Lui Eddie
1947, Hong Kong
Introduction
Eddie Lui was born in 1947 in Hong Kong, where his parents had settled some years earlier. However, while still a toddler, Eddie’s parents took him to their former rural home in Haifeng County, Guangdong Province, where he stayed until 1956 before returning to his place of birth to receive an education. Growing up in a city where East meets West, Eddie was privileged to witness the sociological changes in Hong Kong.
In his late teens, having secured his livelihood with a nine-to-five job at a local bank, Eddie pursued his art studies by enrolling in a three-year part-time visual arts programme with the Extramural Studies Department (now SPACE, the School of Professional and Continued Education) at The University of Hong Kong. This uniquely structured institution, under the directorship of Jon A. Prescott (1925–1994), utilised established artists, art critics and historians whose tutorials helped nurture a new breed of visual artists who became leading practitioners in the Asia Pacific arts scene.
Encouraged by his experiences, Eddie chose to spend a further year taking a specialised Sunday programme in contemporary ink art at the same institution. That timely involvement in the developmental path of the contemporary ink movement, pioneered by Hong Kong’s leading ink painters, furnished him with a multifaceted approach towards the realisation of his unique direction in contemporary ink culture.
Eddie’s first one-person ink painting exhibition in 1973 was the catalyst to establishing his artistic career and taking a leading role in developing contemporary art in Hong Kong. That same year he helped set up the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society in partnership with other major players passionately preaching and spreading a unique ink culture.
So began Eddie’s double-life of banker by day and art promoter and practitioner in every spare moment. His managerial and operations exposure with international financial institutions enhanced his career path and enriched his working life; it had in many ways expanded his vision on the role of art in the nature of life. He currently lives in Hong Kong, practicing visual art, 3-D design and working as a visual art consultant.
His artworks are included in the permanent collection of the Douro Museum, Alijo, Portugal (2019); the Diaghilev Museum of Modern Art of the St. Petersburg State University (2019); the International Printmaking Centre of the National Taiwan Normal University (2019); the Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2018); the Xishuangbanna Museum of Ethnology, Jinghong City, Yunnan, China (2018); the Gao Xiaohua Museum of Fine Arts, the Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu City, Szechuan, China (2017); Kinmen County Ceramics Factory, Kinmen Islands, Taiwan (2010); Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Museum, Jiangxi Province, China (2004); the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2001); Ibrahim Hussein Museum and Cultural Foundation, Langkawi, Malaysia (2000); the Ceramic Art Museum, Foshan, China (2000); Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, Alberta, Canada (1993); And in Hong Kong, the M+, Hong Kong; The Hong Kong Museum of Art; The Hong Kong Heritage Museum; University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Arts Centre; The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; The MTR Corporation, Hong Kong; the Hong Kong Jockey Club; the Hongkong Land Limited and other cultural bodies and corporations and private collectors.
BIOGRAPHY
1947 Born in Hong Kong
1960s Administrative position with a Chinese bank, Hong Kong
1969-1972 Certificate Courses in Arts and Design, HK Extramural Studies Department (now HKU-SPACE), under British artictect Jon A. Prescott (1925–1994)
1973 Completed the 1-year studio practice in contemporary ink art by Lui Shou-Kwan, Wucius Wong, and Laurence Tam at the same institution
1974 Founding member, Hong Kong Visual Arts Society, Hong Kong
1978-1982 President, Hong Kong Visual Arts Society, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Arts Centre Committee, Hong Kong
1989-1991 President, Meeting Points Artist Association, Canada
1995 Quitted banking and became a full-time artist
1995-1998, 2002-2004 President, Hong Kong Modern Art Society, Hong Kong
1996-1999 Honorary Adviser, Museums Select Committee, Hong Kong
1996-2002 Secretary-General, Asian Watercolour Confederation
1996-Present Director, Hong Kong Committee, Federation of Asian Artists, Hong Kong
1997-2005 President, Hong Kong Union of Visual Artists, Hong Kong
1998 Visual Arts Committee Co-opted Member, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
1999 Committee Chairman, Hong Kong Visual Arts Festival, Hong Kong
2000 Participated ceramic sculpture workshop by Foshan International Ceramic Wood-firing Conference, Guangdong, China
2001 Festival Director, Hong Kong Visual Arts Festival
2002 Engaged in the creation of large-scale ceramic and multi-media outdoor sculpture
2004 Guest Curator, Lui Shou-kwan: The Pioneer in Modern Ink, Henderson ArtReach, Hong Kong
Guest Curator, Environment Art Expo: 1st Thematic Art Exposition, COEX Convention Hall, Seoul, Korea
2003-2012 Secretariat Administrator, Asian Watercolour Confederation, Hong Kong
2005 Planning Director, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2007 Executive Director, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2009 Executive committee member, Hong Kong Visual Arts Society, Hong Kong
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
2022
SELECTED AWARDS
2014 Saluting VAS40+ Hong Kong Arts Award, Hong Kong
2012 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Sculpture selected, Sham Tseng Roundabout, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
2006 Best-implemented Works Award—New Face of Heritage, Installation of public artworks at Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Hong Kong
2004 Selected entry, New Face of Heritage Public Art Competition, Art Promotion Office and Housing Department, Hong Kong
2002 Mobile Art Gallery Selected Entry Award, New World First Bus Services, Hong Kong
1999 Public Art Award, Public Art Scheme Competition, Hong Kong
