Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition for the New Year. ‘Defying Boundaries: Female Vision’ highlights and celebrates a selection of female gallery artists, at different career stages and from a wide range of geographies.

Around the globe, women artists are achieving increasing – and long overdue – visibility and recognition for their talent and creative practice. There are far more gallery and museum exhibitions dedicated to female creators than ever before. More work by women is entering museum collections, and their auction prices are rising.

The start of 2025 provides a great opportunity to showcase a small selection of the fantastic female talent at Karin Weber Gallery, all of whom are ‘Defying Boundaries’ through their creations and dedication to their artistic career, often in the face of significant adversity.

Opening Reception: Saturday 18th January 2025, 3-6pm

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce its upcoming exhibition, ‘Palatable Parables’, a focal point for our 25th anniversary celebrations. This milestone not only marks a quarter-century of showcasing innovative art but also highlights our commitment to fostering meaningful dialogue within the local and international community.

‘Palatable Parables’ invites visitors to explore how culinary traditions, rituals, and symbolism are influenced by mythological beliefs and storytelling. From the ritualistic and celebratory use of specific ingredients to the superstitions and tales that have been passed down through generations, food constitutes a vital thread woven through the fabric of our collective imagination.

With a diverse array of artworks, the exhibition highlights the deep-rooted connections between food and the mystical, revealing how these associations influence our lived experiences. Visitors will gain insights into how food not only nourishes, but also reflects cultural identities and shared narratives. Hong Lam Lau’s cake-themed collection of mezzotint prints showcases his ability to imbue still life compositions with a captivating sense of drama and atmosphere, drawing from the tradition of cake offerings for the Gods in Greek mythology.

Opening Reception: Saturday, 9th November, 6-9pm

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce details of our upcoming group exhibition ‘Kaleidoscope of Abstraction’, a showcase of international artists with global reach and a singular commitment to abstraction as their means of visual expression. We are especially proud to welcome the return of two longstanding gallery artists, Udo Nöger from Germany/USA and Tomoaki Tarutani from Japan.

Disengaging from the portrayal of specific subjects can be highly liberating for artists, providing greater creative autonomy to strengthen their dialogue with a chosen medium, process, colour or texture.

Tina Buchholtz, Angela Glajcar, Udo Nöger, Willi Siber, Tomoaki Tarutani

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

A feature of Jonathan Thomson’s forthcoming Sculpture Exhibition at Karin Weber Gallery Hong Kong, the artist’s third solo show with the gallery, is a striking 2.3 metres tall “Mother and Child” cast in aluminium.

The Mother and Child is one of the great themes in art. It touches on sex, fertility and maternity; childhood, innocence, care, protection and growth; intimacy, warmth, tenderness and love; and on all of the concerns that a parent has for the life of a child. In this work the figures are walking hand in hand, the woman stooped slightly to better assist the child to make her own way in the world, supported and protected but independent and self-assured.

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to collaborate with local veteran May Fung as a curator for a captivating solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Kensa Hung. This project marks the gallery’s inaugural collaboration with May Fung as well as the debut showcase of the artist’s paintings in our gallery.

Fung remarks, “When I first came across this batch of paintings created by Kensa Hung, I saw different animals in strange colours living in bizarre spaces. It was a mental shock to me.”

This same sense of bewilderment is set to reverberate within our transformed gallery space-turned-jungle. ‘Fables in the Wilderness’ transports viewers to fantastical, nature-inspired realms, where a lush, primordial jungle teems with vividly hued flora and fauna, while a surreal underwater world depicts sinuous ribbons of kelp intertwined with mystical, jewel-toned fish.

Please join us for the opening reception next Saturday July 27th from 3-6pm.
The dress code is jungle-themed.

Artist Talk: Obsession
Kensa Hung in conversation with Will Leung, non-fiction writer
Date: Saturday 27th July 3 – 4:30 pm

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce a solo exhibition by British photography artist Emily Allchurch, her third with the gallery. Drawing from over ten years of artistic engagement with East Asia, ‘Multi Storied’ presents a selection of works that chart Allchurch’s artistic journey from Japan to Hong Kong and mainland China and celebrate her return to Hong Kong with a brand-new work this year.

