王無邪 Wong Wucius

Born in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. Moved to Hong Kong during early childhood. Joined the Hong Kong Art Club sketching and exhibition activities in 1956. Studied art and design in the United States from 1961 to 1965. Worked as Executive Assistant of the Extramural Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1966, Assistant Curator of the City Museum and Art Gallery in 1967, and Principal Lecturer of the School of Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1976. Awarded Emeritus Fellowship in 1998 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Retrospective exhibition presented by the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2006. Received the Bronze Bauhinia Star from the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2007. Now Adjunct Professor of the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Permanent Chairman of the Chinese Painting Institute Hong Kong, Committee Member of the Chinese Painting Institute in Beijing, Consultant of The Hong Kong Artists Association, and Museum Expert Adviser of The Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

王秋童 Wong Chau-tung

Wong Chau-tung is a honorary chairman of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong, a consultant of The Hong Kong Artists Association, an arts advisors of Hong Kong Arts Development Council, a chairman of the Hong Kong Culture & Art Exchange Association, a founding director of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute (National), a researcher of the Modern Urban Ink Painting Research Institute of the China National Academy of painting, a member of the China Artists Association and distinguished artist of Shenzhen Fine Art Institute. Since the late 1980s, he has been devoted to the creation and study of Urban Ink Painting. His works have been selected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th China National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, and he won four awards of excellence. He was selected to the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition hosted by the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2010 and 2012.

天池 Tien Chi

Tien chi is a native of Suzhou who born in 1949. He is the director of two painting associations. His other job is doing research on Chinese ink paintings. In 1996 he was awarded the Hong Kong Urban Council “Fine Art Award (Chinese Painting)”. He has participated in many exhibitions, including the “Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition” in 1983, 1987, 1994, 1998, 2001 and 2003, the “Mapping Asia – The 18th Asian International Art Exhibition” held in 2003 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, “The 10th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China” held in 2004 at the Guanshanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen, the “Artists in the Neighbourhood III Launching Exhibition” held in 2005, and the “Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting Exhibition” in 2006. He currently resides in Hong Kong.

司徒乃鍾 Nigel Szeto Nai-chung

Professional artist born to a scholarly family in Kaiping, Guangdong. His grandfather, Szeto Mei, was a famous poet and an honored student of the regional public exam during the late Qing Dynasty. His father, Szeto Kei (courtesy name Cang Cheng), was a master of the Lingnan School of Painting. He attended Capilano University (formerly Capilano College) in Canada majoring in art and Emily Carr University of Art and Design (formerly Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design) majoring in painting and graduated from both with distinctions. He was former Vice President of the Guangdong Artists Association. He is currently a Member of the China Artists Association, Member of the Director Council of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute, President of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute (Macao), Vice President of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Artist Union, a Director Member For Chinese Painting of the Guangdong Artists Association, a Founding Member and Director of the Guangdong Chinese Ink Painting Institute, Honorary President of the Jiangmen Chinese Ink Painting Institute. President of the Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Association (Hong Kong).

伍月柳 Ng Yuet-lau

Professor Ng Yuet-lau is widely acclaimed as one of the third-generation masters of the Lingnan School of Painting. She is a member of the China Artists Association, an Honorary Fellow of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, an Honorary Fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Honorary Fellow of S.H. Ho College. Her works are now being recognized and collected by the Great Hall of the People, Beijing Jingxi Hotel, Diaoyutai State Guest House, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, China Academy of Art and many more.

伍汝 Wendy Ng Yu

President (Founder) of Hong Kong Galaxy Art Association. The artworks Spring Scenery in the Lotus Pond collected by the Shek King Yee Cultural and Art Museum; Ode to the Yellow River and Bamboo Ode collected at the conference hall of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in the New Territories District. Many of her other works are collected by district councils, business circles, overseas institutions.

Obtained the Excellent Work Award in the 3rd Dr. Shek King Yee Cup in Chinese Creation Painting. The work selected by the second session of the World Chinese Ink Competition. In the Hong Kong CPA International Salon of Pictorial Photography Association, obtained the Henry Fok Cup FIAP Gold Medal, PSA Gold Medal, Golden Statue Award of the Chinese Photographic Association of Hong Kong, and more than dozens of awards. Works selected by Hong Kong Centenary History.

呂豐雅 Eddie Lui

Eddie Lui was born in 1947 in Hong Kong. He held his first one-person exhibition at the Goethe Institute in 1973, under the aegis of the Hong Kong Arts Centre. He co-founded the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society in 1974, and led the executive committee as president during the years 1978–1982. In 1981, he received Urban Council Fine Arts Award. In recognition of his contributions to the development of visual arts in Hong Kong and his untiring supports towards the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society, he was o$ered a Saluting VAS40+ Hongkong Arts Award in 2013. In 2017 the University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong presented his one-person exhibition: “Art Totems Bridging East & West”, and launched his Hong Kong Arts Development Council-sponsored retrospective art book of the same title.

