WANG Xiaokui (WONG Hau-kwei) (1946 - )

Born in Chongqing, Wong graduated from the China Textile University, Shanghai in 1969. He studied painting with Wang Zhou in the 1970s and moved to Hong Kong in 1978. He was a visiting artist at the Shenzhen Fine Art Institute and is currently a committee member of Chinese Painting Institute. He has received many awards including “Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition – Prize of Excellence” (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2001), “Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award” (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2009), “Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards – Achievement Award” (2012), and twice received a commendation certificate from the Secretary for Home Affairs of the HKSAR. He has also received merit prize of “The 9th and 10th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China” (1999, 2004). His works were exhibited in numerous joint and solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, China and overseas and are collected by China National Museum of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Chinese Painting Institute and private collectors. Wong excels in painting landscapes and cityscapes, and occasionally paints fruits and vegetables. He is skilled at modulating ink and color tones and in varying light as well as solid and void elements to create pictorial compositions with perspective and a sense of space.

He also changes the location of his seals to enhance visual impact. His works sometimes carry a touch of ironic humor and social awareness, conveying a strong feeling of modernity.

The Majestic Mount Hua
2014
A pair of vertical scrolls, ink on paper
Each 180 x 68 cm

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited
Solo Exhibition of Wong Hau-kwei, Jao Tsung-I Academy, Hong Kong. 26 November – 9 December, 2014

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.48-49.