Solely organised and presented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC), Collect Hong Kong 2025 will be held from 22 March to 4 April 2025 at the Pao Galleries and Jockey Club Atrium in the Hong Kong Arts Centre. This flagship event is supported by the Hong Kong Art School (HKAS), the new team of the HKAS Alumni Networks Committee, and other invited art institutions and art galleries.

Building upon the success of the Collectible Art Fair in 2023, Collect Hong Kong has been created to support the burgeoning wave of artistic talent and heighten mass appreciation for the work of local artists. This biennial event showcases innovative art in diverse media to highlight the creative breadth of students and alumni from invited art institutions and provide a platform for artists, galleries, and art enthusiasts to connect and collaborate. Overseeing the artwork selection process will be an independent curator and a jury panel.

With Collect Hong Kong’s unprecedented championing of homegrown virtuosity, visitors will enjoy an enriching and truly unparalleled art experience. The event will feature works from emerging talents to established artists, catering to the diverse interests of art collectors and enthusiasts.

Venue address: Pao Galleries and Jockey Club Atrium, Hong Kong Arts Centre 

The artworks selected for this exhibition reflect the complexities and nuances of living in the present. They navigate themes of identity, technology, environment, and social change, offering both intimate and expansive views of contemporary life. Each piece serves as a testament to the artists' engagement with the world around them, capturing moments of beauty, tension, and transformation.

As you move through the exhibition, you will encounter a range of media, including painting, sculpture, digital art, and installations. These works not only represent the physical and conceptual landscapes of our time but also challenge us to reconsider our place within them. The immediacy of the present moment is juxtaposed with the enduring impact of our actions and choices, prompting reflection on the temporal and the timeless.

Gallery address: 4/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Unpacking is a group exhibition featuring artworks by Melbourne-based artists Judy Kong, Kelly So, Cheryl Liu and Wise Yeung. The multimedia exhibition showcases video installation, sculpture and ceramics. This introspective exhibition reflects on the migrating identity of Hong Kongers living in Australia. As the Hong Kong population in Hong Hong risen rapidly in recent years, the four artists utilise their unique position in history to portray an outsider perspective on the state of becoming.  

Traveling artists carry items of baggage on the road. Whenever they encounter something inspiring, they stop and unload. Artists always open their senses. They are always ready to be moved, especially in a foreign place. When they arrive at a fertile soil that allows creativities to grow, they may pause their journey and set up a site for art creation.  Waltzing Matilda, one of the most famous Australian Poems, mirrors the situations of the four artists in Unpacking.  Similarly, they are travelers with great expectations.

Venue address: 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai,

Organised by the Japan Foundation and co-presented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre and the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong, the latest touring exhibition, Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan, invites the public on an exploration of Japan's yokai and its mysterious culture. From traditional picture scrolls and nishiki-e to everyday toys and films, immerse yourself in the fascinating world of yokai and encounter the supernatural imagination of ancient Japan.

Curated by Mr. Yumoto Kōichi, Director Emeritus of the Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yokai Museum, the exhibition unveils the journey of yokai culture from the Edo period to the present day. Witness the transformation of yokai from fearful entities to charming and friendly presences, celebrated in Japan's traditional summer ghost stories. 

Through exploring the dissemination and inheritance of yokai culture, from the mysterious Night Parade of One Hundred Demons to the vibrant world of yokai depicted in woodblock prints. Discover the unexpected connection between yokai and traditional Japanese games, emphasising their integration into daily life and the diversity and creativity of the yokai artwork.

Venue address: Pao Galleries, 4/F & 5/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre 

Vroom Vroom encapsulates a driving technique that intricately orchestrates the manipulation of vehicular or mechanical apparatus, deftly navigating the delicate balance between regulated order and spontaneous tumult. In the transitional space of HKAC Diana Cheung Experimental Gallery, Dave Chow revolved around a nuanced interplay of control and chaos as the subject-matter for his first solo exhibition, exploring sculptural language of monumental- sized sculptures made with composite materials, as it pertains to the paradoxical coexistence of speed and power, alongside fragility and peril.

