Rosanna Li is a leading ceramic artist from Hong Kong, and retired Assistant Professor at the School of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Born in Hong Kong, Rosanna first studied Ceramics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic, and pursued tertiary education at University of Liverpool. Her works have been exhibited extensively in Asia, Australia, Canada, the U.S.A and Europe. Rosanna’s works are collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Shiwan Ceramic Museum in Guangdong, and many more museum and institutions in Asia. Rosanna has garnered numerous awards, including the Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art Award (Ceramics) in 1985, the Artist of the Year Award (Sculpture), the Silver Award in Ceramics of the Guangdong Museum of Art in 2000; and in 2005, she was awarded the Secretary for Home Affairs Commendation Medal, for her contributions to the promotion of the arts and culture in Hong Kong.
Earthy and comical, Rosanna’s plump, amiable, figures are versatile caricatures, portraying the various, vibrant facets of Hong Kong popular culture. The Mahjong figures are caught in earnest play, looking mirthful and at ease, while her yoga sculptures are seated in repose, emitting through their robust, ample frames, a contemplative aura that speaks of the artist’s wit and craftsmanship, relayed through her chubby, amiable creations.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 | Love Books, Love Puffs, Love Mobiles, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2017 | Toast to Go – Rosanna Li Ceramics Solo Exhibition, Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2014 | Soulmate – a Solo Exhibition of Rosanna Li, YY9 Gallery, Hong Kong
2013 | Coffee or Tea? Ceramic Works by Rosanna Li Wei-Han, iPreciation, Singapore
2009 | Yuanyang Qishui – Han’s Café, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2006 | Men, I wish I knew How to Quit You!, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2002 | Easy Easy, Rotunda, Exchange Square, Central Hong Kong
2000 | Terraces Topography: Yu Lan Festival, Para/Site , Hong Kong
1999 | The Unbearable Loneliness of Being, Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong
1997 | Hong Kong Artists Series: Li Wei Han – Muddle Muddles, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Awards
2020 | Artist of the Year Award (Visual Arts) at the 14th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards
2005 | Secretary for Home Affairs Commendation Medal Awards
2000 | Artist of the Year Award (Sculpture)
2000 | Silver Award in Ceramics of the Guangdong Museum of Art
1985 | Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art Award (Ceramics)
Lui Chun Kwong was born in Guangdong, China in 1956, settling in Hong Kong since 1962. He studied at the Department of Fine Arts of the National Taiwan Normal University in 1980 and returned to Hong Kong after graduation. He obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Goldsmiths’ College of the University of London in 1994.
Lui founded the Hong Kong Modern Art Society of Watercolour with his fellow artists in 1988, and chaired the Society for the first three years. He also served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Visual Art Society from 1988 to 2002. Lui joined the Department of Fine Arts of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from1985 to 2010, teaching studio courses on Western media. He also supervised M.F.A. Students.
Lui Chun Kwong established his Yiliu Painting Factory in 2001 and jointly held its first open studio event with his students in Oct, which became a prelude to the Fotanian Open Studios series.
Artist Statement My work is neither a conceptual exploration nor emotional expressions. For me, both are only fragments of creativity. In a certain respect, my work is dealing with standing, drinking, walking and ploughing. It merely a basic attitude or behaviour.
