’ open studio in Hong Kong at the time, attracting thousands of visitors yearly.
STATEMENT
Rental United’s main focus of art intervention has always been on the surrounding of the artists, such as studios’ neighbourhoods and art events whose participated. Taking mundane services of daily life as art and presenting it in the format of performance or live installations for specific art-related events. Rental United seek connections between audiences, artists and art. Far as Hong Kong’s concerned, audiences have always been Rental United’s primary interests, as they are believed to be the critical component of the art development of Hong Kong.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/projects
2014
Die Young; EC Gallery, Hong Kong
SELECTED Group EXHIBITIONS/projects
2014
Asia Contemporary Art Show Fall 2014 Edition; Conrad, Hong Kong
From 3G To 4G; Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Art Walk 2014; The Space, Hong Kong
2013
Fotanian Open Studio 2013; Fo Tan, Hong Kong
2012
‘Traits; Ox Ware House, Macau
Hong Kong Art Walk 2012; Hollywood Road, Hong Kong
Fotanian Open Studio 2012; Fo Tan, Hong Kong
2011
Recycling Love; Blue Room, Fo Tan, Hong Kong
10 Years of Fotanian: OpenStudios 2011; Fo Tan, Hong Kong
2010
Fotanian Open Studios 2010; Fo Tan, HKSAR
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BATTEN, John. “Rental United : « Die Young »”, Paroles Magazine, Nov/Dec 2014, no.243
BATTEN, John. “Rental United - As You Like It photographs & installation“ , SCMP, 3 February 2013
BATTEN, John. “香港: 空穴來瘋”, Artco, May 2012, no. 236
BATTEN, John. “A clean sweep”, Perspective, May 2012
LAI, Tsz Yuen. “十年誌：寫在“伙炭藝術工作室開放計劃2010”邊上”, GALLERY Magazine. Mar 2010