Selected works represent extensive travel and engagement with the region, executed as the artist’s signature photo collage creations and presented in light box and print formats. Following a loosely chronological narrative, ‘Multi Storied’ introduces Allchurch’s initial artistic dialogue with Asia through her 2011 ‘Tokyo Story’ series, a reimagination of Hiroshige’s iconic 100 Views of Edo. A research trip to Hong Kong in 2017 culminated in several works that capture different aspects of the city in pieces such as Solitary Temple Hong Kong (2019), and Memory Views I & II (2021), created from the artist’s image library during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Opening reception: Saturday 8th June from 3 to 6pm

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce ‘Seven Weeks Five Days’, an artistic collaboration between two renowned female talents in the Hong Kong arts scene. Good friends and inspiring colleagues, Tang Ying Chi and Tsang Chui Mei combine forces and creativity in this show, pairing their paintings to create a unique dialogue between two individuals and their artistic energies.

Tsang Chui Mei is renowned for her semi-abstract landscapes. She delicately layers paint on paint, then constructs delicate layers by scratching, honing and polishing to achieve her own flowing compositions or ‘scenes’. Nature, its mountains and rocks, is implied via cracks, rugged surfaces and thick applications of paint, whilst a range of perspectives hints at Tsang’s roots in traditional Chinese painting. Says the artist, “my work implies the sense of impermanence that temporal things, in a continuous change of condition, are subject to decline and renewal.”

Tang Ying Chi’s landscapes are more defined through some outlines and strong colour washes yet are also entirely imaginary. The artist equally draws on the inspiration and techniques of Chinese landscape painting in applying multiple perspectives in her work. For Stella Tang, ‘’the making of art gives me opportunities to think of our living life in all perspectives.”

Closing Reception: 25 May 2024, 3-6 pm

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is delighted to present Japanese artist Daisuke Teshima’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. ‘Gaze of the Unknown’ combines his iconic wooden sculptures with a new series of pencil drawings.

In his 3D creations, Teshima skilfully blends the traditions of Japanese wood carving and Buddhist sculpture techniques with his razor-sharp observations of the people and encounters that shape our daily lives, conceiving figures that strike the perfect balance of the here and now with a strong sense of timelessness.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is thrilled to announce ‘tong1 fong4’, a group exhibition by five emerging Hong Kong artists, several of whom are collaborating with our gallery for the first time.

‘Tong1 fong4,’ when pronounced in Cantonese, denotes a subdivided flat, a common living arrangement in Hong Kong where locals with limited budget share working or living spaces. It may be a constraint but also serves as catalysts for artists to develop innovative solutions.

Kate Ouyang, Lee Suet Ying, Millison Wong, OrangeTerry, Yo Chow.

Opening Reception: Saturday, 24th February, 3-6pm

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Our sense of time is a subjective experience, entirely shaped by personal perception and the infinite unfolding of events. As many of us have experienced, our personal time was distorted during the Covid pandemic. Studies of this period have shown a clear disconnect between measurable, objective time and internally perceived, subjective time. In this show, Carmen Ng builds on her experience of these challenging years in her explorations of time as part of her every day. Say the artist, “I have broken up daily life into fragments. Some moments have become indefinitely obscured while others are bright but fleeting.”

The exhibition showcases the artist’s perception of time depicting it as standing still, everlasting, and ephemeral. Morning Path illustrates a quaint road situated near the artist’s residence. Each morning, as Ng sets out from home, she is greeted by a captivating pathway illuminated by the gentle interplay of sunlight and tree shadows. Afternoon Pattern captures her return home, where the sunlight filters through glass adorned with delicate watermarks, creating a mesmerizing display. These evocative scenes serve as symbolic markers, representing the start and conclusion of a day in the artist’s life.

