COLOURS OF HOPE
Art Exhibition
Matt Mak
Matt is a Hong Kong artist who graduated from the UK, University of Central England, BIAD, Visual Communication in 2005 and The Chinese University of Hong Kong – CUSCS – Western Art 2019 and New Ink Art 2022.
Matt has created oil painting for 20 years. In 2019, he started focusing on creating his unique style of modern ink paintings. He studies from nature, where he believes it reflects the inner state of mindfulness and applies it to his own fantasy of Metaverse, using a diverse range of pigments and materials, including liquid chrome, fluorescent and mineral pigment. His artwork captures the beauty and cultures of East and West, thereby delivering a unique visual experience to the audience.
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Matt’s artwork was selected in Ink Global 2021, an exhibition organised by Young Artists Development Foundation supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council in celebration of the heritage of Chinese art and culture. Matt's masterpiece was one of 500 masterpieces by top ink artists from 15 countries around the world to be selected and shown. He has participated in several group exhibitions and art fairs in Hong Kong. Currently, Matt serves as the executive secretary of the Contemporary Innovative Ink Painting Association, and a member of The Art of Creative Painting Association.
Theme ideas:
Every time I see my daughter playing with toys alone, she will role-play with joy. Every small toy is her playmate. Although she talks to herself, she talks about it with relish. I would eavesdrop on her conversations, and it was as if I had walked into her fantasy world, recalling my childhood, where I entertained myself in the same way, and my creativity was born from this.
Because she likes to collect gashapon toys, most of the toys are also mini. The small characters include horses, pandas, flower plates, and princesses of different sizes. Together with the assembly of building blocks, they form multiple scenes and stages, just like what I painted. Virtual landscape, continuous composition. It reminds me of the paintings of strange mountains and rocks in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. The painters created stone forest landscapes, natural features, and explored deep mountains and valleys with unlimited imagination. Artists often approach everything with their original feelings and curiosity. It's like the daughter has strange thoughts in her mind, drawing people's original intention, and borrowing objects to draw her mental images.