Cliftons Hong Kong Art Prize Entries 2011

Artist: Wong Ka Lam Title: Continuous Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 82x102cm

Art description Range upon range of memories as a dessert. . .

Artist bio Katie Wong Ka Lam, borned in 1985 in Hong Kong. Graduated from B.A.(Hons) in Fine Arts and Master of Advertising from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007 and 2008. Solo exhibitions include "Kidult: Works by Katie Wong 2010" (Citywalk, Hong Kong) ,"A Fictitious Story"(2008) & "Crazy about lines"(2006). She has won several art awards like the Finalist Award of Beyond the Surface: Chinese Abstract Paintings Competition(The Macao Museum of Art,2008), and the Finalist Award of PCF Art Competition 2006, Ting Yen Yung Memorial Award(CUHK,2007),etc. She is also the winner of 2008 & 2010 Chinese Literature Creative Award (Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong) Her artworks has exhibited in the Macao Museum of Art(Macau),Shanghai, Beijing and several exhibitions in Hong Kong. She has interviewed by newspaper like SingTao(2010), HK Headline(2010), Oriental (2010), Mingpao(2008), SCMP(2008),etc. and I-Cable TV(2008). She is good at both ink painting and Western painting, and also art history study and writing.

Artist: Wong Ka Lam Title: Crazy about Lines Medium: Ink on canvas Size: 60 x 60cm

Art description Chinese painting dwells on the portrayal of space and lines. This painting embodies the artist's infatuation with lines, with reference to arrangement of traditional Chinese landscape painting's "two coast one water", but presenting in an abstract way with curved,ordered,crossing and overlapping's spatial dimensions.

Artist bio Katie Wong Ka Lam, borned in 1985 in Hong Kong. Graduated from B.A.(Hons) in Fine Arts and Master of Advertising from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007 and 2008. Solo exhibitions include "Kidult: Works by Katie Wong 2010" (Citywalk, Hong Kong) ,"A Fictitious Story"(2008) & "Crazy about lines"(2006). She has won several art awards like the Finalist Award of Beyond the Surface: Chinese Abstract Paintings Competition(The Macao Museum of Art,2008), and the Finalist Award of PCF Art Competition 2006, Ting Yen Yung Memorial Award(CUHK,2007),etc. She is also the winner of 2008 & 2010 Chinese Literature Creative Award (Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong) Her artworks has exhibited in the Macao Museum of Art(Macau),Shanghai, Beijing and several exhibitions in Hong Kong. She has interviewed by newspaper like SingTao(2010), HK Headline(2010), Oriental (2010), Mingpao(2008), SCMP(2008),etc. and I-Cable TV(2008). She is good at both ink painting and Western painting, and also art history study and writing.

Artist: Wong Ka Lam Title: Eyes Flower Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 76x76cm

Art description There is a new breed of flower which called "Eyes Flower" invent by the effort of scientist in the future, which the flower has many eyes growing as the pistil, used to monitor what humans are doing and hide inside a flower.

Artist bio Katie Wong Ka Lam, born in 1985 in Hong Kong. Graduated from B.A.(Hons) in Fine Arts and Master of Advertising from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007 and 2008. Solo exhibitions include "Kidult: Works by Katie Wong 2010" (Citywalk, Hong Kong) ,"A Fictitious Story"(2008) & "Crazy about lines"(2006). She has won several art awards like the Finalist Award of Beyond the Surface: Chinese Abstract Paintings Competition(The Macao Museum of Art,2008), and the Finalist Award of PCF Art Competition 2006, Ting Yen Yung Memorial Award(CUHK,2007),etc. She is also the winner of 2008 & 2010 Chinese Literature Creative Award (Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong) Her artworks has exhibited in the Macao Museum of Art(Macau),Shanghai, Beijing and several exhibitions in Hong Kong. She has interviewed by newspaper like SingTao(2010), HK Headline(2010), Oriental (2010), Mingpao(2008), SCMP(2008),etc. and I-Cable TV(2008). She is good at both ink painting and Western painting, and also art history study and writing.

