LIANG Jiaxian (LEUNG Ka-yin) (1976 - )

Born in Hong Kong, Leung obtained a bachelor degree and master degree in fine arts from the Department of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000 and 2007 respectively.

Leung has presented several solo exhibitions including “Idling Away a Second – Paintings by Joey Leung Ka Yin” (Galerie Martini, 2000), “Cloudy Fairy-tales” (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong, 2010), “Series of "Photo-Mirror" (Aquvii TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan, 2013) and “Unpoetic Poems – Joey Leung Ka-yin)” (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong, 2014). She has also participated in many joint exhibitions, including “The 8th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen” (Guan Shanyue Museum of Art, 2013), “[Purple]: women of mankind” (One East Asia, Singapore, 2015).

Leung is skilled in painting figures, still life and a variety of subjects. She is fond of blending the techniques of the gongbi fine-line painting style with bright and subtle colors as well as comic elements. Through meticulous brush work, refreshing colors and creative pictorial subjects, she expresses her distinctive interpretations of personal identity and social phenomena with the contemporary visual language of ink art. Her style epitomizes the new style of contemporary ink art practiced by young artists in Hong Kong.

Romantic Encounters Happen only in Movies
2014
Horizontal triptych, mixed media, ink and color on paper
Combined size 116 x 140 cm
(left 116 x 85 cm, top right 72 x 52cm, bottom right 29 x 52 cm)

Provenance
Grotto Fine Art Ltd.

Exhibited & Published
A Tale of Two Cities – Paintings and Calligraphy by Shanghai and Hong Kong Artists, K. Y. Fine Art & Shanghai Art Academy, 2-7 Oct 2015, P.72-73.

Published
The pamphlet Unpoetic Poems – Joey Leung Ka-yin. Published by Grotto Fine Art Ltd., Hong Kong, 2014