Standing: awareness of position; from things I see, ideas could be formed. Drinking: awareness of materials; by media I use, sensibilities could be motivated. Walking: awareness of direction; through circumstances, I follow, problems could be overcome. Ploughing: unconsciousness of space; no up and down, no left and right, no low and high, it is but a working practice! Standing like a stork, drinking like a cat, walking like a camel, ploughing like a cow, these postures are what I am very much interested in. They have repeated over and over again but the result is no different. Standing on a point, drinking from a square, walking along a line, ploughing in a field; Standing from a point, leading to a square, approaching along a line, forming a field. My work is something like these.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Lui Chun Kwong Recent Works, 2015, Aike-Dellarco, Shanghai, China
Piao Piao Ran – Recent Works by Lui Chun Kwong, 2012, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
Lui Chun Kwong: I Am Not Myself, 2004, Yiliu Painting Factory, Fotan, Hong Kong
Lui Chun Kwong Yi Liu Shan Shui, 2001, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Flea Market: An Exhibition of Paintings and Crafts by Lui Chun Kwong, 2000, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Artists Series: Lui Chun Kwong, 1998, Arts Centre, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
The is the way of living: Lui Chun Kwong + Chen Shun-chu, 2014, a.m.space, Hong Kong
Painting On and On 5. Taciturn, 2014, Painting On and On and HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong
OPEN “Flags” 15. International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, 2012, Venice Lido, San Servolo Island, Italy
Yu Di: Lui Chun Kwong & Lee Kit, 2012, Aike-Dellarco, Shanghai, China
Hong Kong Eye, 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Lui Chun Kwong: You Are Here, I am Not., 2010, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Legacy and Creations: Ink Art vs Ink Art, 2010, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Beyond the Image: Liang Quan, Lui Chun Kwong, Yan Shanchun, 2009, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Encounter: Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong & Seoul, 2009, The Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Korea
New Ink Art, 2008, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Unpcak, 2008, Nanshan Museum, China Academy of Art, China
Reversing Horizons, 2007, MoCA Shanghai, China
Selected Public Collections
National Museum of History, Taiwan
Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong KongHeritage Museum
Hong Kong Arts Centre
The Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
GuangdongMuseum of Art, China
Museum +, Hong Kong
Long Museum of Art, China
For the full list of exhibitions, please contact the gallery at[email protected]
Au Ka Wai obtained his Bachelor & Master of Fines Arts degrees, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, in 1996 and 2000 respectively. In 1995, when Au was still pursuing studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he held his inaugural solo exhibition at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, and was invited to organize another solo show the next year. Right upon graduation, his works were featured at the Hong Kong Museum of Art three times in 2 consecutive years. Au received the Fine Arts Award at the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial in 1996, and he also won the Vermont Studio Center Freeman Fellowship, USA in 2002.
In the process of creating artworks, some could regard materials as a ‘tool’, used solely as a means of achieving an outcome; paying due attention to idea and form as opposed to material. Au, however, with a more avant-garde perspective, envisages the role of arts through the delicate use of materials; as he endeavours to explore the possibilities of ‘material’, to transcend his views of aesthetics.Through paper, Au stretches and expands the physicality of paper by tearing and thinning it into delicate sheathes, and lays them layer upon layer to illustrate the softness of the material- to allow the material to be viewed through another perspective, besides its usual form of manifestation.
For instance, by tearing paper into irregular shapes, and layering them into different tiers, Au not only stretches the potential of the Chinese paper, but illustrates interactivity between the visual image and spatial sculpture. Layer upon layer, line after line, Au creates a three-dimensional plane which is formed through undulating lines. Playing with the ‘softness’ and ‘hardness’ of the material, Au manipulates the papers through liberal movements, creating a structure that appears solid, or thick.
To Au Ka Wai, art need not be a means of conveying an idea or vision, one could also create art based on one’s abilities to explore the possibilities of material. The artist may express oneself through painting and sculpting, with the intention of freeing the hidden potential of material; embracing the limitless opportunities that allows the artist to manipulate and showcase its qualities. The repeated use of a single element reveals the artist’s attentiveness and absorption for his works, while unfold in the compressed space is the traces of a repetitive creation process, all done by a pair of bare yet artistic hands. In Au’s works, images of the Hong Kong local streets are made visible pieces by pieces, as a record of his ordinary days in town.
Education
2000 | Masters in Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK
1996 | Bachelors in Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1996 | Yathabhutadarsana, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 | Exhibition by Au Ka Wai, Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1995 | Art Exhibition by Au Ka Wai, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong
A prominent Ceramic artist from Hong Kong, Annie Wan obtained her Bachelor & Master of Fine Arts degrees, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996 and 1999 respectively. She has showcased her works in numerous museums and festivals since 1991, including the Hong Kong Arts Centre, the International Ceramics Festival in Tokoname, Japan, the Hong Kong Cultural Festival in Japan, and the Museum of International Ceramic Art in Denmark. Annie’s works are collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Guldagergaard Museum of International Ceramic Art in Denmark, the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan and the Philippe Charriol Foundation. Over the years, she has also garnered numerous awards, such as award winner at the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition in 2003, and Winner (Sculpture category) at the Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition in 1999.
Inspired and moulded to imitate ordinary objects, Annie’s works are personable, nostalgic reflections; materialised at times, through unglazed porcelain or stoneware clay, to become surreal depictions of the original. Taking abstract forms, with slightly perturbing effect, Annie’s creations aptly detail the tricky, delicate confluence of longing and rediscovery.