Drawing a parallel to the experience of flying at near-light speeds in the cosmos, as scientists simulate the momentary vistas that swiftly expand and dissolve into an abyss of infinite darkness, the exhibition space, delineated a a dimly lit corridor composed predominantly of rubber materials, sets ablaze by the compelling escape of light from low-intensity reflective surfaces. 

Venue: Diana Cheung Experimental Gallery, 3/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

Closer Together reflects on the 25-year cross-cultural relationship between the Hong Kong Art School and RMIT’s School of Art. This is proudly one of their longest running transnational educational partnerships, an on-going relationship that has grown a community through the exchange of artistic, creative and material knowledge.

Artists: Kay Mei Ling Beadman | Movana Chen | Ryan Christopher Cheng | Kris Coad | Carolyn Eskdale | Daphne Alexis Ho | Jaffa Lam Laam | Ivy Ma King Chu | Sally Mannall | Drew Pettifer | Kate Siu Man Kit | Scotty So | Tang Kwong San  | Fiona Wong Lai Ching | June Wong Siu Ling

Curators: Shirky Chan | Rachel Cheung | Tammy Wong Hulbert

Please check the website for whole programme

Opening: 5 Jan 2024 (FRI) 6:30pm

Venue address: Hong Kong Arts Centre, 4-5/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

“Through Boredom Into Fascination” takes inspiration from American photographer, Diane Arbus, who would never choose a subject for what it means to her or what she thinks about it. She believes these things begin to unfold if we just plain choose a subject and do it enough. This echoes Pak Sui Chi’s ceramic learning experience in which understanding of porcelain as a material, or “subject” in Arbus’s term, can only be achieved through repetitive work that seems boring. To her, it is also way to understand and perceive life itself.

The exhibition challenges the age-old assumptions related to the creation of art. It sparks a confrontation between the long-held belief that art is an intellectual activity, driven by conscious thought and deliberate action, and the contrasting perspective that art blossoms out of monotony, like a meditative practice, where the constant drum of repetition slowly peels back layers of understanding. It calls into question the very nature of art-making, opening up new dimensions of understanding and perception.

Venue address: The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

In the timeless verses of the 'Three Character Classic' where ancient wisdom resides, echoes the profound truth: 'Diligence has its reward; play has no advantages.' In the context of contemporary ink painting, both diligence and playfulness seem to be embraced as virtuous attitudes.

Through the repetitive strokes that outline and the vibrant hues that infuse, the practice transcends mere brushwork, refining not only physical prowess but also the spirit. The learning concept of traditional calligraphy and painting, rooted in the practice of character writing, guides the development of a solid foundation in brush and ink. Meanwhile, the characteristics of the materials, through repeated contemplation and exploration, give rise to a distinctive aesthetic of ink painting. Playfulness, emphasising the joy and fulfilment brought forth by artistic creation, indeed serves as a driving force that propels the practice. On one hand, playfulness can loosen the grip of established artistic concepts with a light-hearted touch. By setting aside conventional practices and freely exploring, highly experimental endeavours can emerge.

This exhibition invites a group of emerging young artists from Hong Kong to showcase their unique perspectives on ink art, encompassing various mediums and forms. Amidst their diligent efforts and playful brushwork, they explore the distinctive realm of ink painting shaped by the convergence of local cultures.

Artists: CHAN Long-fung, FUNG Yee-lick, HO Wai-lam, LAU Ching-wa, LEUNG Lai-Man, Rainbow LEUNG, LING Chung-wan, and WONG Shun-yu. Curated by CHAN Sai-lok.

Venue address: 5/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

Co-presented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) and the Hong Kong Art School (HKAS), and organised by the Hong Kong Art School Alumni Network Committee (ANC), “The Collectible Art Fair” will be held from October 22 to November 16, 2023, at the Pao Galleries and the Jockey Club Atrium of HKAC. The conception of The Collectible Art Fair started with the vision of training a new generation of art talent and enhancing public awareness of the art of local artists. After deducting the necessary expenses, all proceeds from the event will be donated to the HKAS to support its development and ongoing commitment to nurturing aspiring students who are passionate about art. Over 200 HKAS alumni and artists will participate in the art fair, showcasing over 300 artworks in diverse media, including painting, ceramics, installation, photography and video, allowing the public to appreciate a variety of unique art creations.