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce ‘Whispering Canopies’, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Frank Tang, which explores the historical development of a place through its urban landscapes, memorial gardens and local plants.

Tang’s brand-new series ‘Tree Portraits’ reflects the artist’s engagement with a commemorative theme based around landmark subjects, drawing from his personal interest in trees and monuments. Trees have long lifespans and those towering in urban areas bear witness to city development, social events and peoples’ livelihoods through generations. Moreover, the unique form of each tree is shaped by its organic growth. From the perspective of appearance and temporality, ancient trees may hold more landmark significance than many types of architecture. What have these ancient trees witnessed? Are there any events they have forgotten?

Using trees as his central theme, Frank Tang uncovers forgotten histories via geographical locations and their background. Hong Kong was once a barren and desolate environment. The British colonial government undertook large-scale afforestation and introduced foreign tree species planted in British-style gardens, nurturing a sense of nostalgia for the expat population. The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens is a key example of this practice, and is the inspiration for Tang’s Tree Portrait #4 – Lysidice, which is based on the lysidice trees in the garden.

An artist residency in Taiwan in 2022 introduced Tang to Dutch and Japanese colonial histories. His new creations from the ‘Memorial Garden’ series including paintings such as Green Island, In the Eyes of King George VI, and Sunset At Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park reflect his exposure to a parallel culture with a comparable historical narrative.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street Central

Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to announce ‘Myanmar: Faces and Figures’, a three-artist show focusing on some of the most influential voices in the Myanmar contemporary arts scene. As the country continues to face complex socio-political challenges arising from the military coup in February 2021, artists show remarkable resilience and commitment to their practice.

‘Faces and Figures’ spotlights three established artists who have all been instrumental in shaping the narrative of Myanmar contemporary art into what it is today. From the 1960s onwards, Aung Myint, Htein Lin and Min Wae Aung have all pioneered highly individualistic forms of self-expression through their art, building Myanmar’s artistic reputation on the international stage, and inspiring the next generation of young talents along the way. Important local art world leaders, this showcase of their work focuses on the faces and figures that are consistent features in their art, reflections of their signature styles.

Opening Reception: Thursday, 28th September 2023 at 6-9pm

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Soho

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce ‘Master Chui’s Kitchen’, a solo exhibition by renowned Hong Kong Chinese ink artist Chui Pui Chee. Creating an art exhibition is like planning a menu. A lot of thought goes into each course to provide an unforgettable dining experience. In this exhibition, Chui has carefully considered his ‘recipe’ of gongbi paintings and calligraphy works, many of them related to food.

The highlight of this exhibition is an artist book titled Master Chui’s Kitchen, which distils Chui’s thirty plus years of experience in artistic pursuit and academic research into invaluable knowledge on materials and processes for a future generation of artists.

The crab is a familiar subject in Chinese ink painting, a famous example being Five Crabs by Qi Baishi (1864-1957), and a popular delicacy in Hong Kong food culture. Chui Pui Chee’s Gain Profit Whenever One Pleases pays homage to this essential local menu item, and to a popular Cantonese drama, ‘The Greed of Man’ (TVB, 1992). A crab moves sideways and is often ascribed unreasonable, even tyrannical behaviour, which makes it the perfect metaphor for characters in the TV show.

Chui never stops experimenting and pushing the boundaries of Chinese calligraphy. Another recent work, Slightly Drunk, is unique in the use of red wine as one of the paints in its creation. A wine lover himself, Chui not only enjoys his own ‘slightly drunk’ experiences, but shares his joy visually, with a wonderful ‘long finish’.

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Soho

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce ‘Botanical Wonders’, a group show examining the marvels of the natural world through the lens of a diverse group of artists, mostly local to Hong Kong, with a gallery debut by UK artist Annette Marie Townsend.

As Mankind and nature have always been inextricably linked, so has engagement with nature in art. Drawing from a long line of nature-focused artists through different histories and cultures, the six artists in this group show engage with the botanical world in a variety of compelling mediums.

