Ngai Wing-lam, Ant
Introduction
Ant Ngai Wing-lam graduated with a BA from Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts in 2008. Her main medium is painting, and her work often depicts people with the head of a fish. These stories and characters are inspired by her own dreams and surroundings. Having grown up in Hong Kong, her paintings often take place in the landscape of the city.
Ngai currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Her most recent exhibitions include the Tales of the Ocean (WWF-HK x Gallery by the Harbour, 2020); Asia Art Archive’s annual auction 2020; Every Tuesday (Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2018); The Voyage of the Beagle (WINWIN ART, Taiwan, 2017); 火腿 未，來式 (HAM gallery, Taiwan, 2017); Foo Tak Quartet Artists work showcase (Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong, 2014); solo exhibition Until You Are Here (Hong Kong, 2015); Reading the Time of Fish Man (Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong, 2012).
French May Arts Festival Associated Project 2021 Chinese Surrealism is Alisan Fine Art’s first time working with the artist.
Biography
1986 Born in Hong Kong
2005-08 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Arts, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2015 Guest speaker, Draft and Painting, Painting On and On Marathon Talk, Hong Kong
2020 Guest speaker,AVA CCL Talk Series, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Until You Are Here, YY9 GALLERY, Hong Kong
2012
Reading the Time of Fish Man, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
WWF Hong Kong: Tales of the Ocean, Gallery by the Harbour, Hong Kong
2018
Every Tuesday, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L614, Hong Kong
2017
The Voyage of the Beagle: WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
火腿未，來式, HAM gallery, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016
Domesticated: WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015
That Guy, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2014
Foo Tak Quartet: Artists Work Showcase, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong
2013
BOING! Pop Up Night Market, OSAGE Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2012
Asia Contemporary Art Show Hong Kong Young Artist 2012 (Finalist), Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition 2012, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
AVA x JCTIC, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2011
Drawing Connection, Siena Art Institute Onlus, Italy
2009
KLOMP!, Hong Kong Red Elation Gallery, Three Pacific Place, Hong Kong
2008
Live Herring ’08: Media Art Exhibition, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
New Trend 2008, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
Current (Graduation Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Arrest: an exhibition of frozen time and space, 1a space, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
Works (Student Painting Exhibition), Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Fresh!, AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
The Making of Hong Kong: Contemporary Art Exhibition (The students’ exhibition part), Hong Kong Art
Museum, Hong Kong
2007
Observation and Investigation (Student Installation Art Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academic of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Bliss (Joint-University Multimedia Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2003
Art collection, City Hall, Hong Kong
SELECTED AWARDS
2014 Cliftons Art Prize Hong Kong 2014 (Finalist)
2013 Cliftons Art Prize Hong Kong 2013 (Finalist)
2012 Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong Young Artist 2012 (Finalist)
Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition 2012