Artists: Over 200 Hong Kong Art School alumni and artists

Venue address: Jockey Club Atrium & Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

Ignis Fatuus – a flickering green light resembling a flame is a natural phenomenon caused by the spontaneous combustion of decaying organic matter, and is found mainly in marshes. Its Latin name directly means Foolish Light.

This has become our description of the city, which in its mercurial state, expends its inner energy, giving off fragments of ever-changing consciousness and illusions.

Artists: LEE Boon Ying | LO Sin Ying (BAFA graduate, Painting major)

Opening reception : 7 Oct 2023 | 4pm – 7pm

Venue address: The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

The Dialogue Bands is a collaborative drawing project between Hong Kong Art School and RMIT School of Art Melbourne students and lecturers. It aims to synthesize a connection around approaches to thinking through making, exploring ideas, and investigating cultural themes.

Twenty students from Hong Kong paired with 20 students from Melbourne have contributed a part each to a composite drawing based upon a shared image prompt. The drawing halves are brought together in correspondence to produce single works shown in this exhibition and at RMIT University, School of Art, Melbourne from March 2024.

Individually students have responded in various 2D media to photographic image strips (42 cm tall and a few centimetres wide) that have been sampled from the cultural environments of Melbourne and Hong Kong.

Students from Melbourne worked from the right edge of the common strip to complete their A3 work on paper whilst students from Hong Kong worked from the left edge to complete theirs. In the process, they negotiated with their collaborating partner to exchange their ideas and interpretations, approaches, mediums, and possibilities. Discussions took place via emails, files, or online shared folders. Some works are seamless and harmonized, while others are contrasting and collagic. All are fascinating and contribute to building a ‘picture’ of the community of students in the BP201 program in Hong Kong and Melbourne.

Curators: LOUISE LEE | CAROLYN ESKDALE
Venue: Jockey Club Atrium, G/F – 4/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

In fact that, most of us were regressing prematurely.

#IA%@324, with two family members afflicted by dementia, was encoded into another spatial fluid. It too experienced memory loss, gradually and unwittingly accepting its compromised position in Earthly life. A guardian of consciousness, the cerebral priest, sampled and reset the damaged portions as the first sequence.

Crawling backward leading one to contemplate whether this disorderly and seemingly purposeless decline is, in truth, a protective adaptation for the survival of a species – an intricacy waiting for the emergence of transformative variations.

Meet the Artist: 28 Aug, 2 Sep, 16 Sep 2023
Venue address: 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

Hong Kong Art School (a division of Hong Kong Arts Centre) and RMIT University are partnering to present the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition 2023 at the Pao Galleries (Hong Kong Arts Centre), from 8 to 24 July 2023, with an opening reception on 7 July (Friday). The exhibition brings together a collection of works from thirty-one graduates, debuting after three years of art exploration. Through diverse mediums including painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, installation and performance art, the artists present their unique perspectives of seeing and different ways of art making.

Titled “遊園終日 Umarell”, the exhibition sets the scene for the artists’ reflection on the objectivity of seeing and art making. The Italian slang “umarell” refers to retirees who spend days watching construction works, offering unwanted advice to the workers. Words do not impede changes to their community, but they persist in expressing themselves with great gusto. On the other hand, the Chinese title “遊園終日” traces back to the ancient literati who roamed around gardens, drinking, mingling, writing poems, expressing their sentiment and ambition despite being overlooked by majority. The context of the English and Chinese titles appears unrelated, but they synchronise and reflect similar situations of the keen observers, and how they respond to changes with genuineness and optimism. In art practice, the act of observing different facets of the social environment activates the collision of transformational ideas. Wandering and seeing engender contemplation and lead to meaningful art pursuits.

Our special gratitude goes to the following sponsors (listed in arbitrary order) for their generous support of the graduate exhibition: 1a space, Art6 Creation, Corporate Press (HK) Limited, Hearty Ceramic Supply Co, Hidden Space, Mooroom, Sinag Art Space, WMA, WURE AREA.

