Ngai Wing-Lam, Ant

1986 Hong Kong

Introduction

Ant Ngai Wing-lam graduated with a BA from Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts in 2008. Her main medium is painting, and her work often depicts people with the head of a fish. These stories and characters are inspired by her own dreams and surroundings. Having grown up in Hong Kong, her paintings often take place in the landscape of the city.

Ngai currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Her most recent exhibitions include the Tales of the Ocean (WWF-HK x Gallery by the Harbour, 2020); Asia Art Archive’s annual auction 2020; Every Tuesday (Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2018); The Voyage of the Beagle (WINWIN ART, Taiwan, 2017); 火腿 未，來式 (HAM gallery, Taiwan, 2017); Foo Tak Quartet Artists work showcase (Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong, 2014); solo exhibition Until You Are Here (Hong Kong, 2015); Reading the Time of Fish Man (Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong, 2012).

French May Arts Festival Associated Project 2021 Chinese Surrealism was Alisan Fine Art’s first time working with the artist. ART SG 2024 is her debut in Singapore.


Biography
1986  Born in Hong Kong

2005-08 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Arts, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2015 Guest speaker, Draft and Painting, Painting On and On Marathon Talk, Hong Kong

2020 Guest speaker, AVA CCL Talk Series, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015           

  • Until You Are Here, YY9 GALLERY, Hong Kong

2012           

  • Reading the Time of Fish Man, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024           

2023           

2022           

2021           

2020           

  • WWF Hong Kong: Tales of the Ocean, Gallery by the Harbour, Hong Kong

2018           

  • Every Tuesday, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2017           

  • The Voyage of the Beagle, WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • 火腿未，來式, HAM gallery, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2016           

  • Domesticated, WINWIN ART, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2015           

  • That Guy, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2014           

  • Foo Tak Quartet: Artists Work Showcase, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong

2013           

  • BOING! Pop Up Night Market, OSAGE Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

2012           

  • Asia Contemporary Art Show Hong Kong Young Artist, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition 2012, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
  • AVA x JCTIC, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2011           

  • Drawing Connection, Siena Art Institute Onlus, Italy

2009          

  • KLOMP!, Hong Kong Red Elation Gallery, Three Pacific Place, Hong Kong

2008          

  • Live Herring ’08: Media Art Exhibition, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
  • New Trend 2008, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
  • Current (Graduation Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • Arrest: an exhibition of frozen time and space, 1a space, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong
  • Works (Student Painting Exhibition), Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • Fresh!, AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • The Making of Hong Kong: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

2007          

  • Observation and Investigation (Installation Art), AVA Gallery, Academic of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • Bliss (Joint-University Multimedia Exhibition), AVA Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2003          

  • Art Collection, City Hall, Hong Kong

 

SELECTED AWARDS

2014 　Finalist, Cliftons Art Prize, Hong Kong

2013 　Finalist, Cliftons Art Prize, Hong Kong

2012 　Finalist, Hong Kong Young Artist Award, Asia Contemporary Art, Hong Kong

Finalist, 1st Hong Kong Oil Painting Competition, Hong Kong