朱興華 Chu Hing-wah

1935 born in China and moved to Hong Kong in 1950. In 1960, studied general nursing in London where he began his “self-learning” to paint. After graduation he continued with psychiatric nursing to study the mind and behaviour of psychiatric patients.

Returned to Hong Kong he studied visual arts in “The Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of Hong Kong” from 1972 to 1974. Since then, he has been painting the “world” and “mind” of the psychiatric patients and “The world of their own” and of course the life and culture of Hong Kong.

江立峰 Kong Lapfung

Kong Lapfung was born in Bao’an County of Guangdong Province. He is now a professional artist, member of the China Artists Association and the Guangdong Province Artists Association. He is known as one of the most capable brushstroke painters in Hong Kong. Kong’s paintings have been exhibited several times in Hong Kong, Australia, the U.S., Canada and China, and they are often prize-winning.

Kong’s paintings are collected by a number of art galleries and museums. His art works are reported by many TV and news media. His published works include Art Works by Kong Lapfung, Portraits of the Elegance: New Works by Kong Lapfung and New Art Works by Kong Lapfung.

何少中 Alex Ho Siu-chung

Alex Ho (b.1951) was born in Hong Kong. Graduated from The School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Master Degree on Oil Painting. Ho has participated in numerous exhibitions including The 1st and 2nd Guangdong Province Contemporary Oil Paintings Exhibition, The 11th,12th& 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, “My Land, My People” Invitational Exhibition held by China Artists Association (2012). Ho also awarded the First Prize in The Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition 2012, organized by Hong Kong Oil Painting Research Society. Ho’s works have been collected by many institutions including Netherland National Museum (Oriental Art), Hong Kong Museum of Art, Museum of HKU, Hong Kong Sun Museum, HK Asia Art Foundation and private collectors.

何百里 He Baili

He Baili (b. 1945) – one of the foremost Hong Kong artists working in the medium of Chinese brush and ink today. He, widely recognised as a pioneer in the field, is known for his constant innovative practices while embracing respectful attention to tradition, especially the e$ective integration of calligraphic stroke techniques in his works. Over the years he developed The He’s Style of Landscape Painting, a style that harmonises the spirit of East and West, modern and contemporary, which gives much influence on today’s Chinese landscape paintings.

何紀嵐 Eric Ho

Born into an artistic family, Eric has taken his interest in visual arts since his youth. Moved to Canada in the 80s, Eric received his Bachelor degree with a specialised honour in Fine Arts from York University (Ontario, Canada) in 1997. In 2003, he obtained his Master degree in Design Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. During his stay in Canada, he organised and curated numerous art and charity exhibitions. He also exhibited in several art fairs and exhibitions in the U.S. and Canada. Eric has explored his art with di$erent mediums such as oil painting, watercolour, photography, sculpting, printmaking, Chinese ink painting and Chinese calligraphy. Born into the Eastern culture, but raised in a Western environment, his creative artworks also reflect this mixed cultural influence and has been collected by overseas organisations and collectors alike. His recent artworks produced in Hong Kong have continued this artistic conception. By using Chinese ink painting skills to represent the Yin and the Yang, two opposing principlesin nature, Eric draws on his understandings of Chinese philosophy together with modern art and Chinese calligraphy and reflects them with his own unique style and interpretations.

余志雯 Sophie Yu Chi-man

Sophie, female, Hongkonger. She graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2017, majoring in Chinese figure painting, and was admitted to the Graduate School of the China National Academy of Arts in the same year to pursue a master’s degree in art under the tutelage of Mr. He Jiaying. In 2017, ten of her works were featured in the inaugural exhibition of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf Art Scholarship Program for graduates, titled Metamorphosis. Her Memories of Tsim Sha Tsui Pier was permanently collected by the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf Group.

吳觀麟 Tony Ng Kwun-lun

Ng earned his Master of Fine Art from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2011. He obtained a Diploma in Chinese ink painting from the Department of Extra-mural Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986.

Ng also teaches at various art institutions in Hong Kong. He has received many awards, including the “Urban Council Fine Arts Award” (Painting, Chinese Media．1994) and “The Special Award” by (The 10th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, 2004).

李植強 Li Chik-keung

Li, a member of The Hong Kong Artists Association, is a renowned contemporary ink artist from Hong Kong. Engaging in diverse art exhibitions and competitions, his works have graced prestigious platforms such as the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and the Hong Kong Art Biennial. Notably, he clinched top honors in the 2022 and 2023 Hong Kong Ink Open Competition, and in 2023, secured the gold medal at the United Overseas Bank Hong Kong Art in Ink Festival. His achievements include the UOB Ink Art of the Year Award. He was invited to New York for artistic exchanges, marking milestones in his illustrious career.

