Chan Shing Kau

Chan Shing Kau, Roots of Heaven and Earth (286), 2019, Ink and Colour on Paper, 138 cm x 69 cm

Chan Shing Kau, Star Dust Series (052), 2019, Ink and Colour on Paper, 138 cm x 69 cm

Chan Shing Kau, Roots of Heaven and Earth (276), 2018, Ink and Colour on Paper, 140 cm x 70 cm

Chan Shing Kau, Roots of Heaven and Earth (281), 2018, Ink and Colour on Paper, 137 cm x 69 cm

Chan Shing Kau, Tracing Series (124), 2016, Ink and Colour on Paper, 138 cm x 69 cm

Chan Shing Kau, Roots of Heaven and Earth (152), 2014, Ink and Colour on Paper, 47 cm x 89 cm

Chan Shing Kau, born in Hong Kong in 1952, is from Qiantou, Dongguan, Guagdong. He graduated from the Department of Art at Grantham College of Education in 1975. He also finished a Diploma programme in Chinese Ink Painting from the School of Extramural Studies at Hong Kong Baptist Institute in 1977 and a Diploma programme in Modern Chinese Ink Painting from School of Extramural Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1978.

Inheriting Master Liu Kuo-sung’s belief in “free manifestations of abstract imagery”, Chan has been making further explorations on Master Liu’s writing “A Discussion on the Dynamism of White Lines” and techniques such as “water rubbing”, “spray and dye”, “steeped ink”, etc. At the same time, he has also studied Chinese calligraphy, seal carving and paleography under Professor Ma Kwok Kuen, paleographer and Researcher of the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Chan is now a member of the China Artists Association, Hong Kong Artists Association and International Chinese Ink Painting Association. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Chan Clan Association of Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings, and Consultant of the Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association. Academically speaking, Chan is a Visiting Professor at Zhengzhou Shengda University of Economics, Business and Management, part-time Instructor of Modern Ink Paintings in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and adjudicator of “Ink Global”. He was selected in “the Big Dictionary of the World Excellent Talents”, “The Famous Figures of the Contemporary Art Circles in China” and “the Dictionary of the Achievements of World Chinese Artists”. Chan has held more than 15 solo exhibitions and hundreds of joint exhibitions in Hong Kong, China and overseas. His artworks were collected by museums from the U.S., Japan, Korea, Shenzhen, Taiwan, Nanjing, Hubei, Shandong, etc.

Collection

Asian Art Museum	San Francisco, the United States
West & East Gallery	Melbourne, Australia
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Arts	Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Daegu Art Museum	Daegu, South Korea
National Museum of History	Taipei, Taiwan
Capital Art Centre	Taichung, Taiwan
Koto Art Gallery	Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Lok Ku Gallery	Casey Building, Hong Kong
One Step Back Studio	Hong Kong
Beijing International Art Exposition	Beijing, China
Shanghai International Culture Association	Shanghai, China
Jiangsu Art Museum	Jiangsu, China
He Xiangning Museum	Shenzhen, China
Hubei Museum of Art	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Qingdao Art Museum	Qingdao, China
Qingzhou Museum	Qingzhou, China
Shandong Museum	Jinan, China
Zhongyuan Painting and Calligraphy Research Institute	Zhengzhou, China
Zhengzhou Shengda University of Economics, Business and Management	Zhengzhou, China
Yangshao Cultural and Art Development Research Institute	Sanmenxia, China
Weifang Museum	Weifang, China
Private collectors

Award

2011	Highest Honorable Prize of the Light of Overseas Chinese Art Award in the Invitational Exhibition of artworks by Famous Local and Overseas Artists & Calligraphists
2011	Gold Medal in the "New Yan Huang Cup" - the 1st International Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition
2011	Gold Medal in the 6th Exchange Exhibition of Guilin (China) and Sao Paulo (Brazil) Calligraphy and Paintings
2005	Conferred as the “Chinese Outstanding Artist”
2005	Gold Medal in “Chinese Soul --- Ink Exhibition in Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Victory of the Anti-Japanese War”
2005	Awarded as “Excellent Artist of the People”
2005	“One of the 400 masters in Chinese Landscape Paintings in the New Century” in the 5th Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition
2005	Honorary Gold Medal in Exchange Exhibition of Famous Artists of China & Korea in Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings
2004	Silver Medal in the 7th Beijing International Art Expo 2004
2003	Being selected in the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2003
2002	Honorary Gold Medal in the 4th Cross-straits Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition
2001	Honorary Award in the 4th Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition
1992	Being selected in Innovative and Experimental Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan

Solo Exhibition

2019	Miraculous Variation, Beyond Boundaries --- Chan Shing Kau’s Modern Ink, Cheer Bell Gallery, Hong Kong
2019	Trace of Brush --- Modern Ink Painting by Chan Shing Kau, Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
2013	A Glimpse of Ink --- Modern Ink Painting of Chan Shing Kau, Jockey Club Creative Art Centre, Hong Kong Memory of Motherland --- Modern Ink Painting by Chan Shing Kau, Zhi Ren Tang Gallery, Dongguan, China New Ink --- Modern Ink Painting by Chan Shing Kau, Qingzhou Museum, Shandong Province, China
2012	The Celebration of the Year of Dragon --- Modern Chinese Ink Painting by Chan Shing Kau, The Pacifica, Hong Kong The Way of Shuimo --- Modern Chinese Ink Painting by Chan Shing Kau, Zhengzhou Shengda University of Economics, Business and Management, China The Way of Shuimo --- Modern Ink Painting of Chan Shing Kau, Qingdao Art Museum, China
2006	Mountain • River • Dream --- Modern Chinese Ink by Chan Shing Kau, Art Gallery, The Hong Kong Institute of Education Mountain • River • Dream --- Modern Chinese Ink by Chan Shing Kau, Exhibition Hall, Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs’s Cemetery, China
2005	The Depth of Ink --- Modern Chinese Ink by Chan Shing Kau, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong The Heart of Ink --- Modern Chinese Ink by Chan Shing Kau, Qingdao Museum, China
2004	The Black & White Series --- Modern Chinese Ink Paintings by Chan Shing Kau, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2003	Flourish --- Modern Chinese Ink Paintings by Chan Shing Kau, Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai King Building, Hong Kong
2000	Roam & Snow --- Modern Chinese Ink Paintings by Chan Shing Kau, Shatin Town Hall, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong
1991	Square World --- Chinese Ink by Chan Shing Kau, Exhibition Hall, Joint Publishing Hong Kong

Directory

1999	The Big Dictionary of the World Excellent Talents
1997	The Dictionary of the Achievements of World Chinese Artists
1995	The Famous Figures of the Contemporary Art Circles in China