Education
1999 | Master of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1996 | Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1991 | Higher Certificate in Studio Ceramics, Hong Kong Polytechnics
1982 | Diploma in Design, Hong Kong Polytechnics
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 | “Zan Baak Fo”, Cheung Hing Grocery Store & Former site of Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2013 | Zan Baak Fo, Cheung Hing Grocery Store & Former site of Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2013 | Text · Book, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2008 | Looking for Poetry in Wanchai, Stage One Art Space, Hong Kong
2005 | Moulding World – A Summer in Denmark, the Habitus, Hong Kong
2001 | Rediscovery, First Institute of Art and Design Gallery, Hong Kong
1999 | Longing and Rediscovery, the MFA thesis exhibition, Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1998 | Ceramic Works by Wan Lai Kuen, Fringe Festival ‘98, Hong Kong
1997 | Paintings by Annie Wan, Fringe Festival ‘97, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 | Warum Kunst?, Museum Ulm & Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Germany
2018 | PRESENCE: A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art, St George;s Hall, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2018 | The 3rd Guangdong Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Ucity Art Museum of GAFA, Guangzhou, China
2018 | Hanzi Exhibition, Qube, PMQ, Hong Kong
2017 | What’s in Store?, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom
2016 | The Eight Climate (What Does Art Do?), 11th edition of Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
2015 | Contemporary Asian Ceramics Exchange Exhibition, Museum of China Academy of Art, China
2014 | Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India
2014 | Asia Triennial Manchester 2014, Manchester, UK
Awards
2016 | Presented and granted by Hong Kong Development Council to participate in the 11th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
2011 |Granted Guest Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
2003 | Award Winner, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2003, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2002 | Awarded Artist, Artists in Neighbourhood Scheme II, Hong Kong Art Promotion Office, Hong Kong
1999 | Winner-sculpture, Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition, Hong Kong
1991 | Chosen artist, International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname, Japan
Selected Public Collections
Guldageraard, Museum of International Ceramic Art, Denmark
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Philippe Charriol Foundation, Singapore
For the full list of exhibitions, awards and public collections, please contact the gallery at[email protected]
Born in 1974, Hong Kong, Tse Yim On 謝炎安 grew up in the Generation X era and was heavily influenced by the rise of titillating, pseudo-violent cartoons, especially the heavily caricatured style of Japanese anime. His art is satirical and wildly fantastic, using a highly coloured lens filled with cartoon visuals and pop culture aesthetics.
What is most notable is Tse’s striking insight overlaid by a keen and witty sense of humour, almost parallel to Warhol’s Pop Art. Unlike other conceptual or popular culture artists, his artistic techniques remain assured and meticulously detailed. However, Tse’s real strength lies in his undeniable relevance even in today’s fast-changing world and his individualistic contributions to the face of contemporary culture. His paintings are vibrant and command attention. Once drawn to his paintings, it is hard not to be complicit in deciphering the messages behind his works, bringing into hearts and minds of its viewers its captivating elements.
