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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