KWAN Sheung Chi was born in 1980, Hong Kong. He obtained a third honor B.A. degree in Fine Art from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003. He failed in applying the MFA programme from the CUHK in 2004 and 2007. In 2000 he was named the “King of Hong Kong New Artist”. In 2002 “Kwan Sheung Chi Touring Series Exhibitions, Hong Kong” was toured in 10 major exhibition venues in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Art Centre presented “A Retrospective of Kwan Sheung Chi”. In 2003, he set up a studio in Fotan industrial district, and since then became an active member of the “Fotanian” artists’ studios complex. From 2004 he became a nine-to-fiver in Central. On 1st January 2008, he determined not to sell any of his artworks for 3 years. However, he broke his pledge and the statement was auctioned during his solo show “No matter. Try again. Fail again.” on 15th October 2009. In addition to his studio practice, he co-found the Hong Kong Arts Discovery Channel (HKADC) in February 2009, a web-based channel that aims at promoting critical discourse through interviews with artists, curators, critics and the audiences. He is also a founding member of local art groups, hkPARTg (Political Art Group) and Woofer Ten, which both experiment practicing of art in relation to local politics, social issues and the communities. In 2009, He had been awarded the Starr Foundation Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council, to take part in an international residency program in New York, USA. His artworks haven’t widely exhibited around the world, and he has never participated in any major exhibitions held internationally.

關尚智，1980年生於香港。2003年畢業於香港中文大學藝術系，並獲三等榮譽文學士學位。2004年及2007年報讀中文大學藝術碩士課程失敗。2000年起成為「香港藝術新人王」。2002年「關尚智香港巡迴展」於香港十個主要展覽場地巡迴展出，並於香港藝術中心舉辦「關尚智回顧展」。2003年於火炭工業區成立工作室，並一直作為「伙炭」藝術工作室群落的活躍成員。2004年起成為上班族於中環上班。2008年1月1日，他決定三年內不再出售自己的所有作品。不過，在2009年10月15日，他於其個人展覽「不要緊。再嘗試。再失敗。」期間，違背了自己的誓約並將其宣言拍賣售出。在他的創作以外，2009年2月他合作成立了香港藝術搜索頻道（HKADC），以訪問藝術家、策展人、藝評人及觀眾在網絡頻道推動批判性的論述。他亦是本地藝術團體「政藝小組」，及「活化廳」的創辦成員，兩者均實驗與本地政治、社會議題及社群相連的藝術實踐。2009年獲得亞洲文化協會給予Starr Foundation Fellowship交流獎金，前往美國紐約參加國際藝術家留駐計劃。他的作品沒有在世界各地廣泛展出，他也沒有參加過任何國際性的重要展覽。