1998 Visual Arts Achievement Award, University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong
1992 Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1991 Visual Arts Achievement Award, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1982 Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1981 Urban Council Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Associazione Nazionale Incisori Contemporane, Treviso, Italy
Douro Museum, Alijo, Portugal
Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Diaghilev Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, Alberta, Canada
Ibrahim Hussein Museum and Cultural Foundation, Langkawi, Malaysia
International Printmaking Centre, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Kinmen County Ceramics Factory, Kinmen Islands, Taiwan
Xishuangbanna Museum of Ethnology, Jinghong, Yunnan, China
Gao Xiaohua Museum of Fine Arts, the Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, China
Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Museum, Jiangxi Province, China
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Ceramic Art Museum, Foshan, China
M+, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
MTR Corporation, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong
Hongkong Land, Hong Kong
2022
- Recent Work by Eddie Lui, Piao Piao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Message In The Sky: Eddie Lui’s Art from 1997 to 2010, Moon Gallery, Hong Kong
- Many a Splendid Thing: Ink Paintings by Eddie Lui, Grotto, Hong Kong
- Under the Same Sky: Recent Work by Eddie Lui, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
- Flowering World: Paintings by Eddie Lui, Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
- Solo Exhibition, Guangzhou International Art Fair, China Export Commodities Fair Building, Guangzhou, China
- Rising From the Ashes: the Sky is the Limit-Recent paintings by Eddie Lui, Trigram Galleries, Hong Kong
- Recent Work by Eddie Lui, Andres Contemporary Art, Singapore
- The Fascinating Colours of Life: Paintings by Eddie Lui, Museum Annex, Hong Kong
- Recent Work by Eddie Lui, Touchstone Gallery, Hong Kong
- Artist’s Choice Inaugural Exhibition, Artist’s Choice Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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The Art of Eddie Lui: Eaton’s Celebrates Hong Kong, Eaton’s Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Paintings by Lui Fung-ngar, First Institute of Art and Design, Hong Kong
- Recent Work by Lui Fung-ngar, American Library, Hong Kong
- Recent Work by Lui Fung-ngar, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
2022
- Wild Imagination: Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao from 2000 to 2022, Macau Museum of Art, Macau
- Urban Hermits, Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
- The Origin of Dao: New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
- 1st Hong Kong & Futian Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition, Artron Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
- Asian Watercolour Expression, Jakarta; Yogyakarta; Solo; Bali, Indonisia
- Changon Art Ambience in Taiwan, Chan Liu Art Museum, Taiwan
- Taiwan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shandong Museum of Art, China
- A Century of Chinese Paintings Travelling Exhibition, Kinmen Ceramic Factory, Kinmen; Chan Liu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai and Beijing, China
- Traces & Glimpses, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Sculpture Biennial, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
- In Search of Art, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
- Korea International Art Fair, Coex, Seoul, South Korea
- 3rd Contemporary Ink Biennial Exhibition, Museum of History, Taipei; Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kaoshiung, Kaoshiung,Taiwan
- RE’ANIMATING, Mixed-media Installation Exhibition, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- The First Encounter – Taipei, Kunming & Hong Kong, 99 Art Space, Kunming, China
- Portraits of Landscapes Across the Strait by Artists from the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau,
- Chan Liu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Zhong Hua Er Ne Art Museum, Xiamen, China
- Water & Ink Interpretations: Taipei Invitation Exhibition of Hong Kong Ink Painting, Taipei, Taiwan
- Contemporary Culture by Hong Kong Artists and Designers, Delay No Mall, Hong Kong
- Harmo Now 3D & Installation Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library; Artist Commune; Central Plaza, Hong Kong
- Horse Art Show, Jockey Club Shatin Clubhouse and 18 Districts in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition: In Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of
- Hong Kong’s Return To the Motherland, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
- The Norman W.M. Ko Collection of Hong Kong Art, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Integration: Sculpture Charity Exhibition, Central Plaza, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
- Creative Spirit: Hong Kong Visual Arts, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
- Quest.Pu Erh.Coffee.Fusion—25 Years of Fond Memories, Friends of Chingying Institute of Visual Arts Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Sculpture: >1M, 1st Sculpture Exchange Exhibition of Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macau, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
- Asian Fine Art Exhibition, Jeju Culture and Art Centre,South Korea
- HKUVA Inaugural Exhibition, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Your Price: Interact Art Market, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
- Inkscape Rendezvous: Hong Kong Art Biennial Fringe Programme, 7A-The Inkland, Hong Kong
- 10th National Exhibition of Arts, Ministry of Culture of the PRC, China
- Jingdezhen International Ceramics Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi, China
- Thailand Invitation Watercolour Exhibition, Silom Galleria, Bangkok, Thailand
- United Buddy Bears Exhibition, Victoria Park, Hong Kong
- 3rd China National Oil Painting Exhibition, City Hall, Hong Kong
- Lives—Poetry and Painting Charity Exhibition, Pacific Place, Hong Kong