Nature remains an endless source of fascination, creative inspiration, and an increasingly precious part of all our lives. We are excited to present some very special interpretations in ‘Botanical Wonders’ at Karin Weber Gallery.

Opening Reception: Saturday, 24th June 2023, 3-6pm

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce ‘Time Out,’ a debut solo exhibition by emerging local artist Yo Chow.

Having studied Sports Coaching alongside Visual Arts at University, the focus of Chow’s first solo exhibition had to be sports. In sports, a ‘timeout’ is called to halt a match, used by coaches to allow players to rest, to communicate new strategies, to make substitutes or to boost morale.

Yo Chow seeks to highlight various issues around the subject, some specific to Hong Kong, such as homegrown athletes not receiving the respect they deserve, and particularly poor pay for those in less popular sports. Hong Kong is also strongly criticised for its lack of dedicated sports facilities and venues. A global and complex topic, ‘Time Out’ will also examine more universal issues, such as the commodification of athletes, doping, cheating and biased refereeing.

On a personal level, Chow had a troubled past and hated staying at home when she was a teenager. For almost five years, she would spend from dusk until dawn shooting hoops in basketball courts, an escape from her own troubled world. Created from various balls made into globes, Ball Instrument reflects her love for basketball and the role it played in her life.

Sports and art rarely overlap; they are frequently regarded as entirely separate worlds. Yo Chow, at an early stage in her artistic career, manages to effortlessly bridge the gap between the two, bringing energy and a strong sense of individuality to both.

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition ‘tri-angles’ curated by Eric Leung, featuring works by Cassandra Lau Po Yan, Chivas Leung and Chonticha Kaiaroonsuth.

In geometry, a three-faced polyhedron cannot exist in a three-dimensional space unless it is a curved surface, hence, a three-faced polyhedron should not exist. However, human perspectives and opinions are erratic and may be distorted. Considering issues from three different angles can create a three-dimensional thinking space. The exhibition hopes to examine the world through the visions of three young female artists and illustrate their unique perspectives on life.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to announce renowned German artist Willi Siber’s first solo show in Asia since the pandemic, his fifth with the gallery.

‘Masterclass’ sees a continuation of this versatile artist’s uncompromising commitment to pure abstraction and exploration of materials, always pushing limits of form, light, colour and space. His vibrant, tactile creations continue to offer challenges in interpretation as Siber teases the viewer’s expectations and perspectives with ‘objects’ that intersect boundaries between picture, installation and sculpture.
Works in this show include new takes on some established favourites, such as Siber’s classic oval- and brick-shaped Wall Objects, now executed in metallic varnishes across indented surfaces to offer a quasi- holographic visual effect.

Innovative themes and materials result from years of experimentation across all elements of Siber’s practice. Round, wall mounted pieces are based on satellite maps of planet topographies recorded by NASA, introducing an astronomically themed line of work. Matt white pieces provide a striking departure from Siber’s ongoing embrace of colour and light; instead, they offer a powdery, calm antithesis to the vibrancy of Siber’s regular oeuvre. The introduction of bronze as a new material allows the artist to re-imagine some of his favourite shapes in more compact sizes, with a uniquely precious texture and energy.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

A Book Act 1 has welcomed a lot of visitors. After its successful completion last week, Karin Weber Gallery is excited to commence ‘A Book Act 2’ on 21st January.

Another ten Hong Kong artists participated at Act 2 this time. Whilst some continue to use artist’s book as the form, the execution is very different. There will be papercutting, textile works, sound object and augmented reality.

Lee Kai Chung, whose art practice is mostly research driven, presents a video installation which resembles the mechanism of a microfilm reader. He cites book is a physical and metaphorical labyrinth as suggested by Jorge Luis Borge (1899-1986). It echoes his personal experience of dealing with dozens of archives. IV Chan made a very interesting flashcard book for children using fabric. ‘F’ for fat and . ‘I’ for incest. It looks at various labelling on women. Meanwhile, Kate Ouyang created a work using one of her least favourite books. The popular Japanese manga character Doraemon possesses many gadgets and one of which is called ‘memory bread’. Kate dreams she could digest the content of the whole book by eating it. The How to Read Series by Chihoi is a set of drawings of possible or impossible ways of bookbinding which dictate or open up ways of reading. Go Hung made a colouring book trying to explore ways how advertisers manipulate consumers. The augmented reality animation by Eugene Lun looks at the Chinese proverb “a book holds a house of gold” in his signature crazy and hilarious way.

