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Christina Tung Wai

Hong Kong

Biography

Christina Tung Wai is a Hong Kong based contemporary artist. She is now a Fellow of the Fellowship of Creative Arts from the Asian Institute of Creative Education, the Standing Committee Member of the Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society, and the Committee Member of The 4-D Art Club of Hong Kong. She is also a member of The Hong Kong Artists Association, HongKong Guangzhou Arts Association, Shine Art Association and Woodland Art Association.


She started her endeavor in art by studying ceramic art under Ms. Janet Tso in 2010, and later, Chinese ink art under contemporary ink colour Master Lam Tian Xing and Lingnan school ink painting Master Lam Wu Fui, and Chinese calligraphy under Chinese calligraphers Cheung Sing Kwo and Bai He. In 2019, she completed the “Contemporary Ink Artists Summit Program” at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, and is now studying Chinese ink art under the tutelage of Master Liu Kuo-sung, Father of Modern Ink Painting.


Since 2018, Christina has held 9 solo exhibitions in Russia, Beijing, China and Hong Kong. In 2018, she made her debut and second solo exhibition at the Museum of Russian Academy of Fine Arts and Molbert Gallery, respectively, in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was then invited by the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Hong Kong and Russian Club Hong Kong to hold her third solo exhibition “Inspirations” in late 2018, where her work titled “Noble Aspiration” became a collection of the Russian Consulate. In 2021, her fourth solo exhibition “Birds of a Feather” was held at Cheer Bell Gallery. In 2022, her fifth and sixth solo exhibitions “Odyssey of Feather” were held at Hong Kong City Hall and Fine Art Asia respectively. In 2023, her seventh solo exhibition “Odyssey of Feather” was held at the AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. In 2024, her eighth solo exhibition was held at the 24th International Art Expo Beijing 2024 at Beijing Exhibition Center, China. In 2025, her ninth solo exhibition “Feathers in the heart of the Universe – Christina Tung Wai Solo Art Exhibition” was held at Yidege Art Museum in Beijing, China.


2020 has been a significant year for Christina’s art path. Her work “Anti-coronavirus” was featured in Beijing International Art Biennale “Fighting with Love” Anti-coronavirus Series Online Exhibition (Hong Kong). Moreover, her work “Propitious Portent” was selected as 1 of the 500 ink masterpieces worldwide in Ink Global. Other than that, she was the shoe design award winner of prestigious Italian brand Salvatore Ferragamo. The pair of Viva ballet flats, hand-painted by Christina, was then showcased at Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Famous Paintings, Design, Jewels and Watches auctions, and was collected by Salvatore Ferragamo then. In 2020 and 2021, she was nominated and selected into “Chinese Contemporary Art Document” and “Chinese She Art” respectively. In 2023, her works “Propitious Portent”, “All I Have to Do is Dream” and “Made in Heaven” were awarded the first prize at the “Golden Bauhinia Cup New Ink Paintings Competition 2023”. In 2024, her work “Close to You” was awarded the Excellence Award at the 3rd Asian Art Biennial Exhibition.


Throughout her career as an artist since 2011, Christina has taken part in over 70 international and overseas joint expositions and exhibitions, with hosting places in the mainland China like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, as well as other places like France, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. Her works came under the collection of various financial institutions and collectors around the world.

 

 

Christina Tung Wai Website: www.christinatungwai.com

 

Award & Special Showcase

March 2025

The artwork “Close to You” has been selected for Collect HK 2025, exclusively organized by the Hong Kong Arts Centre, and was  exhibited at the Pao Galleries.