- Yuanyang: An Exhibition on Coffee and Tea Vessels, Museum of Tea Ware, Hong Kong
- 14th Hong Kong Art Biennial, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
- Foshan International Ceramics Forum of China, Foshan, China
- First Choice Exhibition, Kwang Hwa Cultural Centre Gallery, Hong Kong
- Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Ceramics, Foshan Ceramics Exposition & China Foshan International Ceramics Conference, Foshan, China
- International Group Show, Global Cultural Centre, War Memorial Museum, Seoul, Korea
- In Celebration of Art: Hong Kong Arts Centre 25th Anniversary, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- Asian Pacific Watercolor Exhibition, Chung Cheng Gallery, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Tainan, Taiwan
- Langkawi International Festival of Arts, Ibrahim Hussein Museum & Cultural Foundation, Malaysia
- The Golden Age 1989-1999, Celebrating four decades of contemporary art in Hong Kong and overseas,Trigram Art Gallery, Hong Kong
- International Group Show, Global Cultural Centre, Osaka, Japan
- Bahrain International Sculpture Exhibition, Bahrain Art Society, Singapore
- Small Scale Sculpture 1999-2000: Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, IT Gallery, Taiwan; Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Foshan City Museum, China
- Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
- Modern Art Exchange Exhibition: Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Fuji Art Museum, Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan
- International Island Art Exhibition, Cultural Center of Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea
- 9th National Exhibition of Arts, Ministry of Culture of the PRC, China
- Exhibition of Taiwan & Hong Kong Modern Art, Kwang Hwa Information & Culture Centre, Hong Kong
- Volume & Form Singapore: Environmental and Urban Sculpture Exhibition, Singapore
- Reunion and Vision—Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Art 1997-Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
- Asian Wind Now, Chiba Prefectural Centre of Culture, Japan
- Asian Pacific Watercolor Exhibition, National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
- Contemporary Hong Kong Painting Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
- Hong Kong Art in Kagoshima, Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Museum of Culture, Japan
- City Colour: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Annual Exhibition of the Asian Watercolour Confederation, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; , National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand; Tourism Court, Singapore; Jo Sun Il-bo Museum, Seoul; Art Center, Jeju Island, Korea; Chung Cheng Gallery, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
- Where The Streams Become A River, Contemporary Works From The Hong Kong Museum of Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
- World Environment Day: Artists’ Responses, Exhibition by Hong Kong Major Artists, City Hall, Hong Kong
- The May-Fourth Democracy and Science Art Show, Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture , Hong Kong
- Pilgrimages to The Pantheon of Shan - Modern Chinese Painting in Hong Kong, Touchstone Gallery, Hong Kong
- International Society of Plastic & Audio-Visual Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Modern Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Contemporary Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
- Asian International Art Exhibition, Federation of Asian Artists
- Reunion and Vision - Contemporary Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
- Shui Mo-The New Spirit of Chinese Tradition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- Art ’84, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Hong Kong Artists Invitational, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, USA
- Selection of Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Artists and The Meeting Place, Ehime Prefectural museum of Art, Japan
- Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial, City Hall, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Hong Kong Art, City Hall, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Visual Arts Society Annual Exhibition, Hong Kong
SELECTED AWARDS
2014 Saluting VAS40+ Hong Kong Arts Award, Hong Kong
2012 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Sculpture selected, Sham Tseng Roundabout, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
2006 Best-implemented Works Award—New Face of Heritage, Installation of public artworks at Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Hong Kong
2004 Selected entry, New Face of Heritage Public Art Competition, Art Promotion Office and Housing Department, Hong Kong
2002 Mobile Art Gallery Selected Entry Award, New World First Bus Services, Hong Kong
1999 Public Art Award, Public Art Scheme Competition, Hong Kong
1998 Visual Arts Achievement Award, University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong
1992 Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1991 Visual Arts Achievement Award, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1982 Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1981 Urban Council Fine Arts Award, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Associazione Nazionale Incisori Contemporane, Treviso, Italy
Douro Museum, Alijo, Portugal
Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Diaghilev Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, Alberta, Canada
Ibrahim Hussein Museum and Cultural Foundation, Langkawi, Malaysia
International Printmaking Centre, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Kinmen County Ceramics Factory, Kinmen Islands, Taiwan
Xishuangbanna Museum of Ethnology, Jinghong, Yunnan, China
Gao Xiaohua Museum of Fine Arts, the Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, China
Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Museum, Jiangxi Province, China
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Ceramic Art Museum, Foshan, China
M+, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
MTR Corporation, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong
Hongkong Land, Hong Kong
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