Artist: Lai Nga LunTitle: The Naked CityMedium: Oil PaintingSize: 120 x 100cm

Art description People urge to have shelters for their own, but they are also bound up in a tiny area. I would like to express the paradox of Hong Kong people

Artist bio Education1993 Graduated from First Institute of Art and Design (Commercial Design)1996 Studying oil painting at China National Academy of Fine Arts 2006 Graduated with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (Major in Fine Arts, Minor in Communication and Journalism) Exhibition1999 <Hong Kong Visual Arts: Vibrant City>, Hong Kong Visual Arts Center 2000 <Alumni Association of China National Academy of Fine Arts>, City Hall2003 <Drawing>, Joint Exhibitions of Year 1 student, Hui Gallery, CUHK2005 <3 Am> Parry Ling, Chi-Wai Kwong and Alan Lai, Hui Gallery, CUHK2005 <CUHK Fine Arts 2005 Annual Exhibition>, Cheng Ming Building , New Asia Collage, CUHK2010 <300 Midnight>, Solo Exhibition, Cattle Depot Artist Village Award2005 Cheung’s Creative Award in Hong Kong Cheung’s Fine Arts Award for Western Painting Chinese painting Award

Artist: Lai Nga LunTitle: Snail HouseMedium: Oil PaintingSize: 120 x 100cm



Artist: Lai Nga LunTitle: HopeMedium: Oil PaintingSize: 60 x 100cm



Artist: Ip Yiu Ming Title: Untitled 01 Medium: Oil PaintingSize:1M x 1M

Art description I would like to compose the purest abstract painting

Artist bio Studied the foundation of drawings, oil paintings in Chung Fung Art Studio in 1990s Completed the advanced oil paintings course in The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1999

Artist: Ip Yiu Ming Title: Untitled 02Medium: Oil PaintingSize:1M x 1M



Artist: Ip Yiu Ming Title: Untitled 03Medium: Oil PaintingSize:1M x 1M



Artist: Stephanie SinTitle: Habit – InhibitionMedium: Oil, acrylic, sand, dry pastel and chalk on canvas Size: 152cm x 107cm (2 panels)

Art description Gazing at your neighbours' windows is supposed to be a taboo, which I have found the meaning of taboo has changed in this century in this place - Hong Kong. It is no longer just consider as unspeakable and shameful, but at the same time can be something for sharing and even praised about. The meaning of taboo has become contradict, the thesis of taboo has become confused, and taboo has become a taboo itself.

Artist bio Stephanie Sin 's rhythmical and abstract imageries, insinuates the paradox in lives through her experiences on fragmentations of individual and collective daily routines of existence. As a painter, she received her BA(FA) from RMIT University co-presented with the HKAS in 2008.

Artist: Stephanie SinTitle: Perspective I Medium: Oil on CanvasSize: 50 x 70 cm

Art description A city full of identical buildings, it is the citizens' marks that had been made onto the buildings, creates uniqueness for those seemed identical. On the other hand, any architectural modification would be named as Unauthorized Building Works. As an artist, I have no intension to celebrate these unauthorized building works, but found them the only clues for me to see the "real stories" in Hong Kong.


Artist: Stephanie SinTitle: Three Primary as Two in One (One) Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Size: 140 x 190 cm (2 Panels)

Art description Gazing at your neighbours' windows is supposed to be a taboo, which I have found the meaning of taboo has changed in this century in this place - Hong Kong. It is no longer just consider as unspeakable and shameful, but at the same time can be something for sharing and even praised about. The meaning of taboo has become contradict, the thesis of taboo has become confused, and taboo has become a taboo itself.


