Teddy Lo

Teddy Lo (born 1974 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-based artist known for his work with the medium and technology of light, especially LED light.[1][2] His work explores neo-transcendental ideas in the physical-scientific world.

Teddy Lo
Traditional Chinese羅揚文
Simplified Chinese罗扬文

Early life and education

Teddy Lo was born and raised in Hong Kong with a background on his father's side in technological manufacturing and his mother being an artist out of a family of farmers and hunters in the deep mountains of Taiwan. While growing up, Lo thus divided his time between big metropolitan cities and rural areas. He belongs to the third generation of a family involved with the invention, production and business of light (from the incandescent light bulb to LEDs).[3] Besides making art, Lo currently works as the Director of Innovation at the lighting manufacturer Light Engine Limited in developing leading edge industrial LED product designs for his family group.

Lo gained his master's degree in Lighting from Queensland University of Technology in 2012. He later enrolled at the ArtCenter College of Design in California to complete a BFA degree in Art Direction. After graduation, he moved to NYC where he developed his interest in conceptual and artistic depths of both advertising and contemporary arts and continued his artistic journey. He had his first art exhibition at the Arturo Dimodica Gallery, NYC, and since then began working on lighting design projects.

Artistic career

At the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he explored the use of light-emitting diodes in art. After graduating in 2001 he relocated to New York City and began his career in the advertising industry while at the same time making art with LEDs as his medium.[4] In 2007, he moved back to Hong Kong where he founded the LED experience design company LEDARTIST and evolved his career in light art and design. He was named in Lighting magazine's "Who's Who of Lighting 2004" for his contribution to the lighting industry.[1]

Lo has held exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In 2003 he held his first solo art exhibition, Morphology, in New York City.[5][6] Since then he has held solo exhibitions in various locations, including Russell Simmons' Art for Life in NYC, Luminale in Frankfurt, the 2006 National Day Singapore Expo at The Esplanade and Microwave's "A-Glow-Glow" outdoor Media Art Exhibition at Hong Kong Museum of Art,[7] Miami Art Basel, and Burniningman Festival in Nevada. In addition to commissioned work for the tallest building in China, The Shanghai Tower, he created digital media infrastructure designs for the new World Trade Center in NYC. [REF] His work is also featured in “Legacy and Creations – Ink Art vs Ink Art and Art vs Art” at Hong Kong Museum of Art[8] I Light Marina Bay[9] in Singapore and “Transmutation” in New York.[10] In 2018 he was the winnder of A' Design Award, Italy.[11]

In addition to continuing his artistic pursuits, Lo is the founder and chief vision officer of LEDARTIST,[12] a LED experience design company in Hong Kong and New York. In 2009 he founded Input Output Gallery, a new media art gallery in Central, Hong Kong.[13]

Exhibitions
YearPeriodDescriptionLocationReferences
201512/12 - 13/12Dark MatterArtistes à la une, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2015-1611/13 – 01/03Seven KeysSupernova X'mas Luminastic, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong
201511/27 – 11/29Positive VoidClockenflap 2015, Hong Kong
201408/27 – 09/03Spectrum MannersSCMP Charity Art Auction, Sotheby's Art Gallery, Hong Kong
201408/27 – 09/03Bacillus1st HK-SZ Design Biennale, OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen
2014N.A.Positive Void"LOVE", Midtown, Hong Kong
201302/08 – 03/17Alarm of HueInteract, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong[14]
201301/31 – 03/31BacillusImminent Domain, Asia Society, Hong Kong[15]
201208/27 – 09/03Gon KirinBurning Man 2012, Black Rock Desert, USA
201208/27 – 09/03Gon KirinMaker Faire, New York, USA
201205/19 – 05/20Gon KirinMaker's Faire, San Mateo[16]
201203/08 – 03/15Alarm of Hue, Shades Dynamicism, Waking Life, POVTransmutation, New York[17]
201203/09 – 04/01Mega POVi Light Marina Bay 2012, Singapore[18]
201105/27 – 08/28Text MeLegacy and Creations — Ink Art vs Ink Art and Art vs Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
201105/26 – 05/29Spectrum Manners, Shades Dynamicism, Waking Life & Alarm of HueART HK 11, Hong Kong
201102/05 – 05/11Text MeHong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies, Hong Kong
201010/15 – 11/12Text Me & ThereminLegacy and Creation – Art vs Art Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai
201009/17 – 09/19POV Series – “Positive Void”Beijing: The Creators Project, 798 Space,Beijing
201008/30 – 09/06Gon Kirin2010 Burning Man Event, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
201006/14 – ongoingPhaeodariaHong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong
201005/15 – 10/31POV Series – “Do you see me?”Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies – Business, Living, Creativity Programme at Shanghai Expo, Shanghai
201005/27 – 05/30POV Series – “Positive Void” & ThereminARTHK 2010, Hong Kong
201004/11 – 04/16POV Series – “Positive Void”Luminale 2010, Frankfurt
2009/1012/04 – 02/27The Stage2009 HK & SZ Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture
200912/01 – 12/05POV Series – “Do you see me?”Art Basel 2009, Miami
2009/1011/14 – 02/07POV Series – “Positive Void”“Fantastic Illusions – Chinese & Belgian Artists”, Arts Centre Buda Kortrijk, Belgium
200909/13 – 10/11POV Series – “Positive Void”“Shanghai eArts Festival 2009,Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai
200906/26 – 09/20PROTOTYPEI/O, Media Art Gallery, Hong Kong
200902/01 – 08/01Constant SeriesZtampz Shop, Hong Kong
200804/11 - 04/20PhaeodariaMicrowave A-Glow-Glow at Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong[19][20]
200703/20 – ongoingStellaVia Technologies headquarter office building in Beijing, China
200610/16 - 10/24International visual arts residencyAn Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Skye, Scotland[21]
200609/20 - ongoingM.I.S.T.Innocentre, Hong Kong[22]
200607/12 - 09/10Cing: Core 65The Esplanade, for Singapore National Day
200604/23 - 04/27Morphology 3.1U.F.O. Building, Frankfurt, Germany
200604/24 - 04/27M.I.S.T.Traxon Technologies Showroom, Frankfurt, Germany
200604/04 - 04/07M.I.S.T.InterTraffic 2006 Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005November 10 – November 30Morphology 2.1DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, China
2005July 30Featured artistRussell Simmons' Art For Life in Hamptons, NY[23]
2005July 15 – November 30Infinity Car "Study in Red" CampaignTrinity Square
200411/01 - ongoingQChung King Building, Hong Kong
200410/29 - 11/28Ledusoid @ Gonflables!Tri postal, Lille, France
200409/01 - ongoingLightRideCotco showroom in Science Park, Hong Kong[5]
200408/07ArteryM5 Seamless Fashion Show, Chicago
200407/01StarfishPSI at Volume, Brooklyn
200402/29 - 03/01TraffikaThe ArtExpo 2004 in Jarvis Center, NY
200401/15 - 12/05QPhotonics Center lobby in Science Park, Hong Kong
200311/22TraffikaBoundless 2003, Queens, NYC
200309/20 - 10/19(Debut) Morphology Solo ExhibitStudio DiModica, Soho, NYC[6]

Artwork

MEGA POV

This is an installation that utilizes the technique of persistence of vision to animate objects with motion and lights. This digital installation presents motion with digital programming and flickers of light through Light Emitting Diodes.[24] The artwork is a study of how digital information can be delivered to our human visual system through this reverse technique even within a limited projection area. This art piece is meant to remind you of the essence of life and that nothing is trivial in this world. Mega POV is exhibited as one of the installations in the Singaporean sustainable light art festival, I Light Marina Bay in 2012.[25]

Gon Kirin

Gon KiRin is an art project created by Teddy Lo in collaboration with Ryan Doyle.[26] This art car was designed using metal and LED fixtures to create a dragon onto a deconstructed 1963 Dodge dump truck with a 318 engine. It is an 8-ton beast, measuring approximately 69 feet long and 22.5 feet tall. The dragon is lit with 2,460 fFeet of linear RGB LED lighting fixtures and multiple Traxon wall-washer units.[27]

Gon KiRin has two levels of climbing space with seating for more than 20 people in the Dragon's mouth and on a party couch on its back where riders can move its tail back and forth. A 1,500-pound DJ booth mounted on a Marine Zodiac attack boat sits on the second story. The dragon features a hydraulic neck and a massive flamethrower in its mouth.[28]

Gon KiRin was built in five months by a dedicated 15-person team. It debuted at the 2010 Burning Man[29] as a Mutant Vehicle. It was also featured at the Maker Faire[27] and the New York Halloween Parade in 2011. GKR returned to Burning Man again in 2012.[30]

Creative contributions
  • Media art consultant for Hong Kong Art Development Council
  • Board of director of Microwave Media Art Group
  • Board of director of Hong Kong Ambassador of Design
  • Main organizer of This Happened Hong Kong

References
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  11. Studios, OMC Design. "A' Design Award and Competition - Press Release: Teddy Lo secures the celebrated A' Design Award". competition.adesignaward.com. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
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  21. International residency: Keiko Mukade and Teddy Lo, An Tuireann Arts Centre, 2006, archived from the original on 2008-07-24, retrieved 2008-04-25
  22. "inputouput.tv". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  23. Bernard, Audrey J. (2005-08-17), "Russell Simmons' Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation raises $1.35 million for underserved youth", The New York Beacon, archived from the original on 2012-10-19, retrieved 2008-04-25
  24. I Light Marina Bay I Light Marina May 2012.
  25. Singapore’s Festival of Lights Yahoo News 2012.
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  27. Gon Kirin Maker Faire 2012.
  28. Maker Faire 2012: Gon Kirin, a Fire-Breathing Dragon Made from Recycled Scraps Tree Hugger 2012.
  29. Gon Kirin Led Artist 2010.
  30. "Party Dragon". Burning Man Galleries. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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