HONG WAI
China
Born in Shanghai in 1982
Lace and forest china ink
Born in Shanghai in 1982, Hong Wai is an artist who spent her youth between Macao and Taiwan. She currently lives in Paris and Macao. The artist is best known for her contemporary interpretations of Chinese ink painting entitled “Secret de Boudoir series” and “Feminine Landscape series”. She is at the origin of a new generation of interpreters who use the ancient technique of ink painting.
She offers a decidedly more feminine touch to a centuries-old, essentially masculine technique. Hong Wai is a graduate of the Department of Chinese Literature at the National Taiwan University, and holds a Master's degree in Theories and Practices of Art and Language from the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
After her first solo exhibition at the age of 17, the artist exhibited at Sotheby’s Gallery in Hong Kong, the Museum of the Orient in Lisbon, the Macao Museum of Art, and some of the world's largest international art fairs, such as Art Stage Singapore and Art Taipei. She has also participated in exhibitions in Paris, Zurich, New York, Miami, and Montreal.
AVAILABLE ARTWORKS (Price on request)
Moonlight 1901,
Ink on silver xuan paper 53x28inches
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Landscape series - Tight 1503 - 2015
Ink and color on silver rice paper - 37x27 inches - Unique piece - Price on request -
Moonlight 1901, 2019
Ink on silver xuan paper - 3x35x22 inches - Unique piece - Price on request -
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Personal exhibitions
2019 : Museu do Oriente, Lisbonne, Portugal
2024 : Artist residency at Military Kindred Village de Sanchong, Taipei, Taïwan
2023 - 2022 - 2020 - 2019 : Galerie Kunstbroeders - Soest - Pays-Bas
2022 : Gallery Sabatier Fine Art, Paris
2020 : Gallery Raibaudi Wang, Paris
2018 : Ink Asia, Hong Kong - Chine
2016 - 2017 - 2018 : Gallery Sun, Taipei - Taïwan
2017 - 2018 - 2019 : Tranter Sinni Gallery, Miami
2014 : AP Contemporary, Hong Kong
2013 - 2019 : Art For All Society, Pékin, Macao
Collective exhibitions
2012 : FID – International drawing fair, Paris, France
2013 : Arsenal Montreal Contemporary Art Center, Canada – Like Thunder Out of
China (with artists : Ai Weiwei, Qiu Jie, Gao Brothers, Hung Tunglu, Cang Xin)
2014 : Art Taipei, KIAF, Art Southampton Art Fair, French May, MGM Macao Art
Gallery, Museu do Oriente, Lisbonne, Portugal
2015 : Art Taipei, Art Stage Singapore, Art Central, Hong Kong
2016 : Gallery Sotheby's, Hong Kong
2018 : Musée d'Art de Macao, Art Miami, Galerie Insighter, Munich, Allemagne
2019 : Art Taipei, Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong, Drawing Room Lisboa, Lisbonne
2020 : New Art Fest 2020 – GenY, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da
Ciência, Université de Lisbonne, Lisbonne, Galerie Insighter, Munich, Allemagne
2022 - 2021 - 2020 : Art Karlsruhe, Allemagne
2024 : Espace Sylvia Rielle, Paris, HerStory, Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center,
Université Tamkang, Taipei
2025 : Galerie Arte Periférica, Lisbonne
Collab HONG Wai X Aubade
Aubade collaborates with HONG Wai for its Encre de Chine collection for 2020 and 2022, translating HONG Wai's Chinese ink paintings into Swiss embroidery and French lace. Following their successful partnership with Christian Lacroix and Karl Lagerfeld, Aubade joins forces with artist HONG Wai for its Encre de Chine collection.
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