Artist: Wong Chun Hei Title: SunflowerMedium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 140 cm (H) x 210 cm (W)

Art description I often walk around slowly inside the video game world until noticing a beautiful landscape scenery, then I will start painting it. Numbers of people have asked me this question, 'Why don't you just paint the "real" landscape rather than this fictitious space?' My answer is that the paintings I done are about the world more realistic than the "real" one. Today, we can easily find people playing with their portable video games when they are on train or on the road. I can judge that those people would get closer with the natural area in video game's world than the one which our bodies can touch with. And although people who play the video games can go through many places in it, their mind of participation in game are bound by the original game rules, thus it is passive in nature. What I am now doing is to set up my own game rule inside the fictitious world. I prefer choosing action games, such as car racing games which require the player to drive fast to compete with others, I will just drive slowly and look for pretty scenery, my works ' Toril', 'Sunflower" and 'The lake' are painted with this rule.

Artist bio Learned drawing in Guangzhou when Wong Chun Hei was in form two, making him understand the importance of entire in art making. Graduated from FAA CUHK in 2008, Chun Hei rent a studio in Fotan to continue his art, mainly painting from the scenery of Video Games

Artist: Wong Chun Hei Title: The LakeMedium: Oil on Canvas Size: 140 cm (H) x 210 cm (W)



Artist: Wong Chun Hei Title: Torii Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 140 cm (H) x 210 cm (W)



Artist: Lam Tin Na Title: Sublimed Memories 2 Medium: Mixed media on wood Size: 65cm x 60 cm

Art description Canvas is like a stage for me to consolidate my memory and my feeling. Through the act of painting, I record my seeing and experiences, which sometimes are even from my dreams of it. Fragmented and forgotten memories in the dreams and reality are juxtaposed, gathered and reconstructed into a form of existence that lies in between the realm of real and unreal. This series of "Sublimed Memories" was inspired by the seasonal change of London, where I tried to consolidate my feeling on the wood. Through a constrained selection of materials and techniques, limited use of colour, I focused my attention to detail and explored the intrinsic quality and texture of the media itself, which lead to much more engaging imaginative terrains.

Artist bio Tina Lam ATCL(piano) ATCL(violin) BA(hons)(CUHK) MA(CSM) Tina Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1984. She was trained to be a musician since she was 6, learning violin and piano. She was subsequently awarded two ATCL degrees by the Trinity College of Music in London at the age 19, for her proficiency in violin and piano performance. During her high school years, her aptitude in fine arts manifested in acrylic painting which her works were recognised among practitioners that she was awarded numerous prizes including the South China Morning Post: Student Artist of the Year 2004 - the most prestigious award to student artist in Hong Kong. In her studies in Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she was awarded the Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008, she continued to explore her interest in acrylic but also were exposed in a variety of media, including ceramics which she was obsessed in. In the succeeding year, she further her studies in Central Saint Martins, where she studied with Sally O'Reilly and Alex Landrum. Enlightened by them, she researched and encountered dream, trauma, memories, and their forms in arts. Her recent works were inspired and was developed based on these investigations and was revealed on a spectrum of mixed medias including pencil colour on paper, dye transferred print on carved wood and Polaroid. Her arts had been popular among galleries and was constantly exhibited. Between 2006 - 2009, her works were featured in 10 group or solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and London. In January 2010, her collection was selected by at myartspace as online feature artist for the season. More recently, she was selected as Finalist in Red Mansion Art Prize and Mishcon De Reva Art Prize. Tina currently works and resides in London and Hong Kong.

Artist: Lam Tin Na Title: Sublimed Memories 3 Medium: Mixed media on wood Size: 65cm x 60 cm

Art description Canvas is like a stage for me to consolidate my memory and my feeling. Through the act of painting, I record my seeing and experiences, which sometimes are even from my dreams of it. Fragmented and forgotten memories in the dreams and reality are juxtaposed, gathered and reconstructed into a form of existence that lies in between the realm of real and unreal. This series of "Sublimed Memories" was inspired by the seasonal change of London, where I tried to consolidate my feeling on the wood. Through a constrained selection of materials and techniques, limited use of colour, I focused my attention to detail and explored the intrinsic quality and texture of the media itself, which lead to much more engaging imaginative terrains.