李綺媚 Lee Yee-mei

She has been engaged in art education and promotion for 40 years. She is a Founder of an art education institution, the honorary president of the Canadian Chinese Art Association, the visiting lecturer of Shaoguan University, the honorary president of the International Art Federation for Cultural Access, the vice president of the Hong Kong Pet Love Association, the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Guangzhou Calligraphy and Painting Association, a researcher of the Jin Zijing Art Research Institute, and a member of The Hong Kong Artists Association.

Her works have been exhibited in more than 30 cities all around the world. In 2013 and 2022, she held the Ontario Personal Painting Exhibitions which were awarded by the Ontario and Richmond City governments. The international competitions have won hundreds of awards and have been highly praised. Her works have won universities, art museums, banks, medical groups, galleries and private collections. In recent years, her “Whispers of the heart” series has brought a distinct personal style, and the works presented have become unique to her drawing style.

沈平 Shen Ping

Shen is currently a director of China Artists Association, a conference consultant of The Hong Kong Artists Association, the Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Artists Society, the Chairman of Hong Kong Water Colour Research Society, an examiner of Visual Arts Panel of Hong Kong Arts Development Council and a director of Hong Kong Cultural and Art Foundation. He is also a course instructor at HKU SPACE and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.

Shen is a prolific and versatile artist. Over the years, his works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, Philippe Charriol Foundation, Asian Museum of Watercolor Art, Shanghai Quanhua Watercolour Art Gallery, Sun Hung Kai Group and private collectors.

周晉 Zhou Jin

Zhou Jin graduated from China Academy of Art (formerly Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts). From 1997 to 2006, he taught at the Department of Chinese Painting, China Academy of Art and joined the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006. He is now a member of the China Artists Association, a director of The Hong Kong Artists Association and a member of the Chinese Painting Institute Hong Kong. Zhou won various awards including the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2009), Outstanding Artworks Award in the 9th and 10th China National Exhibition of Fine Arts, the Silver Award for the Zhejiang section in the 9th China National Exhibition of Fine Arts, the Gold Award in the 11th Fine Arts Exhibition of Zhejiang Province, the Silver Award in the Zhejiang Chinese Painting Exhibition and others.

林天行 Lam Tian-xing

Lam was born in 1963 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. He moved to Hong Kong in 1984. In 1989, he returned to the Chinese Mainland to study at the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

Lam has held over 60 solo exhibitions and participated in over 200 group exhibitions in di$erent regions around the world. Lam’s international experience has given him a broad artistic vision and brought global collectors. He has published more than 30 painting albums.

Lam is currently the chairman of The Hong Kong Artists Association. He is also the chairman of China Artists Association Hong Kong Chapter, the executive vice chairman of CFLAC Hong Kong Member Association, a committee member of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC), a director of China Artists Association, a founding director of the Chinese Painting Institute, an overseas review expert of Tsinghua University, a visiting professor of South China Normal University, a special researcher at Guizhou Provincial Research Institute of Literature and History, a jury of the 13th China National Exhibition of Fine Arts, a jury of China National Arts Fund and a member of Election Committee of the Chief Executive Election.

林湖奎 Lam Wu-fui

Lam was born in Guangdong, China in 1945. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, Guest Painter of Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Museum Expert Adviser of The Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

His published works include: Drawing Goldfish and Carps, Drawing Sea Fish and Tropical Fish, Selected Works of Lam Wu Fui, Paintings of Lam Wu Fui, etc. in twelve volumes.

林墨子 Lam Mozi

Lam (formerly known as Lin Jian-Rong) is currently a member of the China Calligraphy Association, a member of the Calligraphy Criticism and Cultural Publication Committee, and a seal carving instructor at Xiling Academy. In 2024, he received a grant from the China National Arts Fund for the project Urban Life Circle – Seal Carving of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway. He is an expert in calligraphy, painting and seal carving, and his works have been exhibited at the Hong Kong Art Biennale in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2001, and his Chinese painting Blue House was selected in curated work of Chinese paintings, Lian Zheng Yun Collective, and participated in the 96th Modern Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition organized by Duoyunxuan Art Gallery.

邱榮豐 Yau Wing-fung

Yau concentrates on INK creation and research. His works combine the spatial aesthetics of ink with contemporary visual experience and attempt to expand the spatial imagination of the previous landscape works.

Yau received his M.F.A. and B.F.A. (first-class honors) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Ph.D. (Chinese Art History) candidate at CUHK. He is serving as educator in University and Art institution in Hong Kong. In recent years, Yau held some solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions both domestically and internationally. His artworks have been garnered by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M+, Hong Kong Museum of Art, private collections and so on.

派瑞芬 Nina Pryde Sui-fun

Nina is a Hong Kong modern ink artist specializing in the Painting of abstract landscapes using ink to create bold three dimensional images. Her work is marked by a conscious blending of Chinese and Western values with traditional Chinese culture.

