Wai Pong Yu

1982

Hainan , China

Wai Pong Yu was born in Hainan Island, China in 1982 and moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of 2. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006. Wai has developed his own artistic style using ink from a ballpoint pen on paper, creating continuous lines that intertwine and multiply in a rhizomatic manner, reflecting his emotions and thoughts. His subject matter often explores concepts related to the cosmos, time, and nature, employing juxtapositions and metaphysical forms. He currently resides and works in Hong Kong.

Wai has actively participated in various group exhibitions showcasing ink art, such as The Spirit of Ink: 12 Hong Kong Artists, and New Ink, An Exhibition of Ink Art by Post 1970 Artists from Yiqingzhai Collection, both held in 2013 at Sotheby's Gallery in Hong Kong. His works have been featured in prestigious art fairs such as Art Basel Hong Kong (2014-2021), Ink Asia (2015-2019), Fine Art Asia (2014-2021), as well as Asia Week New York (2015) and SCOPE in New York (2012, 2013). Currently his series A Rhythm of Landscape is on view at M+ as part of the group exhibition, titled Shanshui: Echoes and Signals.

In 2021, Alisan Fine Arts presented Wai's works for the first time in the exhibition POP ROCK, which showcased his iconic ongoing series titled A Moment of Truth (2011–). For the artist, this series carries a significant message, serving as a reminder that "equality lingers in a society predominated by partiality and discrimination."

His works are currently in the collections of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, UK; M+, Hong Kong.

BIOGRAPHY

1982 Born in Hainan Island, China

1984 Moved to Hong Kong with his parents

2006 Graduated from Fine Arts Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2024 Selected for Cathay Pacific Airlines’ latest project "Gallery in the skies", Hong Kong

Present Lives and works in Hong Kong

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Rhythm of Landscape, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong

2013

Moment of Truth – The Synergy of Ink, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong

2009

Ceaseless Lines, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024-2025

Shanshui: Echoes and Signals, M+, Hong Kong

2024

Themes and Variations, Alisan Fine Arts-New York Gallery, New York, USA

2022

Brushstrokes and Beyond, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong
Kathmandu Triennale 2077, Kathmandu, Nepal
Wild Imagination: Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-HongKong -Macao from 2000 to 2022, Macao Museum of Art, Macao
Homeland in Transit, Zollikon, Switzerland
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2021

Homeland in Transit: Through the Clouds, Zollikon, Switzerland
Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Exhibition: Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Pop Rock: An Exhibition About Rocks, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2020

Garden of Six Seasons, Para Site, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Wild Imagination: Contemporary Ink Art in Guangdong-HongKong -Macao from 2000 to 2022, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

2019

Theatre of New Gods, Rossi Rossi, Hong Kong
Beijing Contemporary 2019, INKstudio, Beijing, China
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
We Support, presented by ACO Art Space, Hong Kong
HOMELAND in TRANSIT, Zollikon, Switzerland
Together We March Forward, New Asia 70th Anniversary Art Exhibition, HART Hall, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2018

Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2017

Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Global 2017, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2016

Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
First Open, Christie’s, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Exhibition: Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2015

Asia Week, New York, USA
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2014

Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2013

Taciturn: Painting On and On (5), Gallery HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong
Scope, New York, USA
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
The Spirit of Ink: 12 Hong Kong Artists, Sotheby’s Gallery, Hong Kong
New Ink: An Exhibition of Ink Art by Post 1970 Artists from Yiqingzhai Collection, Sotheby’s Gallery, Hong Kong

2012

Scope, New York, USA
Hong Kong International Antiques & Arts Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
ARTHK12, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2011

Asia Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA
Hong Kong International Antiques & Arts Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
ARTHK11, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2010

ARTHK10, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2009

Hong Kong International Antiques & Arts Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
ARTHK09, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

2008

Hong Kong International Antiques & Arts Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
ARTHK08, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Beyond the Surface: Chinese Abstract Art, Macao Museum of Art, Macao
Hong Kong Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Award Competition Entries Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Award Competition Shortlisted Exhibition: Hong Kong International Antiques & Arts Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Emergentism, Edge Gallery, Hong Kong

2006

Pas+ry: Graduation Show of the Department of Fine Arts, Art Museum of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mountain Project: Works by Chinese University of Hong Kong 2006 Art Graduates, Olympian City I and Central Plaza, Hong Kong
Traveling through Dunhuang & Yungang: A Study of Buddhist Art, Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2005

Tokyo Art Co. Ltd: Y. S. Hui Fine Arts Exchange Programme, Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lo Wai Hong’s Exhibition, The Foyer, Sir Run Run Hall, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
M+, Hong Kong