Chan Kwan Lok

Introduction to Chan Kwan Lok

 

Chan Kwan Lok (b. 1992, Hong Kong) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and held a solo exhibition at Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong, in 2016. His works have also been presented at major art fairs, including Art Basel Hong Kong, Fine Art Asia, and Ink Asia.

 

Chan’s practice draws on spontaneous associations sparked by everyday objects. Through rhythmically charged lines, he constructs compositions that are both delicate and rigorously structured. With fluid and confident brushwork, he uses ink lines to articulate shifts in volume and spatial depth, giving rise to intricate and imaginative worlds. Within the details, distinct worldviews are subtly embedded, creating visual play between reality and illusion. His refined technique has earned him several awards, including the Professor Chow Sze Shing Award for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy and the Kato Art Creation Award. His works are held in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art as well as in private collections.

1992 Born in Hong Kong

 

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Threading Oceans – Grotto SKWt

2018 Odysseys – Grotto Fine Art

​2016 Nirvana – Grotto Fine Art

​2015 New Art Wave Expo – Booth C16, Cotai Expo Venetian, Macau

 

Group exhibitions

2024 Hong Kong Paintings in Sai Yuen Lane – Sun Museum, Hong Kong

2024 Fine Art Asia 2024 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2024 Art from Hearts – Charity Auction,Cancer Fund, Poly Gallery Hong Kong

2024 JCCAC Art Basel Parallel Exhibition——A Preface to Magnificence – JCCAC L1 Gallery, Hong Kong

2024 Art Basel: Hong Kong 2024 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2023 The Connection with Nature Ink Art Installation – The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Titian and the Venetian Renaissance from the Uffizi, Hong Kong Museum of Art

2023 The Concrete Jungle: Chan Kwan Lok x Alex King – Art><Creativity – Zhaoqing Museum, Guangdong

2023 Ink Asia 2023 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2023 Art Basel: Hong Kong 2023 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2022 Transcending the Gongbi Tradition : Contemporary Hong Kong Fine-Brush Painters – The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong

2022 Changes of State – Cabinet of Stories, Hong Kong

​2021 Boring Shadow – Foreign in Daily Life – DaGuan Gallery, Taipei

​2020 Fine Art Asia 2020 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2020 Fine Art Asia 2020 – Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2020 Images of the Mind: Ink Art in the 21st Century – Art Basel: Hong Kong 2020, Online Viewing Room, Grotto Fine Art

​2019 DBS – An Art Legacy – Art Next, PMQ

2019 Ink Asia 2019 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2019 Fine Art Asia 2019 – Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2019 Art Basel: Hong Kong 2019 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2018 Art Basel: Hong Kong 2018 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2018 Spring Frolicking with Puppies – Celebrating the year of the dog with works by leading artists, DaGuan Gallery, Taipei

​2017 Ink Asia 2017 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2017 Ink Asia 2017 – Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2017 Fine Art Asia 2017 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2017 Contemporary Neoclassic – Hong Kong Ink Art, DaGuan Gallery, Taipei

2017 Urban Legend, Grotto Fine Art

2017 Art Basel: Hong Kong 2017 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

​2016 Ink Asia 2016 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2016 Fine Art Asia 2016 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2016 Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction – Affordable Art Fair 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2016 Art Basel: Hong Kong 2016 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2015 Ink Asia 2015 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2015 Fine Art Asia 2015 – Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2015 Art Taipei 2015 – Grotto Fine Art, Taipei World Trade Center, Exhibition Hall, Taipei

2015 Affordable Art Fair:Young Talent Hong Kong – Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

2015 Glimpse of Water – Group Exhibition of Hong Kong Contemporary Art – Grotto Fine Art

2015 Fresh Trend 2015 – Art Graduates Joint Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall

2015 Wi1 Wang4 Wang4 Wang4 Wang4 – Fine Arts BA Graduate Exhibition Extension chi K11 art space

2015 Wi1 Wang4 Wang4 – Graduation Exhibition of Undergraduates of Fine Art, Gallery 1, Art Museum, CUHK

2015 Work Hard, Play Hard – Undergraduate Exhibition, The Art of CUHK, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, CUHK