Artist: Lam Tin Na Title: Untitled Medium: colour pencil on drawing paper Size: 233cm x 150 cm

Art description Canvas is like a stage for me to consolidate my memory and my feeling. Through the act of painting, I record my seeing and experiences, which sometimes are even from my dreams of it. Fragmented and forgotten memories in the dreams and reality are juxtaposed, gathered and reconstructed into a form of existence that lies in between the realm of real and unreal.


Artist: Wong Lai Yan, CamTitle: Incomplete Moments- The red wallMedium: Intaglio printmaking- Etching, 1/1-uniqueSize: 200cmWx180cmH

Art description Sitting cross-legged, inhaling, and let the stream of air send the dust dancing.Gazing at the silent ray of light, sensing the nuances of movement inthe eternity of time. Following the rhythm of light, exhaling, until it evaporates into the thin air.

The 30 prints were made from one single plate, polished after every printing, and hence from darkness to light. This set describes the light going into a quiet space.

Artist bio Educations 2008 Acquired a Diploma in Interior Design2006 Graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Major in Fine Arts, Minor in German Studies) Awards2010 <Tsuzurakai Exhibition> Kyoto Mayor Award2006 <Women’s Pixel Short Film Competition> first runner-up, the Association for the Advancement of Feminism2005 <Zunzi Scholarship on European Fine Arts Study Trip>, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibitions 2011 <After Agnes> Joint Exhibition, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong2010 <Macao Mordern Printmaking Exhibition> Joint Exhibition, The Macao Museum Of Art, Macao2010 <Macao Mordern Printmaking Exhibition> Joint Exhibition, Macao Centre, Beijing2010 <Tsuzurakai Exhibition> Invited joint exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto2010 <Macao Mordern Printmaking Exhibition> Joint Exhibition, Be-Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto2009 <when I draw, I think of...>Joint Exhibition, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

Artist: Wong Lai Yan, CamTitle: Incomplete Moments- The black wallMedium: Intaglio printmaking- Etching, 1/1-uniqueSize: 192cmWx180cmH

Art description Sitting cross-legged, inhaling, and let the stream of air send the dust dancing.Gazing at the silent ray of light, sensing the nuances of movement inthe eternity of time.Following the rhythm of light, exhaling, until it evaporates into the thin air.

The 20 prints were made from one single plate, polished after every printing, and hence from darkness to light. This set describes the light going into a quiet space.

Artist bio Educations 2008 Acquired a Diploma in Interior Design2006 Graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Major in Fine Arts, Minor in German Studies) Awards2010 <Tsuzurakai Exhibition> Kyoto Mayor Award2006 <Women’s Pixel Short Film Competition> first runner-up, the Association for the Advancement of Feminism2005 <Zunzi Scholarship on European Fine Arts Study Trip>, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibitions 2011 <After Agnes> Joint Exhibition, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong2010 <Macao Mordern Printmaking Exhibition> Joint Exhibition, The Macao Museum Of Art, Macao2010 <Macao Mordern Printmaking Exhibition> Joint Exhibition, Macao Centre, Beijing2010 <Tsuzurakai Exhibition> Invited joint exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto2010 <Macao Mordern Printmaking Exhibition> Joint Exhibition, Be-Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto2009 <when I draw, I think of...>Joint Exhibition, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

Artist: Damon Tong Title: HeyMedium: Artists' name cards (32 designs, 200 each), collage on wall Size: 243cm x 457cm

Art description in January 2010 I was invited to participated a group show which featured 32 artists from Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The group show was a part of a festival which stressed the importance of cultural exchange between 2 cities. Failing to know most of the artists of the list and willing to stop myself from embarrassment on the opening night. I started to "google" every artists background, yet all these "research" became the medium of my work. I used the information I found from the internet to design the name cards for every artists on the show. Half of the name cards I produced were used to create a collage work with a hallow Chinese character of "hey" ("hello" equivalent for Southern Chinese) in the middle. The other half of the name cards were given to each exhibiting artists during the opening night as gifts.