Venue address: 4/F – 5/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

The 23rd Rise and Design brings together the works of this year's Applied and Media Arts graduates and students of Media and Communication Design. Students approach different topics from different perspectives, and use different art media to express their own independent opinions.

Presented by: School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Gallery address: 5/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre , Wan Chai

"Confluence of Voices" exhibition brings together over 20 young Hong Kong artists from diverse backgrounds and genres of art. Through their works, these artists express a wide range of themes, from reflections on life, personal experiences and emotions, to explorations of the city's history and heritage, and responses to social issues. Their art offers audience fresh perspectives on the past, present and future of the city, inspiring curiosity and wonder.

The exhibition showcases a rich variety of artistic expressions, including traditional and experimental painting techniques, multimedia works, installations, and innovative approaches such as the use of unconventional materials to create visual impact and thought- provoking conceptual pieces. The emerging artists featured in the exhibition hope to share their unique perspectives and invite audience to participate in their ideas, exploring different voices in the art world and in life with an open mind.

Participating artists:

Agnes Leung; Angela Yuen; Ann, Ng Yin Lam; Cami, Hui Wan Yu; Cheung Tsz Hin; Cynthia Mak; Dave Chow; Dony, Cheng Hung; Doris Chui; Doris, Wong Wai Yin; Elaine Chiu; Fatina Kong; Hazel Wong; Jeremy Fung; Kazy Chan; Ken,Chan King Long; Kuby, Cheung Tsz Man; Kwong Man Chun; Ling Pui Sze; Lonely Lau; Phoebe Hui; Sharon, Cheung Po Wah; Tang Kwong San; Tsang Chui Mei; Wong Sze Wai; Yuen Nga Chi

Venue address: 4/F, Pao Galeries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

“Lasting Impressions” showcases a work collection by three alumnae of Hong Kong Art School, who graduated from the Fine Art programmes co-presented by the School and RMIT University, Australia. Now they are the lecturers of the School, through this showcase they convey their roles, experiences and creative journey engaged here.

Hong Kong Art School Showcase Series @ Jockey Club Atrium
This series consists of two showcases, which are curated by Subject Coordinators / Lecturers of Hong Kong Art School with specialization correspondingly in the following four major disciplines: Ceramics, Painting, Photography and Sculpture.

The Jockey Club Atrium may be a challenging space for showcasing artworks, however it is exactly this challenge that ignites the interest of the curators. Alumni and students of Hong Kong Art School are invited to make use of this space with their creative thoughts and touches, turning it into a showcasing area full of experimental and inspiring discoveries.

Participating Artists : LEE Pik Wai Louise | Sin Long Yee Stephanie | LO Man Him Virginia
Curator : TSANG Chui Mei

Venue address: Jockey Club Atrium, G/F – 4/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai

Co-presented by Hong Kong Arts Centre, and Hong Kong Art School, and curated by Hong Kong Art School Alumni Network, “The Collectors' Choice Art Exhibition” is open to visitors from 23 March 2023 to 10 April 2023, at 5/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre. This exhibition is curated by Miss Shirky Chan, showcasing more than 30 art pieces created by our alumni artists over the years and collected by 9 renowned collectors in Hong Kong. The exhibition will feature displays of paintings, ceramics, photography, video, and installation.

The art pieces from Hong Kong Art School alumni have achieved recognition in art fairs, museums, and galleries around the world. Veteran collectors and art enthusiasts have held these artists in high regard and their art pieces are much sought after. The collections exhibited are by 23 Hong Kong Art School alumni and are collected by renowned local art collectors, (in alphabetical order ) Dr. KK Chan, Mr. Evan Chow, Mr. TC Chow, Mr. Steven Co, Mr. Peter Lau, Ms. Carol Lee, Mr. Nelson Leong, Living Collection, Dr. Joseph Pang.

In addition to providing a platform for visitors to appreciate the art pieces of our outstanding artists, the exhibition is also a form of affirmation and encouragement for our alumni. Through these works, we are able to jointly develop and promote our alumni in the local and international art world, furthering their achievements globally.