Books capture and inspire the imagination of their creator and their readers. A Book Act 1 & 2 witnesses how books find a new expression expressed as an art form.

Participating artists: IV Chan, Chihoi, Go Hung, Andio Lai, Lee Kai Chung, Mimi Luk, Eugene Lun, Kate Ouyang, Stephanie Sin, Tom Chung Man.

Special performance ‘Flying Exercise’ by Mandy Ma at 4pm.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to collaborate with twenty mostly local artists in the largest group show in its history. ‘A Book Act’ consists of distinctive Acts 1 and 2 across a three month period from December 2022 to February 2023. Act 1 features mechanical installations, prints, and paintings, while Act 2 focuses on sound installations, augmented reality and three dimensional objects.

Employing a book theme as a starting point, the works of participating artists offer a highly diverse, thought provoking, and often entertaining discourse.

Artistic angles include the exploration of physical book characteristics, such as their covers, or the mechanism of page turning. Artists also frequently reference personal subjects, such as A Diary by Hong Kong artist Chan Sai Lok in conversation with himself, sex education manuals, or sticker collection albums. Hong Kong artist Law Man Lok shares his memory of being unable to afford David Hockney’s highly coveted A Bigger Book, which led him to recreating his own version in a more accessible format.

Books capture and inspire the imagination of their creator and their readers. A Book Act 1 & 2 witnesses how books find a new expression expressed as an art form.

Act 1
3 Dec 2022 - 14 Jan 2023
Act 2
21 Jan - 25 Feb 2023

Participating artists:
David Boyce, Annebell Chan, Chan Sai Lok, Clair Chan, Stacey Chan, Law Man Lok, Michelle Lee, Chino Ng, Tse Chun Sing, Tse Yim On.

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce Dawn Beckles and Timothy Hon Hung Lee: ‘New Britannia,’ a dialogue between two British artists with roots in almost opposite parts of the world, Hong Kong and Barbados in the Caribbean. As Britain becomes increasingly aware of the diverse cultures and communities that shape its society and art today, we are delighted to be introducing two artists who share diasporic backgrounds which shine in a variety of themes and mediums.

As British society has developed its cultural and social diversity from the second half of the 20th century, until recently the art community and market spotlight has been very firmly on artists from traditional British backgrounds and career paths. ‘Young British Artists (YBAs), such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, who shot to popularity during the 1990’s, remain familiar names and highly prominent. In the past decade, some of the historically underrepresented artistic communities within the UK, from more diverse backgrounds such as Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, have found their voice and are receiving recognition for their unique contribution to the British artistic landscape.

‘New Britannia’ introduces two of these artists in a gallery show. From entirely different backgrounds and career paths, they fuse elements of their various ‘home’ cultures to develop and nurture an artistic voice that is entirely their own.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to announce the first solo presentation of Chilean textile artist Paloma Castillo. ‘Embroidering the Everyday’ represents a selection of Castillo’s signature stitched canvases, capturing the curious blend of personal and intimate, yet provocative and pop-cultural that represents the essence of her work.

Originally trained as a designer, Castillo followed in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother, both skilled seamstresses, to embrace textile and hand embroidery. Her medium of choice allowed her to fuse her designer’s eye and focus on imagery and the visual with the challenging craftsmanship and the meditative process of stitching. The resulting artworks can be read as miniature ‘mind maps’, processing Castillo’s observations of daily and political life in Chile alongside her personal experiences, with an added layer of mythology and a playful sense of humour. They bustle with life as superheroes, insects and flowers jumble alongside biblical figures, everyday objects such as power cables, and Chilean icons like Maraquetta bread rolls in depictions of spirituality and femininity.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce [uk1] [lau6] [pin1] [fung4] [lin4] [ye2] [yu5] by Go Hung, one of Hong Kong’s most versatile conceptual artists, in his first solo exhibition with our gallery.