Her landscapes feature collages taken from a photography collection put together during Nina’s extensive travels and are filled out with muted colours. The images portrayed are both real and illusory and bring to life memories and emotions that viewers can relate to from their own life experiences. Chinese calligraphy places the works in context within Chinese culture. Her style is unique within Modern Ink painting.

In 2007 Nina graduated from the Master of Fine Arts of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Her Graduation Project, Sounds of Silence secured the Outstanding Student Award and e$ectively launched her on a career in Modern Ink painting. She was a finalist in the HongKong Contemporary Art Biennial Art Awards in 2009 and her painting Dancing in the Dark took the Silver Award in the Open Category of UOB Art in Ink Award 2017. Her work has been recognized with many awards and through numerous exhibitions in Hong Kong and worldwide.

胡中鷗 Hu Zhongou

Graduated from the Diploma Programme in Chinese Ink Painting of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUSCS), Ms. Hu held an exhibition to celebrate her graduation in 2022. In the same year, she also participated in the Invitational Exhibition of Chinese and Foreign Calligraphies and Paintings held by the Hong Kong Cultural Communication International Art Association. The work “Butterflies of Bliss” was selected into the Painting and Calligraphy Academy of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Chinese Hong Kong Painting and Calligraphy Academy to hold the “Anti-epidemic, Victory to Hong Kong” calligraphy and painting exhibition. Furthermore, she won the first prize in the flower and bird group and was a runner-up in the figure group in the 2022 Golden Bauhinia Cup Chinese Painting Competition. She is also a current member of the Hong Kong Artists Association and the Association of Hong Kong Women Artists in Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Limited.

范欣 Fan Yan

Fan has been a viola player in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for over 20 years. She is now pursuing her first love painting. She is known for her innovative and unique use of inks and watercolour on rice paper.

Fan folds and dyes rice paper to divulge patterns reflective of the repetitive nature of musical scores. Tis series won several awards, including the UOB Art Academy’s Art in Ink 2020. In 2023, she held her solo exhibition, “Jeux Téme et Variation” in French May, presented by Alisan Fine Art.

韋勁敏 Wai King-man

He is currently a member of China Artists Association, the secretary general of The Hong Kong Artists Association, the chairman of Hong Kong Culture and Art Exchange Association, the vice-chairman of Hong Kong Watercolour Research Society, an executive director of Chinese Painting Society Hong Kong, the vice-chairman of Shi Qi Art Research Association, the vice-chairman of Asian Union of Painters and Artists.

His recent exhibitions include the 9th, 11th & 12th China National Exhibition of Fine Arts, the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and the Li Jian Chen Watercolour Biennial Exhibition. He received the Excellence Award at the Chinese Soul National Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition, the Outstanding Award at Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Fine Arts Exhibition, the Excellence Award at the 1st Guangzhou International Watercolour Art Exhibition and the Gold Award at Guilin, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan 1st Joint Exhibition of Masterpieces of Painting & Calligraphy.

唐錦婷 Tong Kam-ting

Tong was born in 1990 and is a vegan, currently living and working in Hong Kong. Tong has received Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in 2019 and 2013 respectively. Currently working in the field of art and paper mounting and framing.

Inspired by her father who has been a local typesetting printer for 30 years, she has recently attempted to combine ink painting with letterpress printing and rubbings, hoping to find new inspiration and di$erent forms of expression through studying the possibilities between ink printing, rubbing and painting.

容藝文 Mavis Yung

Born in Hong Kong .

Graduated from the School of Traditional Chinese Painting, the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) with a bachelor’s degree in Flower-and-Bird Paintings. And also graduated from the School of Traditional Chinese Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) with a master’s degree in Flower-and-Bird Paintings.

Mavis Yung is a director of The Hong Kong Artists Association. She is also a second batch member painter of the “Guangzhou National Young Painters Scheme (Qing Miao Scheme)”.

徐子雄 Chui Tze-hung

Chui is a painter and writer. He was granted fellowship by the U.S. Nat’l Endowment for the Arts in 1988; and also be the official guest invited by U.S. Government to travel in U.S. Chui was interviewed by CNN in 2001. His work was selected for “Tree Gorges Stone Engravings by Works of Chinese Painters”. And his calligraphic work selected for the special stamp$1.30 in 2002, Chui had published 3 books, one is The H.K. Art Scene. Chui was a part-time lecturer of the Academy of Visual Arts, H.K. Baptist University.

益行 Anne

From a young age, Anne studied under renowned masters such as Wu Yangmu, Fu Baoshi, and Ya Ming. She graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting at the Suzhou School of Arts and Crafts. She participated in various art festivals and exhibitions globally, including the World Art Festival themed “Tomorrow” in Seoul, solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, as well as in Hong Kong at the One Gallery, and participated in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Ink Art Exchange Exhibition, as well as exhibitions in mainland China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Russia, etc. Her works have been collected by various institutions and private collectors. Currently, she holds positions as director of The Hong Kong Arts Association, director of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong, vice president of the Hong Kong Cultural and Arts Exchange Association, vice chairman of the HK Art of Nature International Feminist Art Research Society, member of the Hong Kong Writers’ Association, among others.

