About the artist, CeCiLia Ho  何穎妍 (www.hocecilia.com)

Cecilia Ho was the first Chinese artist whose works were chosen to be exhibited at the ‘Summer Exhibition’ of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. She there had the honor to hang alongside the work of the great masters like David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Norman Foster. Later in 2000 and 2003, at the Paris “Autumn Salon”, her works were exhibited together with Zao Wou Ki. In Paris 2003 she cooperated with French architect Robert Mazaud and led achitectual project “The Ring of Unity” for the 'World Trade Centre Memorial competition' in the USA. Since then, besides painting, her work has extended and evolved to performance, installation, video and multi-media expression.

Her recent work 'Transporting Qi' exhibited at Macao Museum of Art (2011) was short-listed for 54th Venice Biennial. It involves intense observation of people, places and recording of the social, cultural and economic conditions.

何穎妍在1996年成為首位入選英國皇家美術院夏季美展的中國藝術家，並 1996、1997、1998及1999 連續四年入選，與世界首屈一指的藝術家如霍克尼，羅依‧李奇登斯坦、賈斯培‧瓊斯及諾曼‧福斯特的作品共同展出。在2000及2003年，何氏於法國秋季沙龍亦與趙無極及其他歐洲藝術家共同展覽。於2003年，何氏與法國建築師羅拔‧馬素合作，創作大型建築作品「團結之環」參加美國世貿911紀念館比賽。何氏的作品更伸延到表演、裝置、錄像及新媒體藝術。

2011年在澳門博物館展出近作'運氣'是五十四屆威尼斯雙年展入選作品之一


Brief Biography

Artist, born in Macao, China
Live and base in Hong Kong and Macao since 1994.

Training
'Les Ateliers Beaux-Arts', Paris
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore 新加坡南洋藝術學院
Studio of W.K. Shum, Hong Kong

Medium
Painting, Installation, photography, Video, Multi-media

Group Exhibitions
2011 - Artworks for 54th Venice Biennale, Macao Museum of Art
2004 - 'World Trade Centre Memorial', USA, - Competition Show
2003, 2000 - Salon d' Automne, Paris
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1999 - 'BCMA' - Mall Galleries, London
1991 - 'Young Artists of Singapore' - Life Art Society, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions
2012 - 'Transporting Qi' - FotoFreo Photography Festival, Western Australia
2010 - 'Anachronism' - Pacific Place, Hong Kong
2008 - ‘The Journey’ – Pacific Place, Hong Kong
2005 - "See Something Out of the Ordinary", Pacific Place, Hong Kong
2005 - 'Ling', Chinese University, Hong Kong
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1999 - ‘ Irrepressible’, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 - 'Visions Ahead' - Krauthammer International, Taipei
1995 - 'Evolutions' - Lee Gallery, Hong Kong

Collections
Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, Paris (法國遠東學院)
Hyatt Foundation
Wolters Kluwer N.V., Netherland
Private and corporate collections, China, United states, United Kingdoms, France, India, Italy, Australia and Singapore

Others Art Involvements and Role
Guest lecturer for modern art and Art apreciation

Freelance writer on art theory & appreciation of art
-     Ming Po Monthly Magazine, Hong Kong 2003
-     Macau Daily, Macau

Fund Raising thru art work donations

Community art projects: (notable)
- 'Transporting Qi' Punzhihua Primary School Yuanyang, Yunnan
- Co-operated with ‘Foundation for Small Voices’ founded by American composer, Jim Popoulis.