Gallery address: (5/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre) 

“Depicting space with lines
Filling in the blanks with colours”

Featuring the latest paintings, drawings and installation works by alumni LUI Tsz Hei, YU Pui San and YUNG Ka Man who completed our Higher Diploma in Fine Art and Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) programmes, the exhibition “Fill in the Blank” invites audience to explore their thoughts on blank and space.

Artists : LUI Tsz Hei | YU Pui San | YUNG Ka Man

Gallery address: 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

The relationship between the screen and film is always paradoxical. It is a thing that enables us to see a film, but is also something that we normally do not see during the viewing experience. It is an “invisible” medium. The screen functions as a border between the two worlds, the physical / the real and the symbolic / the virtual, constantly reminding the audience what is being displayed on screen is merely a movie and a fantasy.

In the contemporary world, the electronic screens have become a universal interface for everyday life. Social media, being highly image-driven and short clips oriented, has reinforced the screens to serve as the indispensable vehicle of self-construction and self-expression. In this era of the pandemic, the functionality of screens has extended and amplified to an extent that has overflown to conceal its physicality.
In this edition of CINEMA 2.0: Illuminating Vacuum Media Arts Exhibition, with four different artworks, the complex relation of how the screen serves as a medium in the real world is re-examined.

Curator: Ip Yuk-yiu

Featured Artists: Joon Moon (South Korea), Exonemo (Japan), Akinori Goto (Japan)

Gallery address: 5/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

"Memories are motionless, and the more securely they are fixed in space, the sounder they are." Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space.

ifva partners with Goethe-Institut Hongkong to present solo exhibitions for Media Art Category local awardees. This year the two parties will present the solo media arts exhibition "Wend a Way" of Jess Lau, the Gold Awardee of the 27th ifva Media Art Category, which reconstructs the memories of the city and moving bodies through a collection of new and old media artworks. Jess Lau creates moving images through monotonous and repetitive motions to emphasise the relationship between moving images and the motions of bodies. Memories rest in places where stories are unfolded, be it a river, an avenue, a body or even a white wall. Viewers revisit the twisting and chaotic memories through the flowing of images to realise memories are now wending in an unfamiliar gesture, which reshape and reform to connect with the imagined.

Gallery address: 14/F, HKAC, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

The five artists who are studying in our Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) programme, respond to everyday happenings through their works, and combine various senses to create dialogues in the works, thus presenting small but coexisting inner and outer feelings. Use various forms to extend the fleeting moment, so that obscure and valuable things can be seen within.

Artists: HO Check Lam | MAK Sze Kei | SZETO Wing Yin | TANG Ming Wai Renee | TANG Tsz Wai Cheri

Opening: 30 January 2023 (Mon), 6:00pm

Venue address: 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

Luis Chan (1905-1995) is widely regarded as Hong Kong’s pioneer of modern art. Chan was known for his exquisitely-drawn realistic landscape paintings in watercolour at the beginning of Chan’s artistic career, earning a reputation as the ‘King of Watercolour’. Later, Chan’s works were mostly imaginative and colourful, depicting dreamlike scenes with whimsy. Developing his distinct artistic style, Chan transcended any genres of the art and culture. Chan’s works are matched by an equally vibrant personality.
Coinciding with the Hong Kong Arts Centre’s 45th anniversary, this flagship exhibition explores Chan’s art and legacy in a thematic survey that highlights the artist’s perceptive portrayal of daily urban drama and identity, his love of narrative and storytelling, and his uplifting spirit throughout the tumultuous 20th century.
This exhibition is divided into four chapters—'The Artist and the Critic’, ‘Hong Kong Through the Looking Glass’, ‘Luis in Artland’, and ‘Vision is a Many-Splendored Thing’—featuring Chan’s paintings from 1950s to 1980s where different visual expressions can be discovered in different state of creation. The exhibition presents Chan’s kaleidoscopic creative trajectory, inviting the audience to the fantastical stage of Luis Chan.
This exhibition provides an opportunity to enrich extant research on the artist with new archival materials and a long overdue institutional monograph since the artist’s passing.