[uk1] [lau6] [pin1] [fung4] [lin4] [ye2] [yu5], a Cantonese colloquialism which loosely translates as ‘it never rains but pours’, is a new body of work inspired by the day-to-day challenges faced by underprivileged members of society since the outbreak of the pandemic. Recycled everyday materials from the streets, such as used paper, packaging materials and hotel soap bars are repurposed into Go’s signature installations, each a tangible reminder of the income inequality that is prevalent in Hong Kong but equally poignant in a global context.

Hong Kong has been named the most expensive city to live in 2022, according to various studies1. With the minimum wage HK$37.50 per hour and the average rent $39 per square foot for a subdivided flat, a low-income family of four is likely to be spending more than half of their monthly outgoings on rent and faces a waiting time of 6.1 years to access public housing. In 2020, the Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report identified one fifth of the local population as living in poverty.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to introduce 'Goodbye, Hello', a solo presentation ofnew prints by Hong Kong artist June Ho.

"Once there was an elephant at Hong Kong's Lai Yuen Amusement Park, now thereare only walls of graffiti that have been whitewashed over; once Hong Kong was afishing village, now Hong Kong is packed with housing estates; once there weremountains and ancient houses in Hong Kong, now there are railways and highrises"observes the artist.

In her thirties, June Ho has not grown up with a historic Hong Kong, but living in this city, navigating its roads, taking in the scenery, watching the movies, have all shaped her perception of the Hong Kong constructed by those before us. This is the Hong Kong she experiences, the city she observes, the place she participates in through her daily life. Hong Kong has long been regarded as a highly urbanised place, but among the many skyscrapers nestles the unique downtown scenery that can only be found here. They could be traces left by changing times or born from the chemistry between a citizen's lifestyle and the cityscape. Living here, she is experiencing other's experiences, searching for Hong Kong's cultural symbols.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to feature a third solo exhibition of paintings by one of Myanmar's founders of avant-garde art, Aung Myint: A New Era, 1995 - 2021. Aung Myint (b. 1946), one of the most influential and pioneering Myanmar modern artists since the 1970s, is celebrated for his unique contributions to the transition of modern art in postcolonial Burma to a more contemporary trajectory. He rejected Western-based artistic practices of realism or impressionism to embrace concepts, form, colour and line, while incorporating elements from Burmese script and Bagan temple paintings alongside his personal history, to produce one of the most unique collections of modern painting from Southeast Asia. This exhibition is another milestone in the gallery's twenty-plus year history of showcasing art from Myanmar.

Primarily self-taught, like many experimental artists of his generation, Aung Myint discovered modern art, including abstraction, impressionism, and cubism, through books, movies, and magazines that pierced then-Socialist Burma's (1962-1988) isolationist borders. In 1989, following the brutal crackdown on the 8 August 1988 student uprising for democratic and economic reforms, Aung Myint, alongside San Minn and other artists, opened Inya Art Gallery at his home to create a gallery space dedicated to modern art, beyond the reach of state censors who remained wary about modern art masking criticism of the state. There, he created and exhibited his paintings, installations, and sculptures, while nurturing the next generation of modern artists.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Ground Floor, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to introduce ‘Scale Matters,’ the first Hong Kong solo presentation of new and selected works by renowned German sculpture artist Angela Glajcar.

Widely recognised for her ‘Terforations’ – a fictitious title coined from Latin ‘Terra’ and ‘perforations’ to suggest exploration of new territories – Glajcar interacts with thick sheets of paper or glass mesh to create her own breakthrough mindscapes.