馬文西 Ma Wenxi

Ma was Born in Haifeng, Guangdong in 1953 and graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. He received a Master’s Degree in Arts from the Graduate School of Tsukuba University, Japan in 1991.

He is a Professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and a member of the China Artists Association.

His works were awarded the Outstanding Awards at the 6th and 11th National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, the Outstanding Award at the Guangdong Provincial Art Exhibition, Bronze Award at the First Guangdong Art Exhibition, Outstanding Award at the National Sketch Exhibition.

馬達為 Ma Tat-wai

Son of an acclaimed paleographist, calligrapher and seal carver, Ma was taught art by his father since childhood. He has further obtained inspiration from art legends such as Cheng Shifa and Song Wenzhi through their personal relationships since the 1970s. He obtained a Diploma in Chinese Ink Painting from the School of Continuing Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, in 1991. In the following year he and his father jointly published the seal-carving album “Seal Designs for Guangdong’s Counties and Cities”. During the 1990s he wrote art history and research articles for “Han Mo”, an art collector’s journal. In 2012 a joint art exhibition of the Ma family was held at the Shenzhen Art Museum, concurrent with the publication of a major art album. He is a member of China Artists Association and is vice-chairman of The Hong Kong Artists Association, and the excutive-chairman of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong. He has been a visiting artist for the Shenzhen Fine Art Institute since 2015.

高杏娟 Kassia Ko

Kassia Ko graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic’s Department of Industrial Design. She was elected as a MSIAD in 1982, Member of Society of Industrial Artists & Designers, Incorporated by Royal Charter. She completed the Master of Fine Arts program at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, conferred in conjunction with the Hong Kong Art School in 2013. Currently, Ko is the secretary of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong, Hong Kong Art Development Council Examiner, member of China Artists Association and China Female Artists’ Painting Association, Committee member of The Hong Kong Artists Association and is invited as the member of the assessor board of Ink Global 2020. Her work also has been featured at many art events in Hong Kong Art Basal, Ink Asia, Fine Art Asia, Art Central and has been collected by international organisations, hotels and private collectors.

區大為 Ou Da-wei

Ou has held ten major solo shows in Hong Kong. He was presented the Urban Council Arts Awards in Chinese Calligraphy in 1989 and in Seal Carving in 1998 at the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition. He also received the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Award for Artistic Development in 1998, and won the highest award at the 10th World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do, Korea, in 2015. He was a part-time lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and sat on the panel of judges for the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition in 2005 and 2012. Currently, he is a Museum Expert Adviser of The Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, and an examiner of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

張瑋 Zhang Wei

Zhang graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Currently a member of the China Artists Association, The Hong Kong Artists Association, a director of the Hong Kong Contemporary Ink Research Association, a member of the China Women Artists Association, and a painter at the Li Keran Youth Painting Institute.

She has been invited multiple times to participate in international art exchange exhibitions in mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, New York, Nigeria, Paris, and other countries. Her works have been selected for the 12th and 13th National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, the China National Art Museum and Li Keran Painting Institute Annual Ink Invitation Exhibition, and the China National Academy of Painting Establishment Anniversary Ink Invitation Exhibition. The work “Ancient Sentiments, New Trends” has been collected by the Art Museum of the China National Academy of Painting. She published several personal collections of works and related academic articles.

梁巨廷 Leung Kui-ting

1964 Studied painting under LUI SHOU-KWAN

Main Solo Exhibition

2016 “Roaming Vision+Digital” Ink Paintings by LEUNG KUI TING, Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of Civic and Municipal A$airs Bureau, Macau, China

2014 “Geometry of the Spirit” 50 Years of LEUNG KUI TING, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Main Group Exhibition

2021 “Ink Dreams” Selections from the Foundation Ink Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA

2019 “Hefeng Pingshan” The 5th Chinese Painting Biennial of Hangzhou, China

2017 “The Weight of Lightness”: Ink Art at M+, Hong Kong, China.

許恩琦 Hui Yanki

Hui was born in Fujian in 1959. He has learnt painting from experienced painters since he was young. He graduated from the Art Department of FJNU College of Fine Arts in 1983 and later migrated to Hong Kong. In 1997, he was appointed by the USA Freedom Foundation to further his art study and research in the USA. In 2009, He was awarded a Master Degree in Art by Fujian Normal University. His works are the collections of famous galleries and museums and private collectors.

Hui’s works are frequently displayed in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo and are included in the collections of many art galleries, museums and private collectors.

