ARTISTS / Ray Chan See-Kwong
Ray Chan See-kwong regards himself as a ‘clay experimentalist’ who enjoys exploring the characteristics of clay from various perspectives. His eclectic works are imbued with historical, cultural and everyday elements; he is eager to challenge the status quo of ceramic art through unconventional materials and processes.
Education/ professional affliations
BA(FA), MFA, RMIT University, Australia (Co-presented with Hong Kong Art School)
BA, MA, Cambridge University, UK (Major in Mathematics)
Member of International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), NGO official partner of UNESCO
Member of Contemporary Ceramic Society (HK) (Chairman since 2019)
Part-time lecturer of Hong Kong Art School (since 2009) and Hong Kong Baptist University (since 2016)
Solo/ curated exhibitions
2020 Unceramic, Art School Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre (Curator)
2017 Dance Still, Giant Year Gallery, Hong Kong
2014 Panis Vivus, Methodist International Church, Hong Kong
2013 B(read), Pottery Workshop Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 Lyndhurst Terrace 1900, Aesop store at Lyndhurst Terrace, Hong Kong
Joint Exhibitions
2019 Intimacy in the Distance, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Touched by Romance, Touch Ceramics, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2018 Hi! Hill Art in-situ, Chuen Lung Village, Hong Kong
The Third Guangdong Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, China
2017 Deep Silence, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre
START 2017 Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Hi! Houses, Law Uk Folk Museum, Hong Kong
Encounter – Site specific exhibition by members of Contemporary Ceramic Society (H.K.), Hotel Stage, Hong Kong
2015 Flower Wares, Art Basel, Chai Wan Mei, Hong Kong
2014 Heritage - 2014 International Ceramics Exhibition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Northern Miaoli Art Centre, Taiwan
GRACE, Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
At the Still Point of the Turning World, Galerie Ora-ora, Hong Kong
2013 Contemporary Ceramic Society (HK) 20th Anniversary Exhibition, JCCAC, Hong Kong
Japan x Hong Kong x Macau Young Artists Exchange Exhibition, Tokoname, Japan and Macau
2012 The Second Guangdong Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, China
2011 Kohila Ceramics Symposium 2011 Exhibition, Estonia
2010 Works by Artists-in-Residence, The Gallery, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Missing Parts, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Hong Kong Macau Ceramics Exchange Exhibition, Macau
2009 IWCAT 2009, INAX Live Museum, Tokoname, Japan
Tokoname Ceramic Festival, Tokoname, Japan
Recent Commissions/Artist-in-Residence
2019 On your Seat on your Mind, art furniture project in Hong Kong Museum of Art, collaboration with One Bite Foundation Association
2017 Grey Area, art education programme for university students with dance performance and clay/dance workshop, collaboration with Passoverdance, Hong Kong, sponsorship from Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Inter-local Workshop in Icheon Ceramics Festival, Korea
2016 Movement with Fan, art installation with dance performance, collaboration with dancer Chen Kai, Hong Kong
The Keywords Expedition: Landscape, art education programme organized by We-search with sponsorship from The Robert H.N. Ho
Family Foundation, Hong Kong
2014 Arts In Fragment: Shape, art installation with dance performance, collaboration with Passoverdance, Hong Kong
2012 Collage Nature, Domain Mall Yau Tong, Hong Kong
2011 Kohila Ceramics Symposium 2011, Estonia
2010 The Stations of the Cross and Tabernacle, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Hong Kong
Artist-in-Residence, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
2009 25th International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname (IWCAT2009)
Collections
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong Arts Centre
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Hong Kong
Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre
Estonian Ceramists Association, Estonia