Tsang Kin-Wah Biography

Chinese artist Tsang Kin-Wah is quickly emerging as one of the great young talents from Asia. His meticulously rendered pieces are a fascinating combination of design and calligraphy. At first glace, the works appear to be mere graphic drawings, yet on closer inspection, the lines of the piece are actually carefully drawn words and phrases, giving the prints an entirely new dimension. The artist was featured in the annual edition of Asian Art Magazine and won Asia´s top art prize, The Sovereign Art Prize (2005).

In the artists own words:
"For me, art is not emancipated from the world but rather reflect or link with it. By posing different kind of questions and thinking about what we are familiar with, what happens around us and the legitimacy of pre-existing things, ideas, believes, etc., showing altered compositions which is different from the existing, and combining and juxtaposing the classic, elegant form with vulgar, secular content, viewer would be lead to rethink about the legitimacy, authority and authenticity of the existing views and ideas from a different angle."

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

- 2006 PicassoMio Galleries, Madrid and Barcelona - 2005 White Cube (John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong)
- 2004 Space - Installation Exhibition by TSANG Kin-wah (The Room with A View Gallery, Shanghai)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
- PicassoMio.com
- 30 X 30. Vertigo Gallery, London.
- Hong Kong Art Biennial, 2005 . Hong Kong Museum of Art, China.
- Dutch Design Week 2005. Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
- Pictorial Writing. Hochschule fuer Gestaltung und Kunst, Luzern, Suiza.
- Art of Chinese Character Exhibition. Artist Commune, Hong Kong, China.

2004
- Hong Kong International Poster Triennial 2004.Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong.
- DeTour – Wan Chai. G.O.D., Causeway Bay, Hong Kong)

2003
- Show Home.Timber Wharf, Manchester. UK.
- The Book Arts MA, Camberwell. University of the West of England, Bristol.
- Cheng Ming in All Directions: 40 Years of Art at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China.
- Hong Kong Art Biennial 2003. Hong Kong Museum of Art, China.

2001
- Hong Kong Art Biennial 2001. Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China.

2000
- Berlin in Hong Kong . MTR Roving Art - "Test Tube Bears" . Admiralty Station, MTR, Hong Kong, China.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2005
- Winner, 2005 Sovereign Asian Art Prize. Sovereign Art Foundation.
2004
- Bronze Prize, “Thematic – Space” Category, Hong Kong International Poster Triennial 2001
- Prize of Excellence, Hong Kong Art Biennial 2001

2000
- Ramon Woon Creative Prize .
- Cheung's Fine Arts Awards

1999
- Ting Yen Yung Memorial Artistic Achievement Award
- Y. S. Hui Arts Collection Awards

SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

Sovereign Art Foundation
Camberwell College of Arts, the London Institute, London
Museum of Design Zurich, Switzerland
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Private Collectors (United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands, Australia and Hong Kong)