Contemporary by Angela Li is pleased to present the July 2024 Group Show, showcasing a range of works by 8 artists –Chan King Long, Cami Hui, Fatina Kong, Agnes, Leung Po Ying, Kwong Man Chun, Ng Chung, Hazel, Wong Mei Yin, and Wong Sze Wai. This exhibition showcases a plethora of works that have undergone the workings of various media, creative processes and techniques, presenting different understandings and portrayals of the creative process of each artist. The July 2024 Group Show remains on view from 4th July - 10th August, 2024.
Chan King Long, Ken received an Associate of Visual Arts from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018, and a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) degree from the joint programme by RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School in 2021. Chan’s works respond to themes such as history, social phenomena, living status, global miseries, and personal experiences. Chan exposes and brings forth the different approaches to perceiving these topics and their various states of existence. In his words: “The paintings portray the subconscious, but simultaneously they are just as realistic.”
Chan has participated in multiple group exhibitions in Hong Kong and Guangdong. His works have been shown in institutes such as Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1a Space, JCCAC and Zhongshan Museum of Art. Selected exhibitions include: “Confluences of Voices”, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023; “Young Man Rhapsody”, Hong Kong, 2023; “Bon Voyage”, 1a Space, Hong Kong, 2023 “Colours Come with Thoughts”, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2022; “Anything Anywhere”, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, 2022; and “Again. See”, Zhongshan Museum of Art China, 2018. He was the recipient of the Dean’s List Award (2021), Boon Lee Award (2021/22) and 1a Space Award (2021/22).
Hui Wan Yu, Cami graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022. Hui’s practice is based in painting, while most of her works' stem from the sentimentality in daily life. She constructs an isolated, surreal and personal domain, whilst imagery taken from quotidian encounters, special events, history and imagination acts as its pillars. Hui views this as a form of emotional expression and documentation, which also enables her to explore the relationship between individuals and collective emotion.
Fatina Kong’s works incorporate the idea of lives and events in endless cycles. She has been exploring the relationship between nature and human society and has built a unique perspective on the cycle of life. She wrote, “things are always changing and goes around in circles”. Her works therefore usually come in round forms, implying the cycle of birth and death. The buildings, crystals, stones and plants in her artwork are also presented in a way to express their interdependent relationship.
Fatina Kong graduated from the Academy of Visual Art, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2015. After receiving her art degree, she keeps exploring ways to combine Chinese painting with Western media. In 2018, Kong went to Xining, China to further study painting; and in the same year, she also participated in an artist residency program in Japan, which she found resonance in the Eastern painting more than ever. Inspired by the recordings and images from her daily life, her works give shape to a new landscape that merges memories and fantasy. On top of ink and Chinese pigment as painting media, she adds new layers to her works by using materials such as resin and acrylic board, to create a unique temperament that echoes with the traditional Chinese aesthetic. She has been exhibited in Hong Kong, China and Japan.
Kwong Man Chun graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2013. Distilling his studies of Chinese aesthetics, Kwong Man Chun found his own artistic language that fuses various elements of perspective, ambience, mirroring and weather as his devices to examine metaphysical issues in his works. Kwong had also been to Hokkaido and Beijing to participate in artist in residency programmes. He is also active in participating in different art projects, including Art is on Cow Project (FilmAid Asia, Hong Kong, 2017), Art Bridge Project (Hotel Stage, Hong Kong, 2015). His works have also been featured in exhibitions held by various art institutions, including, "Moonlit Dancing" (Contemporary by Angela Li, 2023), "Dear Me", (Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, 2022), 藝象萬千 - 渝港青年藝術交流展 (Chongqing Art Gallery, Chongqing, 2020), F.F. (Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, 2018), "The Aerial Actor" (Wave Farm, New York, 2018), 6 Hong Kong Artists (Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, 2018), Journey (Sagra Gallery, Melbourne, 2017) etc. In 2009, Kwong was also nominated in the second-round selection of Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award.
Ng Chung was born in Hainan, China in 1963. He graduated from a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Printmaking Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1992 and migrated to Hong Kong after graduating. Ng taught as an Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University in 2006 and taught as a Visiting Professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. His works have been widely exhibited in Hong Kong, China, Taipei, Japan, and Netherlands. His works are collected by China Museum of Art (Beijing, China), Guangzhou Museum of Art (Guangzhou, China), The Hong Kong Heritage Museum (Hong Kong, China) and other private collections.
Wong Mei Yin, Hazel was born and raised in Hong Kong. She currently lives in Sapporo, Japan. She graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU in 2015. Her works include paintings and independent publications, focusing on exploring her fantasies and feelings about living in a modern metropolis. She seeks out ordinary yet unforgettable moments in life and narrates them as stories or sequences of events. She founded otto in 2017, publishing zines and printed matters. Her works have been featured in art exhibitions and art book fairs in Hong Kong and overseas.
Wong Sze Wai was born and raised in Hong Kong. She graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2013 and Master of Fine Arts in 2020. She went to Shangri-la for further her studies in 2016 and participated in an artist residency in Bulgaria in 2018. Wong’s work focus on the relationship between memory and imagination. Through using various daily objects found locally, such as blue and white tarpaulin, discarded fences, bricks and plastic chairs, are seen scattered around in the painting. They represent the past of human activities as well as the passing of time. Inspired by ancient mural art and Western painting masters, Wong uses mineral pigments, clay and other materials, adding onto the canvases layer by layer. The textures spawned from the dried clay magnify the paintings’ relationships of space and time that lead viewers to explore in a further dimension.
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