Tse Yim On acquired his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1998, he was awarded the “Hong Kong Urban Council Fine art Award”. He has participated extensively in various art exhibitions, especially those staged to illustrate existing social issues. Tse has been an advisor to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council since 2002. His work has been increasingly sought after and collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 | Wonderful World of Color by Tse Yim On, Gallery by the Harbour, Harbour City, Hong Kong
2013 | Flaneur, iPreciation, Singapore
2012 | Mongkok Library, iPreciation, Hong Kong
2010 | Great Righteousness Resolving Confusion, iPreciation Hong Kong
2003 | I have a Beautiful World Because I Love You, Para/site, Hong Kong
1998 | Perusing Culture, Para/site, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 | Together We March Forward: New Asia 70th Anniversary Art Exhibition, Hart Hall, H Queen’s, Hong Kong
2019 | Under the Bridge Art Project: Once Upon a Lychee, Mei Foo Bus Terminus, Hong Kong
2018 | Art New York 2018, Pier 94, New York, USA
2017 | Evolving Images: Modern Hong Kong Printmaking, 17, Sun Museum, Hong Kong SAR, China
2016 | From Longing to Belonging, CMC Gallery, Hong Kong SAR, China
2016 | Portable Art Week 2016, iPreciation, Singapore
2015 | Art Paris, Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris
2014 | From Longing to Belonging, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland
2012 | Painting On and On, Southsite, Hong Kong
2012 | Four Symbols – Eight Faces, iPreciation, Hong Kong
2011 | Octopus – Nine Contemporary Artists from Hong Kong, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 | You are Here, I am Not, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2009 | Blindness & Insight, The Rotunda Exchange Square, Hong Kong
2008 | CHiE!, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2005 | Excursion to the readings, Para/site, Hong Kong
Born in Hong Kong in 1981, Wong Wai Yin is a young visual artist who experiments with a variety of media. Ranging from painting, sculpture, collage, installations and photography, Wong’s works have won acclaim for her unique, conceptual approach. Possessing an expansive way of thinking beyond traditional studio practices, the artist frequently investigates the nature of what is real or fake, what constitutes art, and what doesn’t. Creating emulators, Wong proceeds to juxtapose these ‘raw’ pieces alongside the original articles, dispelling the notion of an ideal framework, and persuading viewers to question the nature of authenticity; challenging preconceptions whilst blurring boundaries. Wong graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004, and a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Leeds, the United Kingdom in 2005. She was also the Founder of the Observation Society in Guangzhou. Wong has exhibited her works extensively in Hong Kong, as well as showcases in Japan, U.S.A, Singapore and Guangzhou. Wong’s works were also featured at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2009, as part of the ‘Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation’ exhibition. Wong’s artworks, including the exclusive ‘Hong Kong Artist Museum’ paintings, and her Museum Poster Series of works, are available for sale.
Education
2005 | MA in Fine Art, University of Leeds, UK
2004 | Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Born in Guangzhou, China in 1949, Szeto Lap took up residence in Hong Kong at the age of 23, a prelude to a move to France three years later in 1975. A young, budding Chinese artist in Europe, Szeto won recognition by staging his first solo exhibition at the Galerie l’Oeil Sévigné in Paris. He has since embarked on various educational projects, acting as Guest Professor to renowned art institutions in China, and was also Lecturer of the PhD programme at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou in 2001.
Szeto Lap is an artist who revels in simplicity, providing a sense of calm and introspection through his oil paintings, conferring sensibility to a society that is warped by a multitude of complexities. Never ceasing in his pursuit and perusal of beauty, he charts details meticulously. The objects in his paintings espouse a mysterious quality and are thought-provoking owing to the premeditated play of shadows. Szeto’s philosophical approach to life attests to the quietude and composure in his paintings, advocating the precepts of truth and knowledge, with elements metamorphosed as filters of light in his creations.
Forsaking the common desire to climb the social ladder, the artist, relishing this nonconformist adoption, has gained rare insights to the callous materialistic attributes plaguing city life, deviating entirely from such heady, disillusioned affairs, thus achieving artistic enlightenment through his paintings with a psychological eminence that induces admiration.
Selected Exhibitions
1979 – 2003, Exhibitions at Galerie l’Oeil Sévigné (Paris, France), Galeria Claude Bernard (Paris, France), Galerie Jacques Elbaz (Paris, France), Barentin Museum (Taipei, Taiwan), Galerie Elegance (Taipei, Taiwan), 亚洲艺术中心 (Taipei, Taiwan), Marlborough Fine Art Gallery (London, UK), Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery (Hong Kong, China), Galerie Sepia (Paris, France), etc.
1980, Grand Palais Water Color Exhibition (Paris, France)
1981, Lubiam Prize (Lubiam, Italy)
1982, “IN SITU” exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Georges Pompidou Centre (Paris, France)
1983, “Drawings of Figurative Expressionists” Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Georges Pompidou Centre (Paris, France)
1986, Individual Exhibition at the Hong Kong Institute of Promotion of Chinese Culture (Hong Kong)
1987, Group Exhibition, Cultural Centre, Boulogne (France)
1988, Individual Exhibition, Barentin Museum (Barentin, France)
1989, “Sur le Vif” group exhibition, Beaucaire Museum (Beaucaire, France)
1992, Seminar of “Drawings of Figurative Expressionists” at China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China)
1993, First Proposal on the Basic Theory of the “Drawings of Figurative Expressionists” in China
Participate at the amendment of the course of study on the Faculty of Oil Paintings of China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China)
1996, Editorial Executive Member of the “Twenty-First Century” Bimonthly Magazine of the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
2000, Workshop on the “Research of Szeto Lap’s Oil Paintings” at Xian Academy of Fine Arts (Xian, China)
“Breeze of Stillness” for the “Le French May”, joint co-organized with the Consulate General of French, was held in the University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong University (Hong Kong, China)
2003 – 2004 , Touring Exhibitions were held in 5 National Museums in China, including the National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Art Museum, the China Academy of Art Museum, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, and the University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong.