December 2024

Christina Tung Wai’s work “Close to You” was awarded the Excellence Award at the 3rd Asian Art Biennial Exhibition

 

August 2023

Christina Tung Wai is awarded the first prize at the “Golden Bauhinia Cup New Ink Paintings Competition 2023”. Selected artworks from Christina, “All I Have to Do is Dream”, “Propitious Portent” and “God’s Will” showcased at the award ceremony and exhibition space “Hong Kong Art”

 

June 2020 Christina Tung Wai is the shoe design award winner of prestigious Italian brand Salvatore Ferragamo. The hand-painted Viva ballet flats were showcased at Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Famous Paintings, Design, Jewels and Watches auctions in JW Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong, and were collected by Salvatore Ferragamo then
February 2020 Christina Tung Wai’s work “Anti-coronavirus” is featured in Beijing International Art Biennale “Fighting with Love” Anti-coronavirus Series (Hong Kong)
  Christina Tung Wai’s work “Propitious Portent” is selected as 1 of the 500 ink masterpieces worldwide to be exhibited at Ink Global 2021 from December 2021 to January 2022
January 2018 Christina Tung Wai was invited to have her Feather series showcased along with “Swan Lake” performance at Hong Kong Cultural Centre. “Swan Lake” is a ballet performance produced by St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre from Russia

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

January 2025 Feathers in the heart of the Universe – Christina Tung Wai Solo Art Exhibition Yidege Art Museum Beijing, China
September 2024 “Christina Tung Solo Exhibition 2024” – The 24th International Art Expo Beijing 2024 Beijing Exhibition Center Beijing, China
May 2023 “Odyssey of Feather” | Awakening Desert - Hong Kong Outstanding Artists Exhibition AsiaWorld-Expo Hong Kong
October 2022 “Odyssey of Feather” | Fine Art Asia Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong
August 2022 “Odyssey of Feather” Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
April 2021 “Birds of a Feather” Cheer Bell Gallery Hong Kong
November 2018 “Inspirations” Cheer Bell Gallery Hong Kong
June 2018 “Inspirations” Molbert Gallery St. Petersburg, Russia
May 2018 “Inspirations” Museum of Russian Academy of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Russia

 

 

Joint & Other Exhibitions

May 2025 Guang Dong International Art Week 2025   Nan Fung International Conference and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
March-May 2025

"Her Vision: Contemporary Female Artists Exhibition" is a celebration of women in art, held in honor of International Women's Day.

  Online Exhibition

Chen Shuren Memorial Hall / 

Art Panorama Magazine

March 2025 Collect Hong Kong 2025   Hong Kong Arts Centre Hong Kong
March 2025 "Outstanding Female Artists Nomination Exhibition"   Hong Kong Art Hong Kong
January 2025 “Inktagram” - Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association Annual Exhibition 2024   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
December 2024 “In Art Journey ‧ We are One” - Exhibition of the Artworks of Members of The 4-D Art Club, 2024   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
October 2024 “LANDSCAPE PICTURESQUE” - Exhibition by Artists in Hong Kong in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
  “INKxperiment” Ink Art Exchange Exhibition of Hong Kong and Taiwan & Annual Exhibition of Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society 2024   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
  Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society – Ink Asia 2024   Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong
September 2024 Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan · Overseas Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Travelling Exhibition   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
August 2024 Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan · Overseas Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Travelling Exhibition   Overseas Chinese History Museum of China Beijing, China
May 2024 “Envisioning New Journey in the New Era International Painting and Calligraphy Gathering Exhibition”   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
January 2024 “Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association 2023”   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
  “2023 Joint Exhibition of the Shine Art Association”   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
November 2023 Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2023   F1 Pit Building Singapore
  Make It Work HK Charity Art Auction 2023 (hosted by The French Chamber Foundation)   Christie’s Hong Kong Hong Kong
​September 2023 “Whispers of Feathers & Blossoms” Clara Hung, Christina Tung Wai, Ho Kai Lam & Yin Xiang Multi-Art Exhibition 2023   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
​August 2023 Golden Bauhinia Cup New Ink Paintings Competition 2023   Hong Kong Art Hong Kong
​July 2023 Hong Kong·Shanghai·Macao·Taiwan Ink Art Exchange Exhibition 2023 and Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society Annual Exhibition   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
  Hong Kong Research of Chinese Fine Arts Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
June 2023 “Spring and Autumn, Continuity and Progress” The 30th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Xiamen Friendship Association and the 26th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
​December 2022 Chinese Painting Group Exhibition   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
October 2022 "Attainments" – Artwork Exhibition for 20th Anniversary of The 4-D Art Club   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
  Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association Anuual Exhibition 2022   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
August 2022 Forging Ahead on a New Journey and Working Together for a New Chapter: An Art Exhibition Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland and Greeting the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
July 2022 Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Establishment of HKSAR – Group Exhibition   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
  Group Exhibition of Hong Kong New Ink   Hong Kong Art Space Hong Kong
June 2022 Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Establishment of HKSAR – Group Exhibition   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
May 2022 “Fight the Pandemic” Exhibition   Tsi Ku Chai Hong Kong
  Year of the Tiger – Joint Teacher-Student Exhibition of Xiling School   Tsi Ku Chai Hong Kong
  Ink Global 2021 – Continuation   Wan Fung Art Gallery Hong Kong

