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Rosanna Li Wei Han - Artist, Hong KongBiographyBorn in Hong Kong, Rosanna Li Wei Han studied at the Northcote College of Education, Grantham College of Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic, the University of Liverpool, the University of London, and the Cheltenham & Gloucester College, UK. She was the winner of the 1985 Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art Award (Ceramics), the Hong Kong Artists’ Guild 1999 Artist of the year Award (Sculptor), and the 2000 Silver Award ( Ceramics) of the Guangdong Museum of Art. She is an Honorary Advisor of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and a founder member and current chairperson of the Contemporary Ceramic Society (Hong Kong). Her works are in the collections of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and the Guangdong Museum of Art. At present, she works as an assistant professor in the School of Design, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since 1983 she has participated in more than 50 exhibitions, both locally and overseas. Qualifications
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ExhibitionsSolo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Contemporary Hong Kong Art Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
The 14th Asian International Art Exhibition of the Federation of Asian Artists, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka City, Japan and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.
Works by Hong Kong Art Teachers, the, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Institute of Education Open Day 1998 Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Institute of Education.1997 Miraculous Colour: Raku Ceramics Exhibition, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.
The International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname Exhibition, Tokoname, Japan
Hong Kong Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong Art Trend, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Membership
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Lost and Found - Rosanna Li Wei HanI live in the old part of Hong Kong where the funeral industry of Hong Kong flourishes. Apart from coffin showrooms, my apartment is surrounded by shops selling daily objects made of papier mache and bamboo structures - to be burnt in burial and memorial rituals. Some of these shops exist side by side with small stores selling daily commodities, serving the people working or living near by. The paper offerings are sometimes displayed in such a way that under dim light, and in some entranced moments of mine, I cannot tell which is the "real" coke I'm aiming at when I approach the shop, and which is the one I may need in future. All these are very fascinating. As Chinese Buddhists and Taoists we believe that we have after lives, and that we will all end up in the fourth dimension – paradise or hell. Either way we will continue to live as if we had never had lost our lives on earth. And to carry on, we need as many commodities as we once did in this world. So there is nothing to lose, even when we lose our lives in this lifetime. What is to be lost, will be found again in another time zone. Rosanna Li Wei Han |
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