My lifelong passion in art could be dated back to the sixties, when I was taking private classes by local artists including Ng Po-wan (1965-1970), and afterwards, Chen Hok-shu (1971-1973), who cultivated my interest in traditional Western art and equipped me with a store of painting techniques. After graduating at the University of Hong Kong in 1972, I served as a social worker, and later, administrator in the Hong Kong government for two decades.
Despite a long departure from the art world, art always has a place in my heart. It was, however, not until 1991, after immigrating to the United States, that I resumed my artistic endeavour. I pursue my studies in Studio Art at the University of California, Irvine, which gave me an opportunity to explore new dimensions and experiment with multi-media techniques. Exposure to contemporary visual art in the west has fine-tuned my perception, and expanded my visual horizons. Throughout the years, my style has evolved from realism to minimalism to conceptualism, and now, to abstract expressionism. No matter how far I go there is a colorful edge pertaining to my works, expressed in a kaleidoscope of forms and thoughtful compositions.
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2021 |
Broken |
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2020 |
Still lives Fragments |
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2019 |
Flights |
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2018 |
Somewhere |
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2017 |
Expression |
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2016 |
Memories of Cloud |
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2014-2015 |
Corks and bottles |
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2013 |
Miniatures |
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2011 - 2012 |
No Subject
My City 2012 |
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2010 - 2011 |
Bondage |
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2008 |
Assemblage |
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2007 |
Ellipses… |
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My City 2007 |
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2006 |
Unbottled
An inebriate depiction of the city |
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2003 - 2004 |
Crooked metal: 'Blue Nude' deconstructed
A deconstruction of Tom Wesselmann's Blue Nude. |
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2002 |
Untitled
Diptychs: juxtaposition of two similar images with different disposition |
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2000 - 2001 |
My City
Description of Hong Kong's turmoil in recent years through the eyes of a returning immigrant. |
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1998 - 1999 |
Double Boiler
A metaphor of an immigrant's experience in the United States. |
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1997 |
Boxes filled with colors
A self portrait: depicting oneself as an open box, filled with the colors of life. |
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Group Exhibition
October 5 – 27 2012 |
Nina Torres Fine Art Florida |
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September 1-2 2012 |
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hong Kong
My City 2012 |
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January 15-16 2011 |
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hong Kong |
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June 19 – Sept 5 2010 |
Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art USA |
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October 5 – 14 2004 |
Lemon Project at Tai Koo Place Hong Kong |
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January 10 - Feb 8 2004 |
Gallery at Searanch Hong Kong |
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April 18 – 30 1999 |
Galerie Lindenberg 529 West 20th Street 5/F New York |
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April 3 – 24 1999 |
Galerie Gora 460 Ste. Catherine Quest Montreal Qc Canada |
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April 3 – 24 1999 |
Galerie Gora 460 Ste. Catherine Quest Montreal Qc Canada |
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Solo Exhibition
Sept 22 – Oct 4 2004 |
Economist Gallery, Fringe, 2 Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong |
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October 24 – 28 2003 |
Foyer exhibition area, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui,
Hong Kong
My City 2012 |
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Sept 22 – Oct 4 2001 |
Fringe Gallery Fringe Club 2 Lower Albert Road Hong Kong |
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