December 2021

- January 2022

Ink Global 2021, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
October 2021 Shanghai Hong Kong Macao Taiwan Painting Exhibition · Hong Kong cum Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Society Annual Exhibition   Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre Hong Kong
  Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association Annual Exhibition 2021   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong

October

- November 2021

“Art on Screen” - La broderie × Cheer Bell Gallery Collaboration   La broderie Hong Kong
September 2021 Jeonnam International Sukuk Biennale 2021   Jindo Folk Cultural Center South Korea
August 2021 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2021   Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong
  Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
May 2021 HKAGA Fundraiser 2021 · Art Basel Hong Kong   Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong
  France-Chine Art-Expo “Metamorphosis”   Online Exhibition  
February 2021 The Hong Kong Artists Association Exhibition 2021   Online Exhibition  
November 2020 “Let’s bond again” Joint Exhibition   Cheer Bell Gallery Hong Kong
  The 10th Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association Annual Exhibition 2020   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
  Exhibition of Paintings from Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan   Liu Haisu Art Museum Shanghai, China 
  The 4th International Exhibition of Abstract Art   Online Exhibition  
October 2020 The 1st Joint Exhibition of Overseas Chinese Artists   Online Exhibition  
  “Hua Shuo” - One Work, One Story Joint Art Exhibition   Gao Jianfu Memorial Hall Guangdong, China
September 2020 France-Chine Art-Expo   Online Exhibition   
April 2020 Art of Nature “Infinite Love - The Fight Against Novel Coronavirus” Online
Exhibition
  Online Exhibition   
March 2020 Ink vs. Parfum   La Place Art et Parfum Paris, France
February 2020 Beijing International Art Biennale “Fighting with Love” Anti-coronavirus Series   Online Exhibition  
  Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’Eau 2020   Grand Palais Paris, France
January 2020 Great Bay Area (Zhong Shan) Art Show   Ya Hao Square Zhong Shan, China
December 2019 Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association Annual Exhibition 2019   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
November 2019 Joint Exhibition of Christina Tung and Eric Lai   Marina South Clubhouse Hong Kong
  “EVOCATION - Creating an Image by The 4-D Art Club”   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
October 2019 Hong Kong Artists Association Art Creation - Zhuhai Exhibition   Guyuan Museum of Art Zhuhai, China
September 2019 “Contemporary Ink Artists Summit Program” Exhibition   Shanghai Institute of Visual Art Shanghai, China
  The 11th Thailand-Malaysia International Women Artists Art Exhibition 2019   Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang, Malaysia
July - August 2019 “Journey through the Mountain Ridges” - Gallery Collection Exhibition   Cheer Bell Gallery Hong Kong
June 2019 “Mo Shang Wen Bo”   Lukka Packing (Dongguan) Industrial Park Dongguan, China
May 2019 “Mo Shang Wen Bo”   Lijia Creativity Cultural Industrial Park Shenzhen, China
  “Moments of Passion Group Exhibition” by Shine Art Association   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
  Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2019   Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hong Kong
January 2019 “Unconfined Space”   Cheer Bell Gallery Hong Kong
November 2018 Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association Annual Exhibition 2018   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
October 2018 Art Taipei 2018     Taipei, Taiwan
January 2018 Artwork Showcase   Hong Kong Cultural Centre Hong Kong
November 2017 “Splashing Colours from our Hearts” Joint Exhibition by The 4-D Art Club   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
September 2017 Joint Exhibition of Female Artists from Shenzhen, Hong Kong & Macau by Shenzhen Female Artist Association     Shenzhen, China
January 2017 Joint Exhibition by Shine Art Association   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
September 2015 The 2015 Incheon Global Cities Arts Exchange Grand Festival by Incheon Metropolitan City Arts Association   Incheon Culture and Arts Center South Korea
June 2015 Joint Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition organized by China and the World Culture of Hong Kong   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
May 2015 “Chinese Contemporary ‘Shui Mo’ Painting Joint Exhibition”   Cheer Bell Gallery Hong Kong
December 2014 Joint Exhibition by Shine Art Association   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
October 2013 Joint Teacher-Student Exhibition of Colour Ink Paintings with Lam Tian Xing   Hong Kong City Hall Hong Kong
  1st Hong Kong Fu Tien Joint Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition – “Mangrove Hong Kong”     Shenzhen, China
January 2013 “Flower in Fog” by Shine Art Association   Hong Kong Central Library Hong Kong
January 2011 Ceramics Showcase, Janet Tso’s Solo Ceramics Exhibition   Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Hong Kong