陳成球 Chan Shing-kau

Chan graduated from the Department of Art of Grantham College of Education, the Chinese Faculty of the Hong Kong Baptist University and finished a diploma course in modern ink painting at the Extramural Studies of Te Chinese University of Hong Kong. He studied modern Chinese ink painting under Professor Liu Guosong and Chinese Calligraphy, Seal Carving under Professor Ma Kwok Kuen. He is a member of the China Artists Association, the International Chinese Ink Painting Association, the chairman of the Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society, the vice-chairman of the Chinese Chen Clan Association of Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings, a consultant of the Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association, a visiting Professor of the Sheng Da College, a part-time Instructor of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Te Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chan has held 21 solo exhibitions and numerous joint exhibitions in Hong Kong, China and Overseas.

陳君立 Chan Kwan-lap

Born in China in 1947. He completed a certificate course in Modern Chinese Ink Painting at the Department of Extra-mural Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1981. He was awarded a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts by the Concordia University, Canada and the Master Degree of Fine Arts by the RMIT University (Australia) in 1985 and 2006 respectively. He has been honored with a prize for “Creativity in the Modern Interpretation of Ink & Colour” by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, a prize of distinction in the “Beijing International Ink & Wash Painting Exhibition 88” by the Academy of Chinese Painting , a prize of distinction in “The Grand Competition of Modern Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy” by the Foreign Culture Exchange Association of China, the Special Invitation Honor Prize at the 4th Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition.and the prize of creativity in the 5th Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition by the Central Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy Academy in Hu Nan, China. His works are now in the collections of Museums and Art Institutes both locally and overseas. |

陳偉 Chen Wei

Chen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He graduated from the Painting Department of Suzhou Academy of Fine Arts, completed the undergraduate course of landscape painting in the Chinese Painting Department of the China Academy of Art, and completed the master’s degree course in the landscape painting major of the Chinese Painting School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a director of The Hong Kong Artists Association, an assessor of the Visual Arts Committee of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and a member of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong. He once served as a guest lecturer and landscape painting course instructor at the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE). Currently, he is a specially appointed Chinese painting course instructor at Xiling Academy in Hong Kong. Over the years, he has participated in various joint exhibitions, academic invitational exhibitions, twin-city exhibitions and nomination exhibitions, etc. When participating in various major exhibitions in the mainland and some of his works have won awards.

陳鏡田 Chan Keng-tin

Chan is a member of Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong, a visiting painter of Shenzhen Fine Art Institute and a lecturer of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

His work Memory for Tour to Tailu Mountain was awarded the 11th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China (2009). In 2012, his work Cloud and Sea was awarded the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards which presented by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the work TheBuddhist Subtleties 01 was awarded the 12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China (2014). His work Solitary in Dong Yuan was awarded the 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts (2019).

麥翠影 Winnie Mak

Mak was born in 1956 in Hong Kong. She studied Chinese ink painting and calligraphy in Canada in the 1970s. After returning to Hong Kong in 1994, she set up her studio and conducted painting classes for children. Apart from developing her own artwork, she administered an array of visual arts exhibitions and cultural exchange programs, in her capacity as curator and organiser for the Hong Kong Committee of the Federation of Asian Artists.

Her artworks have been included in the collection of: TheDuanghuang Arts Centre, China; TheRatchadamnoen Contemporary Art Centre in Bangkok, the Ministry of Culture of Tailand; TheInternational Printmaking Centre of the National Taiwan Normal University; TheDiaghilev Museum of Modern Art of the St. Petersburg State University; Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, Romania; TheDouro Museum, Alijo, Portugal. And in Hong Kong: the University Museum and Art Gallery, TheUniversity of Hong Kong; Yiqingzhai Studio; TheHongkong Land Limited; and other corporate and private collectors, both locally and internationally.

麥羅武 Louis Mak

• Guangdong Chaoshan

• Member of China Artists Association

• Founding vice president of the Chinese Ink Painting Institute Hong Kong

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Academician

麥寶琪 Katy Mak

Katy was born in Hong Kong and holds a Bachelor degree in Fine Art from the University of Hong Kong. After working in the finance industry for 15 years, she left the busy commercial world in 2016 to pursue her artistic development.

Drawing inspiration from nature and everyday life, Katy’s art reflects her deep appreciation for the beauty of the world around her. She has a particular fondness for simplicity and monochromatic palettes. Her recent works, which feature ocean and wave imagery, are intended to be mind-healing and take audiences on a journey to experience the rhythm and music of the waves.

黃今 Huang Jin

Huang named Genglu. He is currently a member of China Artists Association and the president of the Hong Kong Meticulous Painters Association. Drawing horses emphasizes tradition and explores aesthetics that are close to the times, he created the use of fur to depict the structure of horses and capture their spirit, added a new language of expression to Chinese horse painting art.

His works have participated in the 8th, 9th Beijing International Art Biennale, the 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, and were selected for the Hong Kong Biennale Exhibition three times, and the Ink Global twice.

