SO is a Hong Kong-based fine art photographer and educator. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Art and has pursued an MA in Arts Administration at Columbia University. She has received the Lila Acheson Wallace Scholarship from Reader’s Digest, the Arts Administration Fund from Columbia University, and a full tuition waiver from Yale University. In addition to her administrative roles at the Museum of Chinese in America, New York, and the Hong Kong Arts Centre, she has taught at SVA, RMIT, BCU, SCAD, and other higher education institutions since the mid-1990s.
SO’s photography captures the dynamic and ever-evolving cityscape of Hong Kong. She has received multiple publication and exhibition grants from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and her work has been showcased in cities across Asia, including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Singapore, and Seoul, as well as internationally in Wellington, Frankfurt, Vienna, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, New Haven, and Richmond. She was a finalist for the Asian Art Prize in 2008, 2011, and 2013.
In 2021, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, the Art Promotion Office commissioned SO to create a site-specific artwork for the “Hi! Flora, Fauna” project. She was previously selected by Nikon Asia for the fourth edition of its Through Asian Eyes campaign, curated by the Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film in Singapore. Her series A Thousand Messages was featured in the thematic exhibition of the 4th Hong Kong International Photo Festival and acquired by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
Her current projects, Nights in Suspense: Eternal Reveries and Nights in Suspense: Echoes in Ether, mark a new chapter in her artistic exploration, offering insights into Hong Kong’s urban landscape and nocturnal city life. These works stem from her personal experiences with long-term insomnia and severe anemia, which shaped her perspective over five years.