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.
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、2018及2020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 2020
水墨炭粉紙本Ink and charcoal on paper
H32 x W71 cm
飛 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
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 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
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
Exhibition Highlights
