BONNY WONG, Every time when I depart, I always see wisps of smoke curling by the mountainside, bidding me farewell., 2024, Oil on canvas, 90 x 60 cm
The Hartz Project is pleased to announce its upcoming participation in Art Busan 2026, featuring a compelling duo presentation by Hong Kong-based contemporary artists Jake Wong Man Kit and Bonny Wong Hiu Ching. Located at Booth A-25 within the BEXCO 1st Exhibition Hall in Busan, South Korea, the exhibition will be on view from May 21 through May 24, 2026.
The presentation explores the translation and transformation of inner sensibilities, establishing a resonant and tense dialogue that balances emotional warmth with detached analysis.
The exhibition brings together two distinct yet complementary approaches to the human psyche. Bonny Wong presents a new series of works that capture small, everyday moments infused with a quiet intensity and intimacy.
Her practice investigates the weight of memory, tracing how ordinary fragments can bridge distance and solitude to form invisible, enduring bonds. In contrast, Jake Wong utilizes a rational, almost clinical visual language to scrutinize human emotion from a detached, third-person perspective.
JAKE WONG, The Fall, 2025, Oil on canvas, 80 x 65 cm
By isolating feelings from their original contexts, his paintings explore the inevitable gap between expectation and deep-seated longing, confronting the silent truths that words often fail to reach.
Both artists are distinguished alumni of the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Jake Wong, born in 1995, earned his bachelor's degree in 2020 and centers his practice on finding a balance between raw personal emotion and rational execution.
He employs meticulous surface textures, minimalist compositions, and a restrained color palette to abstractly expose various emotional states, while simultaneously probing his own relationship with the act of painting. Bonny Wong, born in 1998, received her Bachelor of Arts in 2021.
Her practice is deeply introspective and poetic, transforming familiar environments and relationships into perceptual phenomena.
For her, the canvas serves as an essential mediator that translates personal consciousness into shared human resonance.
Art Busan 2026 will commence with an exclusive VIP Preview on Thursday, May 21, from 2 pm to 7 pm.
JAKE WONG, The Fall II, 2026, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
The fair will open to the general public on Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23, from 11 am to 7 pm, concluding on Sunday, May 24, with public hours from 11 am to 6 pm.
The Hartz Project invites curators, collectors, and art enthusiasts to engage with this nuanced dialogue on modern sentiment and artistic creation at Booth A-25.
