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Rosanna Li Wei Han  - Artist, Hong Kong

Biography

Born 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

  • MA in Educational Management, Cheltenham & Gloucester College, UK
  • Post-graduate Diploma in Art Education, University of London, UK
  • B.Ed (Hons) University of Liverpool, UK (Education & Ceramics)
  • Higher Certificate in Studio Ceramics, Hong Kong Polytechnic
  • Specialist Certificate in the Teaching of Art, Grantham College of Education, HK
  • Teacher Certificate, Northcote College of Education

Education

  • 1997    MA in Education Management, Cheltenham and Gloucester College, UK
  • 1986    B.Fd (Hons) in Education, University of Liverpool, UK.
  • 1981    Diploma in Art Education, University of London, UK

Occupation

  • Assistant Professor, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Exhibitions 

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2000     Terraces Topography: Yu Lan Festival, Para/site Exhibition Space, Hong Kong.
  • 1999     The Unbearable Loneliness of Being: Ceramic Work of Li Wei Han, Pottery Workshop.
  • 2000     The . Fringe Club, Hong Kong
  • 1997     Hong Kong Artists Series: Li Wei Han - Muddle Muddles, Hong Kong Museum of AM Hong Kong.
  • 1997     Fat or Fiction, Artpreciation, Hong Kong.
  • 1993     Li Wei Han - Theatre of Clay, An~ation, Hong Kong.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2001 

Hong Kong: New Vision, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong.

  • 2000 
Contemporary Hong Kong Art Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

Hello, Kal-fong! Para/Site Exhibition Space, Hong Kong.

Under the Bed, Fringe Club, Hong Kong

Clay - Form - Content - Contemporary Ceramic Society ~ Joint Exhibition, Hong Kong Institute of Education and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.

The Soul of Clay: The 2nd Academic Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Young Ceramists, Guangdon Museum of Art Guangzhou.

China Contemporary Young Ceramic Artists Double-Year Exhibition 2000, the Academy of Fine Art, Hangzhou.

2000 Tsinghua University International Ceramics Art Exhibition, National Museum of Fine Art Beijing. 

Contemporary Chinese and Hong Kong Ceramics Exchange Exhibition, Hong Kong Visual Arts Center and Guangdon Museum of Art, GuanWhou.

  • 1999 
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.

Small Scale Sculpture 1999-2000: Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan IT Park Taipei and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.

  • 1998 
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.

Out of the Fire Ill, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Reunion and Vision: Contemporary Hong Kong Art 1997, Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Where Creativity Meets: A celebration in Art, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Hong Kong Art 1997, National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, and Guangdong Museum of AM Guangzhou

  • 1996 
The International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname Exhibition, Tokoname, Japan

New horizon in Art – Installation, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre,

Hong Kong Ceramics 1985 – 95 Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre

  • 1995 
Hong Kong Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong Art Trend, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Woman Artists in Celebration of the United Nations Women’s Conference in Hong Kong, Asian Fine Arts, Hong Kong

Art Asia 1995 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition centre


Membership

  • Founder member and Chairperson, Contemporary Cemme Society (HK)

Awards

  • 2000 Silver Award in Ceramics, Guangdong Museum of Art, Mainland China
  • 1999 Artist of the Year Award in Sculpture, Hong Kong Artists’ Guild

Public Collections

  • Hong Kong Museum of Art
  • Hong Kong Heritage Museum
  • Guangdong Museum of Art

Public Service

  • Honorary Adviser Hong Kong Museum of Art
  • Honorary Adviser Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Lost and  Found  - Rosanna Li Wei Han

I 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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