黃孝逵 Wong Hau-kwei

Wong apprenticed under the master of Chinese ink art, Huang Zhou, in the 1970s. He later moved to Hong Kong in 1978 and resumed painting after retiring from his business in the late 1990s. His remarkable achievements in Chinese ink art have garnered wide recognition. His works have been selected for the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition six times and have received awards in 2001, 2009, and 2012. Additionally, he has been honoured with the Secretary for Home A$airs’ Commendation twice in Hong Kong. On a national level, his works have been chosen as works of merit at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts thrice and have been exhibited in various exhibitions held at the National Art Museum of China. One of his notable works, Moving Clouds and Water in the Tree Gorges, has been acclaimed as one of the most important Chinese artworks in the last century as it was featured in Chinese Art in the 20th Century–Collection of the National Art Museum of China, published by the National Art Museum of China.

黃廸華 Katherine Wong

Wong is a student of the esteemed artist Lam Tian-xing. She also immersed in the study of contemporary water ink arts at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, under the mentorship of the distinguished Professor Liu Kuo-Sung. Since 2015, Wong has been an active participant in various prestigious art exhibitions, including Fusion Extravaganza in Shenzhen, Exhibition of Hulunbuir, TheHong Kong Works Exhibition of Ink Painting, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Art Work Exhibition. Particularly noteworthy is her piece titled Endless Stream which has garnered recognition and been chosen for display at Ink Global. She presently serves as a member of China Artists Association, a director of TheHong Kong Artists Association, the vice president of the 4-D Art Club, a secretary general of Hong Kong Culture and Art Exchange Association, and maintains membership in both the Hong Kong Culture Association and the Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society.

黃偉建 Wong Wai-Kin

Wong, previously a professional cartoonist, gained recognition for creating numerous bestselling works before turning 40. After reaching 40, he shifted his focus to contemporary Chinese painting and has won multiple distinguished awards. From 2003 to 2017, Wong served as an art instructor at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, TheChinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the author of the textbook New Visual Art (8): Comic Sketch used in secondary school visual arts classes in Hong Kong. In 2018, Wong won the Gold Award in the UOB Art in Ink Awards, and his works were also collected by United Overseas Bank. In 2023, Wong was interviewed by TVB for their program “Art and Culture Magazine”, featuring a special segment titled “Rhythm of Ink in Silhouette”. Theinterview delved into Wong’s artistic creations, providing an introduction and analysis of his artworks.

黃綺琪 Gessena Wong Yee-ki

Wong was born and raised in Hong Kong. She received her BA (2010) and MFA (2013) from TheDepartment of Fine Arts, TheChinese University of Hong Kong. She lives and works in Hong Kong, she specialises in New Ink and Gongbi creation, and she takes part in International exhibitions both in Hong Kong and overseas, including Hong Kong Art Basel. Her works are popular among private collectors. She believes that “Art” is beauty that surpasses boundaries and definitions, through imagination and creation, the soul of man can be nourished and uplifted.

楊國芬 Margaret Yeung Kwok-fan

Yeung graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985. In 2004 and 2014, she respectively received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Art from the RMIT University in Australia. Yeung has held multiple solo exhibitions and participated in various local and international joint exhibitions, with her works being collected by art museums worldwide. She currently serves as the Chairman and Director of the Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society, a member of TheHong Kong Artists Association, and a part-time instructor for the “New Ink Painting Diploma Course” at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her creative concept revolves around “hybridity”, a notion combining the spirit of traditional aesthetic with the technology of the times, transcending boundaries of two-dimensional, three-dimensional, digital, or light and shadow modes. Her works embody both the spirit of traditional painting and the infusion of contemporary technological elements, aiming to connect ancient and modern thoughts and create a “hybrid” style of Chinese art.

靳埭強 Kan Tai-keung

Dr. Kan Tai Keung SBS BBS AGI. As an internationally renowned artist and designer, Kan studied ink painting with Mr. Lui Shou Kwan in 1967 and is widely regarded as a vital figure in Hong Kong’s New Ink Painting Movement. Kan is passionate about art, and his work is frequently exhibited both locally and worldwide, as well as collected by various museums, institutes, and private collections. In 2000, the United Kingdom awarded him the Outstanding Artist and Designer of the 20th Century, and his work has earned countless awards. At the same time, he is dedicated to the advancement of art education. He presently serves as the Honorary Dean of Shantou University’s Cheung Kong College of Art and Design, the Museum Expert Adviser of The Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, a advisor for Hong Kong Museum of Art and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Hong Kong Member Association Limited.

廖井梅 Liu Cheng-mui

Born in 1968 in Beijing, China, Liu graduated from the Affiliated High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1988, majoring in Chinese ink painting under professors Chen Ping and Li Yang from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The same year, she enrolled in the Central Academy of Fine Arts. She was awarded a scholarship to study at the Moscow State Surikov Academy of Fine Arts in Russia, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Fine Arts. She is the director of the China Artists Association, the executive vice chairman of The Hong Kong Artists Association and the vice chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association. She is currently teaching at The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Her works have been collected by Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Jiangsu Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Harbin Art Palace Printmaking Museum, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, and the China Printmaking Museum.