With a recent focus on site specific monumental work, the artist returns to her favourite medium of paper to explore a new dimension in her work: scale. Glajcar’s latest pieces constitute a mix of larger scale, wall hung pieces, such as Terforation 2020-001 and Terforation 2021-001, to diminutive free-standing works, more suited to a tabletop than a vast museum space, in this show 2020-027 and 2021-061. Her recent ‘Paperwall’ series of boxed, wall mounted pieces celebrate alleged waste material from her ‘Terforation’ works, strips of which are bundled and mounted within their own frames to create tactile, curly, flowing celebrations of paper and its unlimited interpretations, such as Paperwall 2019-023.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to return to its local roots with ‘Click…Clatter… Clunk…’, a group exhibition celebrating the history of traditional printing companies which sprung up around the Central and Sheung Wan neighbourhoods on Hong Kong Island in the 1960’s and 70s. Largely replaced by digital print processes from the 1990’s onwards, the old-fashioned letter press and offset printing shops were integral to their localities. Today, they provide a rich source of nostalgia and inspiration for Hong Kong rooted artists, for whom their sounds, smells and fittings are part of early childhood memories. Several of the (mostly female) artists in ‘Click…Clatter…Clunk…’ are recent art school graduates, in their debut show with Karin Weber Gallery, while we also welcome the return of some long-standing gallery artists.

Please note we open by appointment only. Booking must be made at least 1 day in advanced. Each visit lasts 1 hour and permits 2 people from 12pm to 7pm.

All booking to be made via art@karinwebergallery.com or via FB messenger.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Building on the success of one of our most popular shows back in 2020, three established Hong Kong artists — Chow Chun Fai, Chui Pui Chee and Frank Tang are once again engaging with the subject of film and presenting a series of brand new works. Visit us and enjoy this journey into the world of Hong Kong movies.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is delighted to present ‘Wish You Well’ exhibition.

Wish You Well by Sharon Lee is inspired by the old postcards of Hong Kong Zoological and? Botanical Garden which was called The Public Garden in the colonial period. It was previously the private garden of the British Governor of Hong Kong. A fountain in the centre of the park, constructed in 1864, has been redesigned and furnished many times. Sharon Lee observes a rainbow which frequently appears in this location, and invited visitors to make a wish upon the rainbow, which was captured on polaroids. She contemplates the terms 'public', ‘collective' and what can be called ‘ours’.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce Day Or Night, a presentation of new works by established Hong Kong painter Tsang Chui Mei, who continues her journey of fusing traditional Chinese painting principles with more 'Western' expressionist techniques to arrive at her distinct semi-abstract style.

The exploration of time and space in Tsang's works is already implied in the exhibition title Day Or Night (不日不月), an ancient Chinese expression rooted in Confucian philosophy, suggesting oblivion to the passage of time. For the artist, this applies to a time interpretation within her works–they are created within a particular time frame, with a yet to be determined life span–but also constitutes an invitation to the viewer to forget about the constraints of time and let their imagination roam freely.

The invitation to explore equally extends to meandering through space in Tsang's paintings. Flat surfaces and multiple perspectives draw directly from Chinese painting traditions and add an additional meditative component to the works. She observes, 'Forgetting our dimension through a depiction of the chaotic imagining of time and space lets our minds wander afar.'

Gallery address: G/F, 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

Karin Weber Gallery is proud to host Reclaiming Little Things – A Non-Solo Of Lee Suet Ying in association with John Aiken, Ho Siu Kee and Jaffa Lam, one of the exhibitions in the 'Non Solo' series curated by Jamsen Law and produced by nProjekt with support from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

'Non Solo' will feature three Hong Kong female artists Tsang Chui Mei, Lee Suet Ying and Elaine Wong Suk Yin at three distinctive Hong Kong locations together with nine artists from different disciplines and generations. John Aiken, Yarli Allsion, Kurt Chan, Ho Siu Kee, Hung Keung, Ivy Ma, Linda Lai, Jaffa Lam, and Leo Wong all aim to expand the scope of discussion and individual creation of sculpture, painting and media art in early August 2021.