 

 

Publications

March 2025 “Ink Art of Feather – Dingding the Budgie” Christina Tung Wai Featured Artworks Collection” Art Album (Fifth art album of Christina Tung Wai published by Qunyan Publishing House; ISBN-13:978-7-5193-1051-6)
January 2025 “Christina Tung Wai Breath of the Universe: A Feather’s Tale 100 Featured Artistic Creations” Art Album (Fourth art album of Christina Tung Wai published by Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom; ISBN-13: 978-1-916846-46-3)
December 2024 “Breath of the Universe: A Feather's Tale──Christina Tung Wai Featured Artworks Collection” Art Album (Third art album of Christina Tung Wai published by People’s Fine Arts Publishing House; ISBN-13: 978-7-102-09487-8)
February 2024 Selected in “Chinese She Art” (First large-scale Beijing publication in both Chinese and English, presenting works from Chinese female artists that represent the height of contemporary ideas as well as those that are more experimental with great potential; ISBN-13: 978-988-70315-3-6)
August 2021 Selected in “Chinese Contemporary Art Document (2018-2020)” (An academic art book series published annually in Beijing since 2006. The 2018-2020 is a collection spanning 3 years in the making, presenting contemporary artworks from Chinese artists and creators; ISBN-13: 978-7-5356-9590-1)
March 2021 “Birds of a Feather” Art Album (Second art album of Christina Tung Wai published in Hong Kong; ISBN-13: 978-988-14980-1-3)
May 2018 “Inspirations · Christina Tung” Art Album (First art album of Christina Tung Wai published in Hong Kong; ISBN-13: 978-988-78773-6-3)
   
       
       
       

Artworks

A1_Christina Tung Wai 董慧, Eternal Encounters 遇見, 2024, Ink & Colour on Rice Paper 水墨設色紙本, 40 cm x 94 cm
Eternal Encounters
Ink & Colour on Rice Paper
40 cm x 94 cm
HK$14,000
35_董慧, 呼應 — 錢塘江潮汐系列, 2024, 混合媒材、雪梨紙, 28 cm x 46 cm
Resonance - Tides at Qiantang River Series
Mixed Media on Paper
28 cm x 46 cm
HK$5,600
33_董慧, 羽, 2024, 紙本設色, 35 cm x 44 cm
Feather
Ink & Colour on Paper
35 cm x 44 cm
HK$3,800
31_麻紙_2_董慧, 思念, 2024, 紙本設色, 77 cm x 40 cm
Longing
Ink & Colour on Paper
77 cm x 40 cm
HK$7,200
20_董慧, 蛻變 — 錢塘江潮汐系列, 2024, 混合媒材、雪梨紙, 60 cm x 58 cm
Metamorphosis - Tides at Qiantang River Series
Mixed Media on Paper
60 cm x 58 cm
HK$13,000
9_董慧, 上善若水, 2024, 混合媒材、雪梨紙, 117 cm x 71 cm
Virtues of Water
Mixed Media on Paper
117 cm x 71 cm
HK$28,000