廖仕強 Sky Liu Sze-keung

Liu is a diverse creator. He won numerous awards: Top ten designers in Hong Kong in 2009, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Gold Award, and Guinness World’s Largest Twisting Dice Mural Creation Award…etc.

He is a column artist at East Weekly Spine Back Chart and Economic Daily Cat City.

He has published Long Live Hong Kong, Sky Liu Style, Po’s Story, Cat City, The World Speaks of Cats Volumes 1 and 2, Rebirth, Creative Exhibition Business Opportunities, Uncle Slope, Urban Citizen Story…etc.

His works are collected by Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, HSBC Bank, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Cathay Pacific Airways, Swire Group, Tai Airways, University of Hong Kong…etc.

熊海 Hung Hoi

Hung Hoi is the professor at the School of Professional and Continuing Education of the Hong Kong University (HKUSpace) since 1984, and granted Honorary Fellowship in 2022. He was the lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture of the Hong Kong University. Currently Hung is the Museum Expert Advisor of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Government of HKSAR; expert advisor of Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme (ACDFS); former committee member of the China Artists Association; executive vice-chairman of The Hong Kong Artists Association; research fellow of the Cityscape Ink Institute of China National Academy of Painting, expert of China National Arts Fund Review; member of the Oversea Adjudication Board of Tsinghua University. Hung’s major Solo Exhibitions was organised in The Hong Kong Museum of Art. Artworks are collected by The National Art Museum of China, the British Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

趙志軍 Zhao Zhijun

Zhao Dajun (Zhijun), is currently the chairman of Visual Arts of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, a member of China Artists Association, the chairman of China International Ink Art Society, the executive vice chairman of The Hong Kong Artists Association, the deputy director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Artists Association Watercolor Art Committee, and the vice president of Hong Kong Watercolor Research Society; a specially appointed painter of Shenzhen Painting Academy and Shenzhen CPPCC Calligraphy and Painting Academy; a invited researcher of Chinese Art Science and Technology Research Institute, Ministry of Culture.

劉佳 Liu Jia

Liu has participated in dozens of international exhibitions in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Europe and other regions.

Her work was enlisted into Global 500 Ink Exhibition and Beijing International Art Biennale (Anti-epidemic).

Her works were also successfully auctioned by Poly Auction. Many of her works are also collected by institutions and collectors around the world.

Liu’s works are delicate and touching. Her creative inspiration comes from what she sees and thinks in life. She pursues the “heart source” by “learning from nature”. She inherits and seeks breakthroughs in the traditional kung fu of poetry, painting, calligraphy and seal.

劉素文 Liu Suwen

Liu has had a passion for painting since childhood. She first studied Western painting and then learned Chinese painting.

She is a member of the China Artists Association, the China Gongbi Painting Association, the Guangdong Artists Association, The Hong Kong Artists Association, and the Hong Kong Painters Association.

Her works have been selected five times for the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts. She has been selected as one of the “Top 500 Global Ink Paintings”. Two of her works have been permanently collected by the Yixin Art Museum in Hong Kong.

蔡海鷹 Choi Hoi-ying

Choi studied in Linghai Academy of Art, Hong Kong School of Continuing Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and got the Master Degree of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He was the lecturer of Fine Arts Department in Xi Jiang University (China). The solo exhibitions were held in Vermont (U.S.A.), Guangzhou (China), the Hong Kong Arts Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village.

Choi was invited to be the artist of Artist-In-Residence Programmes organized by Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Vermont Studio Centre, U.S.A., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village respectively. The awards he got include Urban Council Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong, Prize of Kunststation Kleinsassen Gallery Liebau, Germany, Freeman Fellowship, Vermont Studio Centre, U.S.A., a Bronze Prize in the New Millennium Art Exhibition by Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Artists, 2000, an Outstanding Prize on the 2000 International Oriental Art Exhibition, Holland, and two Outstanding Prizes on the 9th and 10th China National Exhibitions of Fine Arts.

賴筠婷 Lai Kwan-ting

Lai graduated from the Fine Arts Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008 and received her Master of Fine Art in 2011. She likes using ink to paint animals in nature, using gongbi to do portraits and depict scenes of everyday life in loving details. Lai constantly teaches Chinese painting courses at HKUSPACE since 2015. She was presented with a “Young Artist Award” at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009, received Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards 2012, shortlisted in “Ink Global 2017” and was Finalist of The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize. Collectors includes the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Legco, HKSAR, and private collectors.

魏舍椏 Elsa Ngai Se-ngaa

Ngai was born in 2001 at Hong Kong. She graduated from The CUHK with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her paintings always combine observations from modern life and travel scenery with classical aesthetics, and uses mineral pigments to construct scenes where ancient and modern intersect. She has been awarded the The Friends of the Art Museum Prize, Madam Jan Yun-bor Memorial Awards for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, etc.