Artist bio Damon TONG obtained his BA (Fine Arts) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) / The Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre in 2008 with a major in painting. He served as exhibition co-ordinator for "White Tube" of Hong Kong Art School between 2005 and 2009. On the same year at 2009 he and his friend together established "Rental United", a collective which focuses on collaborative experimentation. He focuses on connections between segmentation and domestic objects through repetitive arrangement of paintings.

Artist: Damon Tong Title: DT002 series Medium: Oil on canvas, iron racks and found objects Size: 106.7cm x 22.9cm x 254cm, each painting 30.5cm x 22.9cm

Art description This installation work consists of the rack (container) and a collection small paintings. The images of the paintings are the fragmentation of the rack's visual perspective which represents the artist's practices in pursuing the integrity of paintings, however the unusual way in presenting the paintings horizontally create a paradigm-shift situation between a 2D and 3D objects, presenting the unstable state and new possibility of both.


Artist: Damon Tong Title: Promotion Medium: A2 size posters (edition of 1000)Size: 42cm x 59.4cm

Art description The poster prints are the collaboration works in the name of collective "Rental United", site-specifically for the Fotanian Open Studios 2011, an annual 4-days event where artists open their studios for public visits which attracted around 10 thousands visitor in Hong Kong. "Promotions" serves as "art work" along side with the performance during the open day where the artist of "Rental United" would stand still during whole course of the event as "art work" (just as the poster suggests) in order to give the general audience a "literal" meaning about the studio as well as a more effective way in presenting the "art" of "Rental United" to the high traffic audiences.


Artist: Lai Ming Chu, Elva Title: 1. Sun gloomy 2. The morning sun of street market 3. Name: Scattered memories

Medium: mixed media Size: various

Art description 1. Name:24-10-2010 Sun gloomy Media:figures and ink on paper Size: 64cm x 92 cm Date:Oct,2010 It's my dairy dated on 24-10-2010. The weather mentioned on the caption implied my mood around last Autumn. Many small figures dressed in modern outfits cast long shadows across the music notation. All the disorderly and confused shadows seems to imply that day is a busy day. However, if you look closer to the lyrics of the song, they are full of suspension points ". ..". There were many people around me and cast their shadows upon me, but my life seemed lonely and the loneliness was quite overwhelming. 2. Name:The morning sun of street market Medium: Oil on canvas size: 120cm x 92 cm Date:2010 It is a typical scene of street market in Hong Kong old town. The morning sum erases the dirt and noise of the market, only peace and warm reminds. 1. Name:24-10-2010 Sun gloomy Media:figures and ink on paper Size: 64cm x 92 cm Date:Oct,2010 It's my dairy dated on 24-10-2010. The weather mentioned on the caption implied my mood around last Autumn. Many small figures dressed in modern outfits cast long shadows across the music notation. All the disorderly and confused shadows seems to imply that day is a busy day. However, if you look closer to the lyrics of the song, they are full of suspension points ". ..". There were many people around me and cast their shadows upon me, but my life seemed lonely and the loneliness was quite overwhelming. 3. Name: Scattered memories Medium: oil on canvas Size:130cm x 90cm Date :Sep 2010 It record the memories I went to Sichuen Province in China. It was an exploring trip of Buddhas and temples along the rocky hills. The beautiful view of Sichuen rice paddy also impressed me. Artist bio Date of Birth:03-07-1989 Sex:Female Education: 2009- Bachelor of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Artist: Wong Hiu Fung, Apple Title: The Red Line Medium: Mixed Media (Acrylic on canvas, thread, hair) Size: 40 cm (h) x 90 cm (w) x 3 pieces

Art description In Chinese tradition, "red line" symbolizes fate. Human beings usually separate themselves into different groups. Every life is filled with strangers, people seemingly unrelated. However, no matter where we came from, to have met only once, or even we never met each other, there is always a "red line" connected us. Is it coincidence? Or is it inevitable? collected some hair from my friends and used them in my artwork to symbolize the uniqueness of everybody.

