Artist / Tsang Chui Mei
Tsang Chui Mei (b. 1972) born in Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996 and 2004 respectively. In 2015, she was selected to participate in a three-month residency program at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France, where she pursued her artistic endeavours.
Tsang has always been dedicated to painting, with her main theme being "scenery". In recent years, she has frequently used basic painting elements such as colour blocks and lines to depict the disharmonious states of natural environments, such as scattered debris, crumbling rocks, and sediment-filled skylines, cliffs, or coastlines. Her works incorporate the interplay between positive and negative spaces, the spontaneous traces of automatic techniques, layers of materials on the canvas, and erasure techniques, all of which draw inspiration from Western abstract painting. In addition, her descriptions of space and layout on flat surfaces are influenced by the placement of different perspectives in traditional Chinese painting, resulting in multi-perspective compositions. In recent years, she has further employed techniques such as contrasting, vibrant or sombre colours, and the entanglement of the real and imaginary to present a psychologically ambiguous space. Tsang's works are held in the collections of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Arts Centre, the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation, The Murray, Cathay Pacific Airways, and private collectors.
Born in 1972, Hong Kong
Education
2004 Fine Arts Department (Master of Fine Arts), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1996 Fine Arts Department (Bachelor of Arts), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Solo Exhibitions
2023 ‘Mind Palette and Empty Land’, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 ‘Day Or Night’: New Works by Tsang Chui Mei, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 ‘A little trip down memory lane - Tsang Chui-mei’, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2015 ‘Some Landscapes’, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2013 ‘Hong Kong meets Istanbul: Tsang Chui Mei’s Fairytale’, International Izmir Biennial of Arts, Izmir, Turkey
2012 ‘An Empty Stage’, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong
2007 ‘The Journey of Spirit – Painting by Tsang Chui Mei’, 140sqm, Shanghai, China
2006 ‘The Seven Emotions: The Variations of Scene Paintings by Tsang Chui Mei’, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2005 ‘Time and Consequence: Artist-in-Residence Program’, Graduate House, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1998 ‘Transporting Mindscapes – paintings by Tsang Chui-mei’, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Mind Palette and Empty Land, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
Artecal Charitable Exhibition “Confluence of Voices”, Pao Gallery, Hong Kong Art Centre
CUHK 60th Anniversary Alumni Art Exhibition - “Where Great Minds Shine”
Arts Pavilion, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
2022 Fine Art Asia 2022, Booth C3, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Art Central 2022, Booth A7, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 ‘2020 ARTFEM Women Artists International Biennial of Macau’, Galeria Lisboa, Macau
‘Her Song: Abstract Compositions By Tina Buchholtz And Tsang Chui Mei’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2019 Art Central 2019, Booth C11, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
‘20/20’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
‘By The Window’, 1a space, Hong Kong
2018 ‘The Other Story’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
‘Ink as an Exercise in Contemporary Art II’. a.m.space, Hong Kong
2016 ‘Nurturing Creativity – Works by 35 artists from The Chinese University of Hong Kong’,
The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
‘Asia Art Archive (AAA) Annual Fundraiser 2016’, Christie’s Hong Kong, The James Christie Room, Hong Kong
‘Lines of Flight’, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2015 ‘Purple’, One East Asia, Singapore
2014 ‘/sic sic/ : Vivian Poon & Tsang Chui-mei’, Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
2013 ‘Nature of Speed’, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
‘The Imperfect Circle’, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
‘A Game of Consequences – A program part of Le French May 2013’, Osage Atelier, Hong Kong
2012 ‘Hong Kong Invisible’, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 ‘Dwelling’, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2008 ‘Hong Kong Unveiled – Contemporary Art in the SAR’, Atting House, Hong Kon
‘Lala-Land, a group exhibition with Lee Kit, Tang Chui Mei and Cornelia Erdmann’,
Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
2007 ‘The Pivotal Decade: Hong Kong Art 1997-2007’, Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK
‘VISAGE’, summer exhibition 2007, O Gallery, Beijing, China
2006 ‘The Inner, Outer Sphere – Works from Eight Hong Kong Artists’, KX, Hamburg, Germany
MoCA Envisage ‘Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity’, MoCA. Shanghai, China
2004 ‘Mapping Asia’ – 18th Asia International Art Exhibition (AIAE),
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
2003 ‘Corner of Dialogue – You Paint, I Paint’, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2002 The 17th Asian International Art Exhibition of the Federation of Asian Artists,
Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, South Korea
1998 Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition. Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Awards
2005 Philippe Charriol Foundation 20th Anniversary Competition
1998 Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Arts Award (Painting)
Residency
2015 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Collections
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Fringe Club
Philippe Charriol Foundation
Hotel ICON
Hotel Stage
Hyatt Regency Hong Kong
Sold in Auctions
2017 Sotheby's Contemporary Art – Day Sale Hong Kong
2013 Sotheby's Contemporary Asian Art Hong Kong
2013 Sotheby's Contemporary Asian Art Hong Kong