Venue Adress: 5/F, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

“I think I have opened a door leading to the parallel universe of Victoria Peak on my way of searching.” ~Carol Lee, artist

Victoria Peak is a symbol of Hong Kong, a witness of the city’s history for over a hundred years. Starting from the colonial period, the hill has seen all the ups and downs of the place as we have experienced many changes in the city. However, it is the quiet soil under our feet that has always watched over us. The soil spends days and years here as we do, but it has never changed on the passing of time. For the soil, on one side is a world of physical senses and on the other is a world of intellectual thinking. They are like two parallel universes divided by just a thin line.

“This is the primary soil of Hong Kong. It is always here.” ~A construction site worker

The exhibition traces its origin to a conversation between Carol Lee and a construction site worker at Victoria Peak. Despite all the changes, there is untouched soil in our city. Interested in this fact, Lee wants to relate it to her art. She collected soil from construction sites at different sections of Victoria Peak and studied the colours and characteristics of the soil samples. She tried to find the relationship between soil and land by examining the primary soil using her artistic language. In this exhibition, soil and land have swapped places. The soil buried underground has been transformed into tangible artworks which can be seen, listened to and touched. The stories and history on the land are used as the background concept and presented in an abstract form.

“Going through the process and arriving at the works, I saw a gap in time.” ~Shirky Chan, curator

Lee’s works are often visually minimal and static. She tells her stories in a quiet and restrained way. There is an interesting version about how man is connected with the sky and the land: man stands at the intersection of a vertical line and a horizontal line. The vertical line is light from the sky whereas the horizontal line is the horizon that separates the sky from the land. Lee’s art has always included this “vertical line”. She exposed paper and objects to sunlight, leaving in her works the tracks of light, objects and time. In this new series, in addition to the “vertical line”, she puts her focus on the land. Using the daily life and culture on the “horizontal line” as background, Lee studied the minerals below the line. The vertical line representing sunlight touching the ground, the horizontal line sandwiched between the land surface and underground, and the artist’s own stories are the three elements which form a perfect cross. “Time” again has a crucial role to play in this series. It gives the works a historical perspective, and the timing of digging the soil is an important factor for the works. There is a gap in time between the beginning and conclusion of the series. The world changes rapidly, but things remain unchanged in the alternate one. Lee has turned the known and unknown of the uncertain relationship she discovered in Victoria Peak into her own story.

Opening reception: 9 December (Fri), 5 – 7pm

Venue address: The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

Gay Games Hong Kong invites 24 Hong Kong based and queer artists and presents their works of moments of awakening at Pao Galleries. Exhibition Opening at 6pm, 16 November 2022. Curator’s sharing will be hosted on at 3pm, 19 November (Cantonese) and 20 November 2022. Arts for all; all is welcome.

13 -26 November 2022

Venue address: 4 & 5/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Opening reception: 6pm onwards, 16 November 2022

Curator's Talk: 3pm, 19 Nov (Cantonese); 3pm, 20 Nov (English)

“0”is regarded as the magic number in a mathematical sense. While the number does not have any value in itself, when it is placed after any other number, the value elevates. Besides being a number, “0” is also a symbol that has been used to represent zero as early as the fifth to sixth century. It serves as the boundary between positive and negative values. 

“0 X anything = 0” is a mathematical theorem that is said to be inevitable. A question mark is placed after this formula to serve as the exhibition title, an attempt to respond to our contemporary life, and to reflect on whether common sense is still common. Can new meanings be generated if a mathematical formula is put into question?   

The exhibition is composed of three sections, and in three different works of art, “0” is expressed through the lens of semiotics.  Scientific data collected in town, such as sound waves, map routes, weather forecast and traffic patterns, are re-illustrated and re-represented in the forms of programming and graphic design, sound and installation, and space and moving images respectively.

Venue address: Pao Galleries, 5/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

Here and There: Re-imagining Hong Kong Landscapes explores the accumulated meanings and values attached to Hong Kong landscapes and the intimate relationships and emotive bonds between people, landscapes, artistic geographical imagination, and sense of place. This place-based exhibition invited Ho Yuen Leung, Koon Wai Bong, Lam Tung Pang, Leung Ka Yin Joey, Wong Chun Hei Stephen, and Wong Lai Ching Fiona, to explore six sites, namely, Victoria Peak, Pok Fu Lam, Kowloon Mountain Ranges, Yuen Long, the peripheral islands, and the Hong Kong Island cityscape, that have long been ascribed historical and cultural value and have dominated the travel discourse of Hong Kong since the nineteenth century.

