Inside the Minds Behind CHUI Pui Chee

Chui Pui Chee is a traditional Chinese artist. He is using Chinese ink to paint the world seen through the eyes of an artist living in the modern world with the traditional techniques. So, his work is traditional and trendy. In this exhibition, I introduce his traditional Chinese art and Calligraphy to you all.

CHUI Pui Chee

 

Background

Born in Hong Kong in 1980, Dr Chui apprenticed under Mr Jat See-yeu and Professor Wang Dong-ling. After graduated from Queen’s College, Hong Kong in 1999, Dr Chui took his first degree at the Department of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He furthered his postgraduate studies at the Department of  Chinese Calligraphy of China Academy of Art, where he obtained his Master of Arts and Doctoral Degree. 

Dr Chui served as a programme coordinator at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, CUHK and a part-time lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was an Honorary Advisor of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, CUHK. He also worked in the Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Department of China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Dr Chui is currently a part-time lecturer of CUHK and Hong Kong Baptist University, an executive member of The Jiazi Society of Calligraphy and Friends of Shizhai, as well as a research fellow of Modern Calligraphy Research Center of China Academy of Art. 

In 2012, Dr Chui received the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards – Young Artist Award, presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. He also received the Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2015 organized by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. He was a finalist of The Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2015, 2018 and 2020. Some of Dr Chui’s artworks were collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology of University of Oxford and private collectors. Dr Chui has held three solo exhibitions: In Calligraphy in me’, ‘My Tiresome at the Bottom of Valley’ and ‘Bed-time Stories’. 

徐沛之博士,1980年生於香港,師從翟仕堯老師及王冬齡教授。1999年於皇仁書院畢業,先後獲香港中文大學藝術系學士、中國美術學院書法系碩士及博士學位。 

徐博士曾任香港中文大學專業進修學藝術及設計課程統籌、香港科技大學兼任講師、香港中文大學專業進修學院課程榮譽顧問,以及任職於中國嘉德(香港)國際拍賣有限公司中國書畫部。現為香港中文大學及香港浸會大學兼任講師、甲子書學會執行委員(學術)、石齋之友執行委員,以及中國美術學院現代書法研究中心研究員。 

徐博士於2012年獲康樂及文化事務署頒發「香港當代藝術獎」的「青年藝術家獎」,及後於香港藝術發展局舉辦2015香港藝術發展獎」獲頒予「藝術新秀獎(視覺藝術)」,並於2015、20182020年三度入選「傑出亞洲藝術獎」。徐博士的作品獲香港藝術館、英國牛津大學阿什莫林藝術與考古博物館及私人收藏。他曾於舉辦三次個展:「我書故我在」、「吾在山之谷」以及「牀邊故事」。 

 

Featured Artworks

 

靈鳥 Phoenix 水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper  H32 x W71 cm  2020

靈鳥 Phoenix 2020

水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper 

H32 x W71 cm  

 

 

飛 Flying  水墨設色炭粉紙本Ink, charcoal and color on paper  H39.5 x W38 cm  2020

 Flying 2020

水墨設色炭粉紙本Ink, charcoal and color on paper 

H39.5 x W38 cm 

 

 

崩雲Plunking Clouds  水墨設色炭粉紙本 Ink, charcoal and color on paper  H 35 x W 61 cm  2020

崩雲Plunking Clouds 

水墨設色炭粉紙本 Ink, charcoal and color on paper 

H 35 x W 61 cm 

2020 

 

 

聽雨 Listen to the rain  水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper H 34 x W 67.5 cm  2019

聽雨 Listen to the rain 

水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper

H 34 x W 67.5 cm 

2019 

 

 

Yellow Dragon III 黃龍 之三  水墨金箋紙本Ink on gold paper   H25.4 x W22.4 cm  2013

Yellow Dragon III 黃龍 之三 

水墨金箋紙本Ink on gold paper  

H25.4 x W22.4 cm 

2013 

 

 

Yellow Dragon IV 黃龍 之四  水墨金箋紙本Ink on gold paper   H25.4 x W22.4 cm  2017

Yellow Dragon IV 黃龍 之四 

水墨金箋紙本Ink on gold paper  

H25.4 x W22.4 cm 

2017

 

 

Wind, Flower and Snow 風花雪  水墨設色炭粉紙本 Ink, charcoal and color on paper  H137 x W60 cm  2014

Wind, Flower and Snow 風花雪 

水墨設色炭粉紙本 Ink, charcoal and color on paper 

H137 x W60 cm 

2014 

 

 

露華濃 Impearled Dew  水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper  H 127 x W 32 cm  2020

露華濃 Impearled Dew 

水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper 

H 127 x W 32 cm 

2020 

 

 

花氣薰人 Flowers’ Fragrance  水墨設色炭粉紙本 Ink, charcoal and color on paper  H 125.5 x W 35 cm  2020

花氣薰人 Flowers Fragrance 

水墨設色炭粉紙本 Ink, charcoal and color on paper 

H 125.5 x W 35 cm 

2020 

 

 

Exhibition Highlights

 

Exhibition Highlights