Artist bio Participated exhibitions: 2011, Memories of King Kowloon, Hong Kong 2011, Reproduction Exhibition, Hong Kong 2010, Rotten Exhibition, Hong Kong Statement: I am still exploring the meaning of Art by creating various artworks. Though creation, my aim of exploration is not only Art, but also myself. This process is the most beautiful thing which I am recently experiencing.

Artist: Wong Hiu Fung, Apple Title: Leaving Medium: Installation art (Bottle, Rosemary, Stone) Size: 29 cm (h) x 8 cm (l) x 7.5 cm (w)

Art description The odour of nature is the memory which can never be expelled. Ten years passed, I put a stone, which I collected a decade ago, with the air and scenery of my homeland, and sealed them into this wine bottle. I wish the memory can be as mellow as wine. Leaving is for coming back.

Artist bio Participated exhibitions: 2011, Memories of King Kowloon, Hong Kong 2011, Reproduction Exhibition, Hong Kong 2010, Rotten Exhibition, Hong Kong Statement: I am still exploring the meaning of Art by creating various artworks. Though creation, my aim of exploration is not only Art, but also myself. This process is the most beautiful thing which I am recently experiencing.

Artist: Lau Yin Kan Title: Marketing Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 70 x 55 cm

Art description This painting is about the sad but practical truth of the business and marketing world. Apple being one of the biggest players in the technology industry, has great influence with the growth of technology research and development. However, the marketing tactics and how products are brought into the society really takes advantage of different human psychological conditions. These conditions include materialism and never ending desires. This painting is a scenario where if scientists and researchers were to invent a functional time machine, the purpose of it would to be able to promote and sell the iPhone.

Artist bio Lau Yin Kan is now a Fine Art undergraduate students at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He plans to pursue in the art industry with his western painting passion. His paintings are realistic but adds a twist of fantasy to help straighten and portray current societal issues.

Artist: Tanya Bennett Title: McQueen DorisMedium: Watercolour and Ink on Watercolour PaperSize: 120 (h) x 80 (w) cm

Art description Not Provided

Artist bio Hong Kong-based artist Tanya Bennett makes fashion and fine art into ideal bedfellows through her edgy-chic paintings, multimedia installations and high profile commercial projects. Combining her background in fashion illustration and digital imagery with an extensive historical knowledge of and firsthand experience in fashion, the UK-born artist has successfully created her own brand of couture art. A prominent figure in the local art scene, Bennett is perhaps best known for her sensual series of Doris portraits that are inspired by today's runway models and the industry's obsession with perfection. In addition to having a loyal following of elite corporate and private clients, she has exhibited work in various galleries and high-end clothing boutiques. Tanya studied fashion illustration at The Scottish School of Textiles.

Artist: Wong Xiang Yi Title: “Longing for romance" Medium: Ink on paper Size: 37.5x50cm, 50x66cm, 50x125cm

Art description Artist tries to present a sub-culture "YAOI"(a type of comic which describe a love story between two boys; different from model of gay) in her art pieces. She found that most of the consumers/ girls would like to gain love/sex satisfaction through "YAOI" but not man and women's. She got the "YAOI" readers feedback that they're feeling safe in "YAOI" more than in man and women's model. Artist calls in question about the position between two genders in young generation.

Artist bio Prize from "Friends of Arts Museum". 2008 Prize from "Hong Kong Chinese Meticulous Painting Associoation Creative Award". 2009 Prize from "Grotto Fine Art Award" 2010

Artist: Wong Xiang Yi Title: "You'd be the best mistake I ever made" Medium: Ink on paper Size: 156cm x 110cm

Art description Artist tries to present a sub-culture "YAOI"(a type of comic which describe a love story between two boys; different from model of gay) in her art pieces. She use traditional medium of chinese painting to present pleasure atmosphere but fresh content in her piece.

