Introduction to Kan Kiu Sin
Tobe Kan (b.1984, Hong Kong) obtained her Bachelor (Fine Art) degree co-presented by RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School in 2017. Immersed in the study of psychoanalysis, her works primarily explore her own experiences and the human psyche, delving into various causal relationships.
In recent years, blue has been the predominant color in her paintings, serving as a means to explore the concept of thresholds in her artwork. She focuses on various situations related to alienation or being forgotten, examining the relationship between “existence” and “distance,” with the intention of presenting the subtle feelings of drifting between dream and reality and blurring the boundaries between different times of the day. Additionally, she emphasizes the displacement of time, allowing audiences to feel as if they are “suspended in a space that is neither entirely day nor entirely night.”
EDUCATION
2017 RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School, Bachelor of Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Liminal Interval, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2022 of war, of love, of time, Peter Augustus Gallery, USA
2021 Panacea, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2019 This Bitter Earth, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2018 Peck-eyes Ravens, CL3 Architects Limited, Hong Kong Arts Centre
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Art Basel Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2023 In Wonderland, Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 Sweeping Vistas, JPS Gallery, Hong Kong
2022 Gravity, Soluna Fine Art, Hong Kong
2022 Intersect Aspen, Peter Augustus Gallery, USA
2022 The Sunshine Is Still There, SC Gallery, Hong Kong
2022 Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2021 +1, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong
2021 So I say, “It’s a landscape painting.”, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2021 The Unsung, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
2020 Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, 1a space, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
2020 In the course of Dancing, from Nightfall to Darkness, The Gallery of Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2019 TAKE 1 • Group Exhibition of Hong Kong Young Artists, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery
2019 By the Window, 1a space, Hong Kong
2018 An on-going balance of insecurity, GALLERY EXIT, Hong Kong
2018 Social Transformations, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2018 PROCESSING : on reading art, School Gallery (HKAS), Hong Kong Arts Centre
2017 Deep Silence, HKAS Alumni Network exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre
2017 Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition, chi K11 art space, Hong Kong
2017 NEXT+, Art Next Expo, PMQ Central, Hong Kong
2017 HKFOREWORD17, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
HONOURS AND AWARDS
2017 Fresh Trend Art Award, Fresh Trend Art Graduations Joint Exhibition
2016 Scholarship, Mr. Jerry Kwan Memorial Scholarship, Hong Kong Art School
2016 Scholarship, Talent Development, Education Bureau, Hong Kong
