Hong Museum: Art Residency with Gioia Aloisi, Doug Winter and Marga Pol
Gioia Aloisi, Doug Winter and Marga Pol, winners of the Special Prize – Artist Residency at Hong Museum 2025, have recently completed their residency period in China. It was an intense and deeply formative experience, during which they collaborated with one another, engaged with local artists and professionals, and took part in workshops, events, and guided tours, coming into direct contact with the vibrant and multifaceted Eastern art scene.
Throughout their stay, the three artists had the opportunity to share visions, practices, and sensibilities, giving rise to a creative dialogue that transcended geographical and cultural boundaries, enriching both their personal and professional paths.
THE ARTISTS
Gioia Aloisi,an Italian artist, develops her research at the intersection of art, nature, and sustainability. A photographer and visual artist, she is renowned for her deeply multisensory approach, through which she investigates the relationship between the natural environment and human perception. Her work invites viewers to slow down, observe, and reconnect with what often remains unseen, offering an immersive and contemplative experience.
Doug Winter, a visually impaired American photographer, builds his visual language from his own perceptual condition. All of his works are characterized by a subtle blur that becomes both a stylistic hallmark and a narrative tool. Through his practice, Winter invites the audience to see the world through different eyes, raising awareness around themes of perception, disability, and empathy.
Marga Pol, a Spanish painter, is known for her intense and distinctive portrayal of characters. Her works explore the intersection between chaos and solitude, presenting figures suspended in a profound emotional space. Each painting becomes a visual dance that seeks to capture not only the viewer’s gaze, but also the observer’s soul.
THE EXPERIENCE
Starting on October 16, 2025, the artists—awarded through the collaboration between Arte Laguna Prize and Hong Museum—travelled to China to begin their residency experience within the museum’s spaces. Here, they took part in experimental workshops, developed new artistic techniques, and found inspiration through guided visits to the surrounding territories, immersing themselves in the local culture and its historical and artistic heritage.
The residency proved to be a valuable opportunity for growth and exchange, fostering new perspectives and cross-pollination between different artistic languages. The collaboration between Arte Laguna Prize and Hong Museum thus helped strengthen a cultural exchange between different countries, with the aim of bringing Western contemporary art into dialogue with traditional Chinese culture.
This artistic bridge represents a significant turning point in the history of Hong Museum, which for the first time has chosen to broaden its horizons, opening its doors to new influences and offering fresh opportunities for cultural exchange and growth to both its artists and an international audience.