Artist bio Prize from "Friends of Arts Museum". 2008 Prize from "Hong Kong Chinese Meticulous Painting Associoation Creative Award". 2009 Prize from "Grotto Fine Art Award" 2010

Artist: Poon Kan Chi Title: a pot of flower Medium: Mixed medium, Ink on paper Size: 8 X8 inches

Art description The line between each space is telling how the things form and exits.

Artist bio Poon kan chi is a graduate of Hong Kong Art School with the best academic award in Visual Art and received The Best Experimental Short Film Award in 2008. She also studied Applied and Media Arts in Hong Kong Polytechnic University Community College. Her short film "Love is Blind" was selected for The 2nd Hong Kong Mobile Film Festival in 2009. She uses hand-held camera techniques and other portable equipment to capture everyday images of life in Hong Kong. She is currently embarking on a new project that explores and integrates western scientific research method with the theme of "change" which is based on traditional Chinese philosophy.

Artist: Solomon T. YU Title: Point of Encounter - Schoolgirls, Little Monk Medium: Oil on Canvas, two panels Size: Each panel 27x36cm (with frame 29x38cm)

Art description By superimposing a figure between the background and the viewer, i.e. you, I invite viewer to be a witness to a frozen moment of an event that happens inside the framed universe. It is on the surface of the picture that different realities encounter each other.

Artist bio Born in HK, Solomon obtained his 1st degree in Clothing in the UK, his BA in Fine Arts in RMIT, and is about to finish his MAFA with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Solomon's works put viewers into a state of negotiation amongst the realms of visual, sign, reality and representation. He concerns about the ways we construct, perceive, deny and defend facts and values, identities and realities, and in extension, truths. Primarily a painter, Solomon uses a wide range of materials as references that include historical archives, traditional press, new media journalism, social networking websites, marketing collaterals, everyday snapshots, and even porn.

Artist: Solomon T. YU Title: Contemporary Relevant Medium: Oil on cropped newspaper Size: Diameter 32cm (with frame 41x41cm)

Art description As a piece of record of history - the news daily - also carries other domestic functions. It physically enters our mundane life and exits dutifully. It is common practice in HK to line the birdcage with newspaper and change it daily. Here, I use such non-discriminatory cropping to provide the bases for new narratives, new insights and unlimited possibilities.


Artist: Solomon T. YU Title: Re-Skill to a New Life Medium: Oil on cropped newspaper Size: Diameter 32cm (with frame 41x41cm)

Art description As a piece of record of history - the news daily - also carries other domestic functions. It physically enters our mundane life and exits dutifully. It is common practice in HK to line the birdcage with newspaper and change it daily. Here, I use such non-discriminatory cropping to provide the bases for new narratives, new insights and unlimited possibilities.


Artist: Cheung Wai Man Title: The First Water Medium: Ink and colour on paper Size: 84cm x 51cm

Art description Sam, the koala was sipping water from a bottle offered by a firefighter in Australia 's deadly wildfires in February, 2009. The firefighter said, "It was amazing; he turned around, sat on his bum and sort of looked at me ... like, put me out of my misery". .

Artist bio Eunice CHEUNG Wai Man was born in 1986 and studied the Master of Fine Art program in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. As Cheung loves the nature, the beauty of nature and the loveliness of animals have always been the theme of her work. Feeling that environmental protection is becoming more important, Cheung would like to share her idea of protecting animals and environment through Chinese gongbi (fine-brush) Painting. Her first solo exhibition is "Man in Beijing". Her work is selected in the exhibition of the "Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009" and some became private collections.