2012, Expressionist Paintings, Shanghai Art Museum, China
Awards
1981, Prix Lubiam, Italy
1982, Feneon Prize, Paris Academy, France
2000, Grand Prize on Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of France, France
2002, Cooperate with Xu Jing & other professors on the “Method of Teaching on the Basic of Drawings of Figurative Expressionists”
Educational Achievement Prize, China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China)
Educational Achievement Prize, Hangzhou, China
2004, Awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordres des Art et Lettres
Irene Chou 周綠雲 (1924–2011) was a pioneering Hong Kong ink painter and a key figure in the development of the Hong Kong New Ink movement. Through exhibitions and research, iPreciation has presented her work and contributed to the appreciation of her legacy in modern Chinese ink painting.
About Irene Chou
Irene Chou was a pioneering figure in the Hong Kong New Ink Painting movement, transforming traditional Chinese ink painting into a modern and expressive art form. Her bold brushwork and experimental techniques explored the universe, spirituality and human consciousness. Her paintings are recognised for their emotional intensity, philosophical depth and important place within contemporary ink art.
Rotation, 1996, 98x61cm, Ink and Colour on Rice Paper
Work under permanent collection at GIC Brisbane, Australia
Early Life and Education
Born in Shanghai in 1924, Irene Chou graduated from St. John’s University in 1945 with a BA in Economics. She later worked as a journalist before moving to Hong Kong in 1949. There, she studied under the Lingnan School master Zhao Shao’ang and developed a strong foundation in traditional Chinese ink painting.
Chou gradually moved beyond conventional landscape and bird-and-flower subjects in search of a more personal artistic language. Her early training remained important, but she increasingly used ink as a means of expressing inner experience and emotion.
Development of Her Artistic Style
In the 1960s, Chou studied under the influential ink painter Lui Shou-Kwan, whose approach to modernising Chinese ink painting had a profound impact on her practice. She began experimenting with abstraction and exploring the expressive possibilities of ink, colour and gesture.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Chou developed techniques including splash ink, layered textures and her distinctive “one-stroke” method. These approaches combined traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern abstraction and gave her works a strong sense of movement, energy and rhythm.
Artistic Themes and Philosophy
Chou frequently explored the relationship between the human mind and the universe. The phrase “the universe is my mind; my mind is the universe” became closely associated with her artistic philosophy. Her paintings often contain cosmic imagery, flowing brushstrokes and swirling forms that suggest the movement of life and universal energy.
Her work also reflected personal experiences of loss, change and renewal. Through abstraction, Chou created compositions that are both introspective and dynamic, inviting viewers to consider consciousness, existence and the invisible forces that shape human experience.
My First Australian Landscape,1994,152x107cm, 175×130.5cm (Mounted), Ink and Colour on Paper Mounted on Canvas
Universe is in My Mind IV, 1995, 152x106cm, 175x133cm (Mounted), Ink and Colour on Paper Mounted on Canvas
Later Years and Legacy
After suffering a severe stroke in 1991, Chou underwent rehabilitation and eventually returned to painting. She moved to Brisbane, Australia, in 1992 and continued developing her practice there until her passing in 2011.
Her later works often express resilience, renewal and spiritual reflection. Irene Chou’s works are represented in major institutional and private collections internationally, and her practice continues to influence artists and scholars working in modern and contemporary Chinese ink painting.