​2014 Thangka Workshop – Mainland Internship Program of Junior Thangka Painter E2,Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Cultural Centre

2014 Mainland, Taiwan H.K. Famous Painters Invitation Exhibition, Hangzhou, China

2014 Collective sickness – Joint Exhibition of Chan Kwan Lok and Lau King Nam, Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK

2014 A Matter Of Course? A Matter, Of Course – Chinese Ink Painting Joint Exhibition Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK

2014 ke nian – Undergraduate Exhibition, The Art of CUHK, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College, CUHK

2014 Ni – Undergraduate Exhibition,The Art of CUHK, Ch’ien Mu Library, New Asia College, CUHK

2013 BOING! Pop-Up Market – Osage Gallery

2013 Mo luo – Annual Exhibition, The Art of CUHK, Ch’ien Mu Library, New Asia College, CUHK

2013 Young Friends: Art Today And Tomorrow – Asia Society, Hong Kong

2013 FFFF – Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK

Publication

2020 Shape of Water, The Real Photo Book #7, Y -publisher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2020 KATALOG- JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO Issue 31.1, Denmark

2019 WERKDRUCK No.48 (limitted edition book), Edition Vivais, Berlin, German

2019 立場新聞 PhotogStory, Hong Kong 2019 Cyunichi Shinbun, Japan

2018 Mori no Hida, Daguan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 Zoom,#214 italian ed. – #116 international ed. , Italy

2014 Haiku Kai, February issue

2014, Japan 2014 Affaritaliani.it, Italy

2013 Creating New Value with Tosa Washi Contra La Vanguardia, Spain

2013 Diari Ara, Spain

2013 El Periódico Dominical, Spain

2013 Platinum & Alternative Photo Processes, P.P.R.P.,Kochi,JapanEldiario.e, Spain

2013 Para todos La 2 – La 2, Spain

2013 The Independent, UK

2013 Libération, France

2013 Black and White Magazie, Milan, Italy

2013 Photography Now

2013 Le Journal de la Photographie

2013 Zoom magazine #109, Special issue LANDSCAPE, winter

2013, Milan,Italy

2012 UYW, an online photography journal issue 23

2012 Fraction Magazine Japan Issue 3 January 2012

2011 The New Yorker, April 25.2011,USA

2011 The Wall Street Journal, April 9. 2011,USA

2011 KAZE NO TABIBITO Vol.43, Japan. Photograph and text published, Japan

2011 Haiku Kai, February issue

2011, Japan Photograph published,Japan

2010 KAZE NO TABIBITO Vol.41, Japan. Photograph and text published, Japan

2010 EXIT issue 38,Spain, Photograph published, Spain

2009 KATALOG- JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO Issue 21.3, Denmark

2009 Photo collection “Mori no Hida-Silent Respiration of Forests”, TOSEI-SHA Asahi Camera, July

2007 issue, Japan, Photograph published

2007 Yama to Keikoku , August

2007 issue, Japan Publishing Co., Ltd, Japan

2005 JAPAN NOW, 2005 issue, National Tourist Organization publication, Japan

 

 

Awards

2022 Liu Kuo-sung Ink Art Award 2022 – Silver Prize

​2015 Professor Johnson Chow Su Sing Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Award

2015 Grotto Fine Art Award

2015 Head’s List-Merit

2014 Ting Yen Yung Creative Award

Between Heaven and Earth
Ink on paper
90x122cm x2, 2018
NTD$280,000

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Snow Lake
Ink on paper
105×62 cm, 2018
NTD$88,000

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Shangri-la
Ink on paper
32×22.5 cm, 2018
NTD$68,000

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