Tony Guo

born 1999, Tāmaki Makaurau; lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau

Tauiwi; Tangata Hainamana

Tony Guo was born in Tāmaki Makaurau and grew up in Northeast China. He returned to Aotearoa in 2012 by himself, spending his teenage years with host families. He holds a Master of Visual Arts with First Class Honours from Auckland University of Technology. In 2023, he won a Merit Prize in the Molly Morpeth Canaday Award and the Main Painting Prize in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards.