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Department Of Fine Arts, Chinese University Of Hong Kong
The Department of Fine Arts of the Faculty of Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, was founded in 1957 as part of New Asia College. History The department was founded in 1957 within New Asia College. It initially offered a two-year study programme. One of the founding professors was Chen Shih Wen, who trained at several art schools in France and had previously taught in Shanghai. The two-year fine arts training programme was expanded to a four-year programme in 1959. Students were required to take courses in Chinese history and literature, as the curriculum emphasized the close relationship between these subjects and Chinese art. In 1963, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was founded, consisting of three existing Chinese-language post-secondary colleges, namely: New Asia College, United College, and Chung Chi College. In 1973, New Asia College moved from Farm Road in Kowloon to its newly built campus at CUHK, where it remains today. The Cheng Ming Building was built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public University
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 AD as a madrasa; it formally became a public university in 1961 and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the world. In the 20th century, Egypt opened many other public universities with government-subsidized tuition fees, including Cairo University in 1908, Alexandria University in 1912, Assiut University in 1928, Ain Shams University in 1957, Helwan University in 1959, Beni-Suef University in 1963, Zagazig University in 1974, Benha University in 1976, and Suez Canal University in 1989. Kenya In Kenya, the Ministry of Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leung Po Shan
Leung Po Shan (Anthony, ) is a Hong Kong artist specialized in installation and performance art. She worked as curator, editor and art critic. She was born 1974 in Hong Kong. Leung graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in Fine Arts and pursued a Masters of Philosophy degree there. She studied at the University of Leeds on a Hong Kong Arts Development Council Scholarship. Playing with images, texts and body in theater, performance and installation, she has been involved in many major exhibitions, both locally and internationally. Education During her adolescence, Leung studied at St. Catharine's School for Girls. She recalled that the headmistress A head master, head instructor, bureaucrat, headmistress, head, chancellor, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school. In som ... encouraged students to be independent, although they tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Ching Chin Wai
Luke Ching Chin Wai (; born 1972) is a conceptual artist and labour activist from Hong Kong. His artistic practice twists the role of the artist and observer and has created works which, with a mix of humour, respond to the cultural and political collisions in Hong Kong. He studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and graduated with an MA in Fine Art in 1998. He has participated in exhibitions and residencies worldwide. Artistic practice Ching's works range from photography, sculpture and video to social intervention, often made as a spontaneous response to his surroundings. His artistic practices are based upon his belief in agency and responsibility of the artist for social purposes. Since 2007 in his ongoing project ''undercover worker'', he has worked in different low paid jobs in Hong Kong to experience their working environments and make first-hand observations of working conditions. He used his project to visualize problems hidden within Hong Kong and connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Yuk Keung
Chan Yuk Keung (also known as Kurt) (陳育強) (1959-) is a Hong Kong artist. Chan Yuk Keung was born in 1959. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1983. Later, he completed his Master of Fine Art in painting at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, United States. Chan started teaching in the Department of Fine Arts at Chinese University, lecturing on Western media design. He was the course leader of the Master of Fine Arts program there. Chan has participated in over 80 exhibitions, including the 51st Venice Biennial and the 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial. His research interests are Hong Kong's local art, mixed media art, and public art. He was the editor of the ''Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook'' since 2000, the art governor of City Art Square, and also the advisor of the Asia Art Archive. Achievements * First Prize of Public Art Scheme Competition (Tai Po Central Town Square) (1999) * Second Prize of NORD/LB Art for Expo Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Hoi Lam
Au Hoi Lam (; born 1978 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese painter. She has won several awards including the Nokia Arts Awards (2000) and the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2013 – Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts). Biography Born and raised in Hong Kong, Au earned a Bachelor of Arts (2001) and a Master of Philosophy (2009) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2004 she debuted her catalogue ''Au Hoi Lam Painting Journal'', as well as establishing her studio ''Tone Quarters'' in Fo Tan. She established studio ''Qiáng'' also in Fo Tan in 2010, with artists Tsang Chui-‐mei, AMA & Vivian Poon. She is a part-time lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Art Au's first solo exhibition was in November 1999 when she presented paintings at Shaw College. She has held numerous solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and at MoCA, Shanghai where she was selected to exhibit in ''Reversing Horizons'', where emerging contemporary artists reflected on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zunzi
Wong Kei-kwan (, born 1955), better known by his pen name Zunzi (), is a political cartoonist living in Hong Kong. Zunzi has been called "the territory's most prominent political cartoonist"; he has depicted Jiang Zemin, Liu Xiaobo and Xi Jinping. Zunzi has held international exhibitions in places like Toronto and Vancouver. The Zunzi page at the Hong Kong Art Archive contains 16 works. Biography Zunzi studied Fine Arts in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He started to publish cartoons in newspapers and magazines in the late 1970s. Zunzi has been working since 1980 for the ''Ming Pao Daily News ''Ming Pao'' () is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, ''Ming Pao'' established four overseas branches in North America; each provides independent reporting on local news and colle ...'', where he was given a daily column for his satirical political cartoons. He has worked as a staff writer. Prior to 2002, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarisse Yeung
Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying (; born 14 November 1986) is a Hong Kong politician. She is a former chairwoman of the Wan Chai District Council, representing Tai Hang. Biography Yeung is a graduate of fine arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a holder of a master's degree in visual arts from the Hong Kong Baptist University. She was a part-time post-secondary institute lecturer specialising in arts, culture and policy research. Yeung first stepped in politics when she joined the failed campaign of local artist Chow Chun-fai in the 2012 Legislative Council election in Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication functional constituency. Subsequently, they established the Hong Kong Culture Monitor, publishing studies and articles regarding local cultural policy and development. During the 2014 Hong Kong protests, Yeung called for the setting up of the Umbrella Movement Visual Archive to gather art installations, photographs and other artworks related to the movement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Xiang Yi
Wong Xiang Yi is an artist from Malaysia, born in 1987. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), finishing her bachelor's degree of art in the Fine Arts Department in 2010. In 2016, she completed her master's degree of Fine Arts, majoring in Chinese Ink Painting, in Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA). She is notable for her artwork related to "Boy's Love" (BL). Due to the Influence by the Japanese comics " BL", Wong expresses her dissatisfaction on the current society's gender differentiation system with her brushes, showing the desire for Utopian love. Wong's artwork are published and appreciated in numerous exhibitions, held in Hong Kong, Taipei and London respectively. With her distinctive style and perspectives, Wong also gains the recognition by the industry and wins significant awards. Background Wong Xiang Yi was born in Malaysia but instead, she studied and grew up in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Therefore, she is deeply affected by differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Wai Yin
Doris Wong Wai Yin (born in 1981), is a Hong Kong born artist, working with various types of media such as paintings, sculpture, collages, installations, videos and photography. Through her works, she explores her internal conflicts, raising and answering questions about her journey of motherhood, fears, and struggle with self-doubt. Background Born in Hong Kong in 1981, Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004, and a Master in Fine Arts from the University of Leeds in 2005. She worked as a project assistant in Asia Art Archive in 2009 on documentation and website project named "Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990". She returned to Asia Art Archive as an artist-in-residence from late 2010 to mid 2011. She was also the Founder of the Observation Society in Guangzhou. She now teaches as a part-time lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Chi Hang Sara
Wong Chi Hang Sara (; born 1968) is a Hong Kong-based visual artist and landscape architect. Wong graduated with a BA degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1992 and an MA in Landscape Architecture from the University of Hong Kong. Wong was born in Hong Kong. She was one of the founding members of Para Site, a Hong Kong gallery and organisation dedicated to contemporary art forms which opened in 1996. She is part of thFotanian artists studio communityat Fo Tan in Hong Kong. Her work brings together the fields of architecture and art, addressing the ways people move through spaces by creating large sculptural forms. Wong works alone and collaboratively with artists including as Leung Chi Wo Warren on socially engaged art projects such aCity Cookie (1999-2003) Wong's exhibitions include: Shanghai Biennale (2000), 50th Venice Biennale (2001), Gwangju (2002). Public collections *Kardist Art Foundation *Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong, China Awards *Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Wan
Annie Wan Lai-kuen ( zh, 尹麗娟, labels=no; born 1961) is a Hong Kong contemporary artist known for her ceramics works. Life Wan was born in 1961 in Hong Kong. In 1982 she received a Diploma in Design from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, followed by a BA in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996. In 1999 she earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Exhibitions Solo exhibitions * 2013 “Text · Book”, 1a Space, Hong Kong * 2003 “Moulding World – Ceramic World by Annie Wan”, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong * 2005 “Moulding World – A Summer in Denmark”, the Habitus, Hong Kong * 2001 “Rediscovery”, the First Institute of Art and Design Gallery, Hong Kong * 2000 “Blue and White”, Gallerie Martini, Hong Kong * 1999 “Longing and Rediscovery, Hui Gallery, CUHK * 1998 “Ceramic Works by Wan Lai Kuen”, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong Collections Wan's work is included in the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Tse
Sara Tse (Tse Suk Ting, ; born 1974) is a Hong Kong visual artist. She uses porcelain as her medium of expression. She transforms common objects into porcelain, clay and reconstructs forgotten experiences. She is the chairperson of the Hong Kong Ceramics Association. Education Sare Tse graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a major in Fine Arts. She received her MFA degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. Works and exhibitions Her works have been shown in many solo and group exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid, Queensland and Melbourne since 1995. The venues include Queensland Art Gallery, Hong Kong Museum of Art (2003, 2010–2011) and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (2009). Awards She was the award winner of the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition in 2003 and she also won the Ceramic Award from The Friends of the Pottery Workshop in 1998. She received a number of grants including "Fond Des Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