No. 123, Life is a Many Splendoured Thing, 2007, 30x30cm, Ink, Colour and Acrylic on Paper
Life is a Many Splendoured Thing, 2007, 38x30cm, 58x50cm (with Border), Ink and Colour on Paper
Key Dates
1924 | Born in Shanghai, China
1949 | Moved to Hong Kong
1992 | Moved to Brisbane, Australia
2011 | Passed away
Education
1945 | BA in Economics at St. John’s University, Shanghai
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 | As Clouds – Ink Paintings of Irene Chou, iPreciation, Singapore
2019–2020 | Irene Chou Rediscovered: Paintings from the M. K. Lau Collection, Duddell’s, Hong Kong
2019 | A World Within – The Art and Inspiration of Irene Chou, 20th Century Chinese Female Artist Series, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre, Hong Kong
2017 | Irene Chou’s Universe of Ink — Solo Exhibition at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017
2008 | Irene Chou 84, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 | Life is a Many Splendoured Thing, iPreciation, Singapore
2007 | Life is a Many Splendoured Thing, The Rotunda, Exchange Square Central by iPreciation, Hong Kong
2006 | Universe of the Mind – Irene Chou a Retrospective Exhibition, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2006 | New Paintings by Irene Chou, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2004 | Irene Chou at Eighty, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2004 | From Representation to Revelation: The Transitional Works (1950-1990) of Irene Chou, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2004 | The Universe is My Heart – Exhibition by Irene Chou, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2003 | Winter Solstice, iPreciation, Singapore
2003 | My Universe, iPreciation, Singapore
2003 | The Universe is My Heart, My Heart is the Universe, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2000 | The Universe is My Mind, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1999 | Solo Exhibition, Philip Bacon Gallery, Australia
1998 | Solo Exhibition, Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
1997 | Irene Chou Painting Exhibition, (Solo exhibition), Hong Kong Bank Building, Brisbane, Australia
1996 | Ancient Traditions, New Images, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
1996 | Works by Irene Chou, Lyric Lounge, Queensland Performing Art Complex, Brisbane
1995 | The Cosmic Vision of Zhou Luyun, Cat Street Galleries, Hong Kong
1994 | The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art, Myer Centre, Brisbane
1994 | Solo Exhibition, Taipei Art Museum, Taipei
1991 | Solo Exhibition, Godfrey Far East Art, London
1989 | Solo Exhibition, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1988 | Solo Exhibition, Hanart Gallery, New York
1987 | Solo Exhibition, Leal Senado, Museum Luis de Camoes, Macau
1986 | Solo Exhibition, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1985 | Solo Exhibition, Charlotte Horstmann and Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong
1983 | Solo exhibition, City Gallery, Manila
1981 | Solo exhibition, Raya Gallery, Melbourne
1977 | Solo exhibition, Raya Gallery, Melbourne
1976 | Solo exhibition, Quorium Galleries, Hong Kong
1970 | Solo exhibition, US Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
1968 | Solo exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 | Art for Everyone at HKMoA, City-wide art campaign, Hong Kong
2020 | UNSCHEDULED, Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2018 | HOPE A charity exhibition celebrating the works of outstanding contemporary Chinese women artists
2015 | A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-kwan 40 Years On, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2013 | Hong Kong Masters, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London, U.K
2012 | A tribute to Hong Kong Masters, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 | De la Chine, entre Tradition et Modernite, Galerie F. Helser, Luxembourg
2008 | Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series II – New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, curated by Alice King, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2007 | The Norman W. M Ko Collection of Hong Kong Art, 2007, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2007 | The New Face of Ink Painting: Modern Ink Painting Group Exhibition, Central Plaza, Hong Kong
2006 | Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
2004 | Reconciliation Art Works, Multicultural Community Centre, Brisbane
2002 | Chinese Paintings from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
2002 | Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme II Launching Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
2002 | Hong Kong Cityscapes – Ink Painting in Transition, Hong Kong Festival, London, United Kingdom
2001 | Multicultural Women’s Business Exhibition, Australia/ In Celebration of Art – Hong Kong Arts Centre 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1999 | Sculpting Nature, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
1996 | Annandale Art Gallery, Sydney
1995 | Lui Shou-kwan (1919-1975) and His School, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
1995 | Lingo – Getting the Picture, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Australia
1994 | Art Asia 1994, Hong Kong International Fine Art Expositions, Hong Kong
1994 | The 25th Anniversary Exhibition of One Art Group, City Hall, Hong Kong
1993 | Inaugural Exhibition of the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
1993 | Art Asia 1993, Hong Kong International Fine Art Expositions, Hong Kong
1992 | Chinese Art 1992, Godfrey Far East Art, London, United Kingdom
1992 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial, Hong Kong Museum of Art
1991 | Recent Paintings of Irene Chou and Hon Chi-Fun, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
