Dustin Shum was born and currently lives in Hong Kong. He received his BA (Hons) in Photographic Design from Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1994.
Solo exhibitions
Alias: Xianggang
June 2003
Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Live Alone A Life - People with mental illness
Organised by the Society for Community Organization
Apr 2007
Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
Photogenic Olympians
Apr 2009
Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
BLOCKS
Jun - Jul 2011
]Upper Station Gallery, Hong Kong
BLOCKS phase II
Oct - Dec 2014
The Salt Yard, Hong Kong
Life and Times
Organised by the Society for Community Organization
Oct - Dec 2014
SoCO 269, Hong Kong
(Don't) Dare to Dream
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Goethe-Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong
Selected group exhibitions
Pingyao International Photography Festival
Sep 2008
Pingyao, China
Imaging Hong Kong
Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea
Sep - Dec 2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009
May 2010 - Aug, 2010
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography
Jun 2010 - Jan 2011
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Naturae
Sep - Oct 2010
Savignano SI Fest, Italy
It Isnae Disney
Aug 2011
Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy
Pingyao International Photography Festival
Sep 2011
Pingyao, China
Shopping Wonderland(with Markus Leiste)
Mar - Apr 2012
Goethe-Institut Hongkong
Different Dimension - the International Festival of Contemporary Photography
May - Jun 2012
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
Experience of Space
Sep 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Jimei X Arles: East West Encounters International Photo Festival
15 Nov - 16 Dec 2015
Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
Hong Kong Contemporary Photography Exhibition 2016
(Co-organised by Lumenvisum and European Photography magazine)
Jul 2016
L0 Gallery, JCCAC, Hong Kong
Awards Received
1996 Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards: Special Merits
2001 Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards: Special Merits
2003 The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong Awards: Winner (Sports), Merit (News)
The Hong Kong Press Photographers' Association Awards: 1st runner-up (Sports)
Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards: Special Merits
2005 The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong Awards: Merit (News)
2007 The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong Awards: 1st runner-up (Sports)
The Hong Kong Press Photographers' Association Awards: Winner (Photo Essay)
2008 Asia Media Awards: Best in Photojournalism (Bronze, Sports)
Solo exhibitions
Alias: Xianggang
June 2003
Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Live Alone A Life - People with mental illness
Organised by the Society for Community Organization
Apr 2007
Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
Photogenic Olympians
Apr 2009
Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
BLOCKS
Jun - Jul 2011
]Upper Station Gallery, Hong Kong
BLOCKS phase II
Oct - Dec 2014
The Salt Yard, Hong Kong
Life and Times
Organised by the Society for Community Organization
Oct - Dec 2014
SoCO 269, Hong Kong
(Don't) Dare to Dream
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Goethe-Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong
Selected group exhibitions
Pingyao International Photography Festival
Sep 2008
Pingyao, China
Imaging Hong Kong
Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea
Sep - Dec 2009
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009
May 2010 - Aug, 2010
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
City Flâneur: Social Documentary Photography
Jun 2010 - Jan 2011
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Naturae
Sep - Oct 2010
Savignano SI Fest, Italy
It Isnae Disney
Aug 2011
Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy
Pingyao International Photography Festival
Sep 2011
Pingyao, China
Shopping Wonderland(with Markus Leiste)
Mar - Apr 2012
Goethe-Institut Hongkong
Different Dimension - the International Festival of Contemporary Photography
May - Jun 2012
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
Experience of Space
Sep 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Jimei X Arles: East West Encounters International Photo Festival
15 Nov - 16 Dec 2015
Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
Hong Kong Contemporary Photography Exhibition 2016
(Co-organised by Lumenvisum and European Photography magazine)
Jul 2016
L0 Gallery, JCCAC, Hong Kong
Awards Received
1996 Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards: Special Merits
2001 Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards: Special Merits
2003 The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong Awards: Winner (Sports), Merit (News)
The Hong Kong Press Photographers' Association Awards: 1st runner-up (Sports)
Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards: Special Merits
2005 The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong Awards: Merit (News)
2007 The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong Awards: 1st runner-up (Sports)
The Hong Kong Press Photographers' Association Awards: Winner (Photo Essay)
2008 Asia Media Awards: Best in Photojournalism (Bronze, Sports)