Artist: Lee Kai ChungTitle: The Lost Roads no.14 Medium: Pigment print Size: 150 x 98 cm

Art description A road / passage is defined by the daily behavior and habit of human being, on the other hand, the human existence transcends the merely geographic location and transforms it from "place" into "space". Michel de Certeau first creates the term "Narrative action", which relates to the human behavior that can generate stories. He claims that is a practice of organizing and developing space effectively, in the sense that it rephrases the "place" in a particular time frame and makes it relational. In the past thirty years, the Hong Kong government has been pruning over 300 roads in the record of Highways department, the official reason is large scale construction projects, including domestic housing and commercial buildings. The post-colonial city planning forces the "space" to push away history, as a result, stories are lost, and consequently human behavior is restrained by the stereotype of metropolitan city. "The Lost Roads" is a series of photographs, in which I document the lost roads sites, and present the relationship between the missing and existing stories. The non-durable quality of the photographs enhances the idea of this piece as a city monument.

Artist bio Born and raised in Hong Kong, Lee was graduated in BA Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is fascinated by the relationship of time, space and human beings. His recent photography project, The Lost Roads, is about the physical, social and contextual transformation of space, and he further investigate how local inhabitants react to the gradual change of the post-colonial government policy. The sequence of his project work involves scrupulous planning, research and execution, and yet he does not reject randomness and chance encounter throughout the art making process. He is currently working on mockumentary project, Unwelcome Visitors, which is about the history of his home and some unseen visitors that he has been living with him since he was born.

Artist: Lai Wai Lam Title: Three Long and Two Short Medium: Acrylic, chinese ink on canvasSize: 100 X 70 cm

Art description "Three Long and Two Short" is actually a direct English translation of a Chinese idiom which means "accident". In the picture, five animals are painted honestly in a realistic style which is combined by Chinese delineative painting and western painting skill where with a contrast of three beasts (strength) and two innocent animals(weakness). It is to think about what if or if two different cultures or simply languages can talk at the same time as the title of the painting, to a person who does not understand this idiom, can only be a visual image. A plain white color applied on the background is a kind of space left for one's imagination which is actually one of the Chinese philosophy.

Artist bio I am a normal person just interested in drawing. I enjoy doing Chinese and western art which bring me to a peaceful place where I have unlimited time to think about life and to talk to nature. I always dream to live and play with wild animals while somehow I think human is foolish. The world of art let me breathe freely and think deeper, that is why I am living in it.

Artist: Tai Iat KuanTitle: Seasoning Medium: Oil, Acrylic and mixed medium Size: 90cm x 60cm

Art description There are many things I try to do in my works - ranging from depicting life to exploring ways of presenting my inner ideologies of arts. I also want to reflect events surrounding me through art. Painting, sculpture... are medium I deploy to present my daily observation based on my intuition. Bright colors and geometric patterns are simple and direct expression thoughts and feelings with experiment artistic elements. Attempt to guide the audience through the works to understand the hidden meaning. Seasoning: Balance, harmony, running.relationship with which other. The seasoning is improving the food more delicious. Is it necessary? Make it reconcile starting from love.

Artist bio Education 2009-2011 MA in Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2006 BA in Fine Arts (Painting), RMIT University, Australia 2003 Diploma in Fine Arts, The Hong Kong Art School 2001 Certificate in Western Art, School of Continuing and Professional Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong Selected Group Exhibitions & Solo Exhibition 2011 Fotanian Open Studio, Hong Kong 2010 art n connectors, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong 2009 Oasis-Mirage, Hong Kong International Sculpture Symposium, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Kowloon, Hong Kong 2009 Invitational Exhibition for Young Artists, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Hong Kong 2007 Reconstructing the Exit - Solo exhibition of Amy Tai Iat-Kuan, Murmur Gallery centre, Hong Kong. 2006 Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Competition Exhibitions, Hong Kong 2005 RMIT University Exhibition for Painting Graduates, Melbourne, Australia Collections Private collections in Australia and Hong Kong

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