Ling Pui-sze

1989, Guangzhou China

Introduction

Ling, Hong Kong woman artist focuses on experimental ink painting and collage, reconstructing biological images of cells and water into organic abstractions. Her work explores natural laws, biology, and the development of human society. Her choice of creative media extends beyond ink to include sculpture and installation.

Ling moved to Hong Kong in 1997. In 2012, she graduated in Fine Arts (BFA) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, receiving the Wucius Wong Creative Ink Painting Award at graduation. Her solo exhibitions include It all begins in the Sea (2014) and Metamorphosis (2012). Joint exhibitions include Under • Line, Sydney Edition, Australia (2020) & Rotterdam edition, the Netherlandsthe (2019); artist residency project Stundum, Iceland (2018), Hong Kong’s Art Next Expo (2017). Alisan Fine Arts included her works in three group exhibitions: A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-Kwan 40 Years On (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2015); and 3-Dimensional Ink (Alisan Fine Arts Aberdeen, 2017) and Women Ink | China Hong Kong (2019).





BIOGRAPHY
1989    Born in Guangzhou, China 
2012    Bachelor of Arts, Major in Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015    Artist-in-residence, Haohaus, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2018    Artist-in-residence, Listhus Artspace, Ólafsfjördur, Iceland 
2020    Speaker, Summer Talk Series: Development of Hong Kong Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2023-24    Artist-in-residence, University of Cambridge, UK

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2014

  • It all begins in the sea, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2012

  • Metamorphosis, New Asia College Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • CUHK 60th Anniversary Alumni Arts Exhibition: Where Great Minds Shine, Arts Pavilion, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
  • Confluence of Voices, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2021

  • Humor in Ink, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan
  • Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival 2021, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

2020

2019-2020

  • Under • Line, Wolfart Project Space, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 107 Projects, Sydney, Australia

2019

2018

  • Stundum, Listhus Art Space, Ólafsfjördur, Iceland 

2017

2016

  • Nurturing Creativity, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Art Symposium, Chinese International School, Hong Kong

2015

2014

  • CC & SE, China Art Projects, Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong ArtWalk 2014, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

2013

  • Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
  • Disturbances, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • A Soft Wind Stirs, SOUTHSITE, Hong Kong
  • The Factory of Organisms, New Asia College Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
  • Fotanian Open Studio, Fotan Wah Luen Industrial Centre, Hong Kong

2012

  • Documenta, New Asia College Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
  • Fotanian Open Studio, Fotan Wah Luen Industrial Centre, Hong Kong
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong Fine Arts Exhibition, New Asia College Cheng Ming Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2011

  • Androgyny, New Asia College Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Fotanian Open Studio, Fotan Wah Luen Industrial Centre, Hong Kong
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong Fine Arts Exhibition, New Asia College Cheng Ming Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2010

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong Fine Arts Exhibition, New Asia College Cheng Ming Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2009

  • On Your Mark, Joint Exhibition of Year One Students of Fine Arts Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

SELECTED AWARDS 
2012    Wucius Wong Creative Ink Painting Award, Hong Kong

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK
M+, Hong Kong