To extend the spatial and temporal dimensions of the artists’ landscape imagination, the curator, Dr. Ting Wing Yan, Vivian built an archive on Hong Kong landscapes and provided the artists with archival research support. Through various mediums and art forms, including ceramic, installation, mixed media, moving image, painting, and sculpture, the artists transformed their landscape perceptions and imaginations into six newly commissioned artworks, which not only reveal the artists’ personal landscape experiences and encounters but also express various relations between the artists and Hong Kong landscapes. The exhibition offers multiple readings of the six sites through different creative approaches adopted by the artists, examining the inextricable bonds between people and place. The artists reinterpret cultural connotations of the landscapes and their significance in our times, inviting audiences to reflect on emotions, memories, and imaginations embodied by the places.

Venue address: 4/F, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Four artists, working on ceramics and painting, associate and reshape the state of everyday things in the context of daily life. By the process of recording and accumulating, they are willing to show their “traces of daily life” through medium and materials.

This series consists of two showcases, which are curated by Subject Coordinators / Lecturers of Hong Kong Art School with specialization correspondingly in the following four major disciplines: Ceramics, Painting, Photography and Sculpture.

The Jockey Club Atrium may be a challenging space for showcasing artworks, however it is exactly this challenge that ignites the interest of the curators. Alumni and students of Hong Kong Art School are invited to make use of this space with their creative thoughts and touches, turning it into a showcasing area full of experimental and inspiring discoveries.

Participating Artists : CHAU Kwan Long | HUNG Chi Kuen Cheryl | LAM Ka Yee Miki | YUNG Chun Kit
Curators : WONG Lai Ching Fiona | TSANG Chui Mei

Venue address: Jockey Club Atrium, G/F – 4/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai

'After something, my eyelids are hard to close every night. My feet wander aimlessly in the city like shuffling songs…'. Where will we go when we set foot on the road on a sleepless night?

Lidless Shuffle is an installation exhibition, exploring a laying low ambience in our secular life. Through a series of interviews and city hunts, we combine videos, texts and ceramics sculptures, creating some imaginary road stories with a few seemingly aimless sleepless people. It is a wish to fabricate a fast and blurred journey to make marks in a time like this.

Epical Chamber is an artist group formed by Leung Ka Man and Ocean Leung in 2018. Their art project focuses on collecting stories through interviews, field study, etc. and using videos, texts, and images to construct narrative poetry of the present, the minuscule and fragmentary. Past exhibitions: Sleepwalkers' Vision (2020), Under The Bridge Art Project: Once Upon A Dragon Interchange (2021), etc.

Gallery address: Diana Cheung Experimental Gallery, 3/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

Since the discovery of the virus at the end of 2019, the name COVID-19 has become a part of our lives. The Delta variant and the latest Omicron virus mutation have caused much distress and our way of life has been rewritten forever with no one unscathed. Unstable conditions, however, are often what most easily inspire the sensitive minds of artists. The six participating artists of the present exhibition, including Cheung Chi Wai, Maria Cheung, Almond Chu, Eric Hu, Ringo Tang, and Vincent Yu, alongside curator Edwin K. Lai, have all used the camera as a tool to respond to the challenging new normal under the volatile pandemic. Their records of the city through different perspectives explore the hopes and possibilities in a post-pandemic Hong Kong.

Gallery address: 5/F, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

HKAS HDFA Student Show 2022 reflects our students’ learning journey of the Higher Diploma in Fine Art programme at Hong Kong Art School in the past academic year. The show presents selected students’ experimental assignments and artworks from their studio practices. It shows how these passionate art explorers engage in and response to the various modules in the disciplines of ceramics, photography, painting and sculpture.

Opening Ceremony: 12 August 2022 (Fri); 6 pm
Artists: Students from the School’s Higher Diploma in Fine Art programme

Venue address: The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai