Email angela@ahoyvisualart.com
Instagram @ahoyvisualart
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Hello, my name is Angela Ho, I work under the moniker ‘Ahoy’ when it comes to my visual art. I’m an Australian-Hong Kong artist from Melbourne. After 15 years living in Hong Kong and subsequent travels through London and Europe, I’m currently based in Melbourne. I work with pixels, paint, animation and augmented reality for commercial projects and exhibition.

My commercial clients have included The New York Times For Kids, Adobe, Slurpee 7-Eleven, Vans, GQ, Fast Company magazine and Beat Bites amongst others and I was one of Adobe’s Global Creators in 2021.

My paintings have exhibited with the following galleries: Outré, Beinart, Corey Helford, Dorothy Circus, the Wassaic Project and BSMT Space in Melbourne, LA, Rome, New York and London respectively. My work was featured in the April 2019 print edition of Hi-Fructose New Contemporary Art magazine.

I’m influenced by storytelling within popular culture, particularly fantasy and science fiction to reflect societal concerns. And an interest in modes of communication on social media to express emotions and concepts also inspires my work.

Thanks for visiting my site!

Press and Online References (links)
Adobe MAX 2022 Video Community (approx 1:11:17 in the program)
Adobe Global Creators video
Hi-Fructose magazine
Neocha interview
Adobe x State Of Escape
Bot Nation
Girlsclub Asia interview
Outré Gallery interview
Inky Goodness interview
Marie Claire Spain web feature
Fast Company magazine's favorite illustrations of 2017

Upcoming Exhibitions/Events

• May 14-16, 2024: Augmented reality animator for Artivive, 4Gamechangers Festival, Vienna, Austria
Animating the artworks of Sam Hunter Magee, director Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship at Harvard College
• May 25 opening, 2024: KochxBos Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• June, 2024: Judge on design category SOPA Awards, Hong Kong
• October 4 opening, 2024: Solo exhibition, Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Past Exhibitions, Events & Accolades

2024
• April 1: nounish Three Artists episode live online, produced in Melbourne, Australia

2023
• November 26: ‘Nucleus P.S. Show’ 5 x 7 inch works group exhibition, Nucleus Portland, Portland, United States
• November 24 - January 31, 2024: ‘Window Wonderland,’ augmented reality animator of artist Natasha Dichpan’s mural, the Junction, Toronto, Canada
• November 24 - 26: Melbourne-based Just Another Agency’s ‘Release It II’ 48 hour print release of 48 artists, online
• November 23: Served as a judge for the Albert Park College Art Show, Melbourne, Australia
• September 17 - October 8: ‘Small Works’ group exhibition, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• June 15: Served as a judge for ‘SOPA 2023 Awards’. The Society of Publishers in Asia was founded in Hong Kong and encourages best practices in the publishing industry, setting a high bar for journalistic standards and is a voice for press freedom and journalists' rights in the Asia-Pacific
• June 10: ‘Game Of Shrooms’ worldwide art event, participating in Melbourne, Australia
• May 13 - June 10: ‘Popland 3’ group exhibition, Kochxbos Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• February 17 - 12 March: ‘Locals 2023’ group exhibition, Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• January 14 - 29: ‘Antipodes 2023’ group exhibition, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2022
• December 17 - January 21, 2023: ‘The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary’ group exhibition, Corey Helford Gallery, LA, United States
• October 6 - 30: ‘Alter Ego’ group exhibition, BSMT Space, London, United Kingdom
• August 5 - September 3: ‘Midsummer Dream Show’ group exhibition, L’Atelier, Biarritz, France
• June: Served as a judge for ‘SOPA 2022 Awards’. The Society of Publishers in Asia was founded in Hong Kong and encourages best practices in the publishing industry, setting a high bar for journalistic standards and is a voice for press freedom and journalists' rights in the Asia-Pacific
• May 21 - September 17: ‘A Tournament Of Lies’ group exhibition, Wassaic Project, New York, United States
• May 7 - 22: ‘Tools Of The Trade, Brisbane’ a HKwalls exhibition, a part of BSAF 2022 (Brisbane Street Art Festival), Brisbane, Australia

2021
• November 13 - December 12: Artwork collaboration with artist Richard Saja, ‘Exactly’ group exhibition, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, New York, United States
• September 24: Named an Adobe Global Creator
• August 14 - September 18: ‘The Little Prince’ group exhibition, Corey Helford Gallery, LA, United States
• August 9 - 15: Strad’Art International Street Art Festival, Târgu-Jiu, Romania
• July 29 - August 29: ‘WOA – Works Of Art’ group exhibition, The Stallery, Hong Kong
• January, 2021: Animation project with Beat Bites featuring hip hop artist MC Soffia, online on Instagram

2020
• December 1 - 20: ‘The Heart Seeker’ group exhibition, curated by StoryTeller, Phvlo Hatch, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
• November 14, 2020 - January 9, 2021: ‘Art Collector Starter Kit’ group exhibition, Corey Helford Gallery, LA, United States
• July 30 - September 18: ‘House of The Rising Light’ group exhibition, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome/London
• April 18 - May 23: ‘Fantastical Beasts’ group exhibition, Corey Helford Gallery, LA, United States
• March 27 - April 14: ‘Yokai! Yokai!’ group exhibition, Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• February 14 - March 4: ‘Locals, Australian Group Exhibition’, Outré Gallery Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

2019
• December 14 - January 18, 2020: ‘6th Annual Art Collector Starter Kit’ exhibition, Corey Helford Gallery, LA, United States
• September: ‘2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize’, finalist, Digital Art category, worldwide
• July 1 - 8: ‘Urban/Fine Art Secret Auction’, Art On A Postcard, Spitalfields Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom
• June 15: ‘Game Of Shrooms’, a worldwide art event
• May 10 - 19: ‘Interspecies Utopia’ exhibition at Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia as part of their Small Wall Project
• April 6 - May 11: ‘Lucky 13 Anniversary Group Show, The Fine Art of Graffiti and Street’ group show at Corey Helford Gallery, LA, United States
• April: Featured in Hi-Fructose new contemporary art magazine’s 51st print edition
• March 23 - 31: HKwalls group show, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

2018
• Berlin Pasteup Festival, pasteup artwork with augmented reality component outdoor exhibition, Berlin, Germany
• Group show Limits Exhibition in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan which showcased the work of the artists who participated in Limits World Grand Prix
• Limits World Grand Prix digital art battle in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan over two days
• Hong Kong round of Limits Digital Art Battle; I won one of two places to compete in the Limits World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan
• HKwalls group exhibition in Central, Hong Kong
• HKwalls street art festival, mural with augmented reality component in Central, Hong Kong
• Lamington Drive Gallery's group exhibition Risographica 4 in Melbourne, Australia
• Spoke at Ogilvy Mather Hong Kong on a panel discussion for the first of their Inspiration Sessions

2017
• Invited to create artwork for Vans, House Of Vans festival, Hong Kong

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Awards

Design/Illustration

Society for News Design Awards (United States)
2013 Merit Award: Hong Kong Tatler, illustrated timeline for Hong Kong Tatler's 35th anniversary
2010 Award of Excellence: South China Morning Post, Post Magazine, cover / illustration, art director Steve Ellul
2008 Award of Excellence: South China Morning Post, 2008 Beijing Olympics, spread
2008 Award of Excellence: South China Morning Post, 2008 Beijing Olympics, wraparound
2004 Award of Excellence: The Age, Architectural Awards supplement
2003 Award of Excellence: The Age, Domain, cover

Film/Animation

2009 48Hour Film Project (Hong Kong)
Winner of the Audience Award for 'Found and Lost' short film, my role was Producer
2004 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival (United States)
Winner of Best Director of a Short Film for 'Swim' animated/live action music video
Recipient of travel grant from Film Victoria to attend the festival
2003 Triple J Framebreaks Short Film Festival (Australia)
Winner of Best New Work Prize for 'Everything’s Alright' animated music video