Chan Sui-ying, Zaffer

1991 Hong Kong

lives in Hong Kong

Zaffer Chan Sui-ying obtained Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2014 and Master of Fine Arts in 2017. Her major research interests are contemporary relationships between ink arts and traditional Chinese mounting. She nurtured paper conservation expertise in Taiwan and currently working in Hong Kong as a paper conservator and continuing ink art creation. Chan captures the abnormalities or transformation of seasons, marked with her delicate emotions and surrealistic arrangements of objects. Chan’s vivid imagination created the portrayal of sentimental and spiritual scenery which evoke the interrelation of man and nature.

Chan has received several awards, including the Wucius Wong Modern Ink Painting Award Hong Kong, Chinese Meticulous Painting Association Creative Award and the Madam Jan Yun-bor Memorial Awards for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy. She has participated in various joint and solo exhibitions, and her works are prized by private collectors.

BIOGRAPHY

1991 Born in Hong Kong

2010-2014 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2015-2017 Master of Fine Arts (MFA, research), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2018-2022 Master of Museology and Conservation of Cultural Relics (MA, taught), Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

Beyond Hiatus, Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Confetti, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2016

Remedy, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2015

Sincere Fragrance: Scenery of Four Seasons, Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong

2014

Junihitoe, Ch'ien Mu Library, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025

Visions of Renewal, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong

2024

Botanical Evocations, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong

2023

Huai, Galerie Koo, Hong Kong
Within an Inch, the Circle: Alumni Art Exhibition in Celebration of 60th Anniversary of Chinese University of Hong Kong, West Kowloon Cultural District Arts Pavilion, Hong Kong

2021

Boring Shadow: Foreign in the Daily Life, Da Guan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan

2018

The Strangeness of her Narratives, Rossi & Rossi Gallery, Hong Kong

2017

Ink Global, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Drips of Serenity, Gatoo Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Nurturing Creativity: Friends of Art Museum 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, Hong Kong

2015

Giuseppe Castiglione: New Media Art Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Chinese Lines: Amsterdam Art and Calligraphy Exhibition

2014

Lingering On, a.m. space, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Women In Ink, Charity Art Exhibition and Sale, Hong Kong
Enliven: Fresh Trend 10th Anniversary Art Graduates Joint Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
We Don't Drink Water: CUHK Graduate Exhibition, Hong Kong
Visions to the Future, Rotanda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
Girls Talk, Gatoo Contemporary Art, Hong Kong

2013

Knowledge Rambling in the North, Sir Yue-Kong Pao Hall, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Gongbi Painting Association Art Exhibition, Ni Gu Yi, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
Tide in, Art Fair at the Qian Mu Library, New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong
Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Ink Asia, Hong Kong
Asian Student and Young Artist Festival, Seoul Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong

SELECTED AWARDS

2020 Distinguished Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship

2019 Distinguished Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship & GICCRM Outstanding Student Award

2018 Distinguished Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship & GICCRM Outstanding Student Award

2017 Professor Mayching Kao Fine Arts Fund

2016 Friends of Art Museum Postgraduate Research Travel Grant

2014 Grotto Fine Art Award

The Dean's List of the Faculty of Arts

2013 Wucius Wong Modern Ink Painting Award

Professor Raymond Fund Chinese Painting Award

The Dean's List of the Faculty of Arts

2012 Madam Jan Yun-bor Memorial Awards for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

Hong Kong Chinese Meticulous Painting Association Creative Award