About the Artist, Ngan Siu-Mui
Now living in Montreal, Hong Kong born Ngan Siu-Mui is the disciple of the great masters Chao Shao-An and Leung Tse-Kong. Since her first 1981 solo exhibition in Hong Kong City Hall, she has been acclaimed as an artist conversant with Chinese calligraphy, painting, seal carving and poem. Throughout the years she has been invited to hold exhibitions and lectures in universities, museums, and cultural organizations in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, Canada and United States.
With western cultural influence, her work has evolved in a unique style. She uses mixed medium and techniques from the east and the west to infuse the energy and elegance of Chinese brush movements into new substrate. This contrasts dramatically with her former use of classical Chinese water-color.
The talent and knowledge of Ngan Siu-Mui have been put to contribution in many ways …
- ♦ 2005 — the Museum of Shaanxi and Xianyang Calligraphy Stele Committee in China collected Ngan’s calligraphy. They selected her work to be engraved in stones in a popular destination.
- ♦ 2005 — invited by the Ministry of National Affairs, China to participate for the 1st International Calligraphy Exhibition of the Ngoc-On Cup in the International Calligraphy Exhibition. Two pieces of calligrahy art were collected.
- ♦ 2001 — the Quebec Civilization Museum invited Ngan to contribute her calligraphy demonstration to a video script. The video promotes a high profile event “Xi'an Exhibition”.
- ♦ 1997 — Hollywood movie “The Red Violin” made prominent display of Ngan's calligraphy in its shooting.
- ♦ 1997 — Merging Colours, a film focusing on Chinese artists, features her as a prominent artist working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The film was shown in the Festival International des films d’Art de Montréal
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