Kwai Shun
MA

MA Kwai Shun was awarded B.A. in Fine Art in 1976 and M.Phil. in Chinese art history in 1991from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was also awarded D.F.A. from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia in 2002. He was Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Grantham College of Education / The Hong Kong Institute of Education from 1982 to 2008. He has organized solo exhibitions since 2001 such as Dialogue between water-based colour printmaking and ink painting, Water-based Print and Ink Painting: Artworks by Ma Kwai Shun. He was awarded Ink Painting Prize in the 9th Chinese National Art Exhibition 1999 in Beijing.

The theme of Ma Kwai Shun’s recent works is city life which serves as a personal visual diary recording some of the social issues and local phenomenon. He likes to observe through on-site drawing supported by photography and subsequently explored by integrating with mixed media, computer and digital media.

Selected exhibitions:

2019

Project C: Art Education Programme @ Fotan Exhibition– City Diary: 〈Tree disasters〉

2018

He Fei, Hong Kong Graphics Art Joint Exhibition Hong Kong Cultural Centre

2017

-Sketch-Vision II Trio Exhibition Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
-Alumni Art Exhibition in celebration of

60th Anniversary of Fine Art Department, CUHK, Artist Commune of Cattle Depot Artist Village

2013

AP3 Impression 2013—Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau Prints Exhibition Macau

– 20th National Prints Exhibition Heilongjiang Art Museum

2010

”Convergence Divergence-An International Prints Exchange Exhibition” Hong Kong Graphic Art Festival

2008

Invitation Exhibition of Water-based Wood Block Prints, Nanjing, China

2005

Bunsan International Print Art Festival 2005

Busan Metropolitan City Hall, Korea

 

  • Series II : City Diary  –〈Tree disasters〉
 

The works are generated from the super typhoon Mangosteen which hit the city in September 2018. The unprecedented scale of fallen trees has aroused public’s concern about the policy of tree planting and issues of environmental protection.

All works were finished on-site using crayon and rubbing on different types of thin paper, resulting various formats and compositions