1991 | Six Contemporary Chinese Women Artists, San Francisco
1991 | Art Works of Hong Kong Women Artists, The Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture
1990 | Art Works of Hong Kong Women Artists, The Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong
1989 | Exhibitions of 19th and 20th Century and Modern Chinese Paintings, Sotheby’s Hong Kong and Christie’s Swire, Hong Kong (to 1993)
1989 | The Fourth Asian International Art Exhibition, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art
1989 | Thirteen Well-Known Hong Kong Painters, Nagoya
1988 | The XXII International Prix of Contemporary Art, Monte Carlo, Monaco
1988 | Hong Kong Modern Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1988 | Ink Paintings by Hong Kong Artists, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
1987 | Ten Years of Hong Kong Painting, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
1987 | Reality & Infinity-with Koo Mei, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
1986 | University Art Collection Show, Fung Ping Shan Museum, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1986 | Art’ 86, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1986 | Hong Kong International Contemporary Ink Paintings, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1985 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1985 | Foundation Prince Pierre de Monaco Exhibition, Monte-Carlo National Museum, Monaco
1985 | Shui Mo – The New Spirit of Chinese Tradition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1984 | Academy Award Winner’s Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1983 | Art 1983, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1983 | The Experience of Art, Hugh Moss Collection, Hong Kong
1983 | Contemporary Art of the Eighties, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
1983 | Woman Artists’ Show, Hong Kong Women’s Art Council, Hong Kong
1982 | Contemporary Art from Hong Kong, Metropolitan Museum of Manila
1982 | Exhibition of International Association of Ink Painters, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Seoul
1982 | Contemporary Vision of Landscape, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1981 | Art 1981, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1981 | Contemporary Art of Chinese Intellectuals, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
1981 | Inaugural Exhibition, Japan! International Artists Society
1980 | One Art Group Exhibition, National Museum of History, Taipei
1980 | Hong Kong Art, Yolanda Gallery, Chicago
1979 | One Art Group Exhibition, National Museum, Singapore
1979 | New Raya Inaugural Exhibition, Raya Gallery, Melbourne
1979 | Hong Kong Art, Australia
1978 | Art’ 78, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1978 | One Art Group Show, Hong Kong
1977 | First Choice Hong Kong Exhibition, Hong Kong (annually until 1986)
1977 | Hong Kong Arts Centre Inaugural Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1977 | Women Artists, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
1977 | Art-The Visual Experience, Hong Kong
1976 | Critics’ Choice, St. John Hall, Hong Kong
1976 | Art’ 76, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1975 | Cleveland International Drawing Biennial, London
1975 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1975 | Five Artists Exhibition, National Taiwan Arts Centre, Taiwan
1975 | Hong Kong Artists 1975, St. John’s Hall, Hong Kong
1975 | Hong Kong Painters, Luz Gallery, Manila
1974 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Art Festival, Hong Kong
1973 | Chinese Ink Painting, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong
1973 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art Exhibition, City Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1973 | Five Contemporary Chinese Artists, Mavis Chapman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1972 | International Society of Plastic and Audio-Visual Art (ISPAA). Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea
1972 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Pacificulture Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
1972 | One Art Group, City Hall, Hong Kong
1972 | Art Now Hong Kong, Evansville Museum, Indiana
1971 | Art Now Hong Kong, London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, United Kingdom
1971 | Contemporary Chinese Ink Painters, Lee Nordness Gallery, New York, United States
1970 | 202nd The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
1969 | 201st The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
1969 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art, City Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1968 | In Tao Art Association, City Hall, Hong Kong
1968 | Contemporary Hong Kong Art, City Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Awards
1988 | Hong Kong Artists’ Guild Painter of the Year Award
1983 | Urban Council Fine Arts Award for Painting (Chinese Media)
1972 | Pacificulture Asia Museum Fine Art Award
Selected Collections
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong (formerly known as Fung Ping Shan Museum), Hong Kong
Norman W. M. Ko Collection, Hong Kong
M. K. Lau Collection, Hong Kong
M+, Hong Kong
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
National Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines
City Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Raya Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Hong Kong Land, Hong Kong
For further information about Irene Chou, her exhibitions and collections, please contact the gallery at [email protected].
Further Information
For additional information on Irene Chou and her work, please refer to the following resources:
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