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生之道 · 陳君立現代水墨創作回顧展 聯展篇 2018 Apr 11 to 18


Eddy Chan Kwan Lap (Chinese: 陳君立; born 27 May 1947) is a modern Chinese ink painter. He finished a certificate course in Modern Chinese Ink Painting, awarded a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and the master's degree of Fine Arts. He has been honored with different awards. Moreover, his works are now in the collections of both local and overseas museums and art institutes, such as the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Shanghai Foreign Culture Exchange Association (China), Daegu Culture and Art Centre (South Korea), and the 1997 Mountain Lake Collection (United States).

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Biography

Chan Kwan Lap was born on 27 May 1947 in Xinhui, Guangdong, China. In 1981, he received a certificate by completing a Modern Chinese Ink Painting course at the Department of Extramural Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In the early 1980s, Eddy Chan went to Canada to study the Fine Arts at Concordia University and he received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in 1985. He was also awarded the master's degree of Fine Art by the RMIT University in 2006.

Artwork

The theme of his works are usually related to 'Life'. Since he had lived in Montreal when he was studied in Canada, the scenery there inspired him to work on snow scenes with life and this was an important development in his Chinese ink painting. Furthermore, there are around a hundred pieces are on the motif of tree trunks, roots and landscape. By creating his artworks, he wants to represent the idea of perseverance and vitality and this becomes his personal style.

Chan intentionally makes use of non-traditional way of ink painting. Chan mentioned that the bible, his art teacher and his wife is his inspiration.

Awards

  • "Creativity in the Modern Interpretation of Ink & Colour" by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  • Distinction in the "Beijing International Ink & Wash Painting Exhibition 88" by the Academy of Chinese Painting
  • Distinction in "The Grand Competition of Modern Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy" by the Foreign Culture Exchange Association of China
  • Special Invitation Honor Prize at the 4th Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition
  • Prize of creativity in the "5th Contemporary Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition" by the Central Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy Academy in Hunan, China.

    • Exhibition

    Exhibition activities of Eddy Chan Kwan Lap in 2014

    1. Matching with Fotanian Open Studio Project, the Art of Creative Painting Association held the Modern Ink Painting Exhibition of Teacher Eddy and his students on 11/1, 12/, 18/1 and 19/1/2014 in Eddy Chan's Studio at C10, 14/F.,Wah Lok Industrial centre,(Phase II) 31-41 Shan Mei Street, Fo Tan, N.T.
    2. 28/3/2014 to 25/4/2014, Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition of Liu Kuo-sung and his Students is going to be held at Art of Nature Contemporary Museum in Rm. 2102-5, Mega Trade Centre, 1 Mei Wan Street, Tsuen Wan, H.K. (participants including Liu Kuo-sung, Leung Tung Choi, Chan Kwan Lap, Chan Shing Kau, Yeung Kwok Fan and Kwok Hon Sum)
    3. Participating The Grand Exhibition of Chinese Ink Painting from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan <The Tension of White Lines> going to be held in May 2014 in Qingdao Museum of Art
    4. Joint Exhibition of Contemporary Ink Painting from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau to be held in May 2014 in Shanghai, China
    5. Solo Exhibition of Modern Chinese Ink Painting by Eddy Chan Kwan Lap is going to be held in August 15–21/ 2014 in the Exhibition Hall of City Hall, High Block, 7th Floor

    Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong Museum of Art
  • First Institute of Art and Design
  • Museum Section of the Regional Services Department of Hong Kong
  • Tai Kung Po (Chinese Newspaper)

    • Asia

  • The Museum of Hu Nan Central Academy of Arts (China)
  • Jiangsu Province Museum of Art (China)
  • Chengdu Modern Art Exhibition Hall (China)
  • Shanghai Foreign Culture Exchange Association (China)
  • Tianyi Pavilion Museum of Arts (China)
  • Taiwan Art Education Institute (Taiwan)
  • Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Taiwan)
  • Taiwan Museum of Art (Taiwan)
  • Malaysia Institute of Art
  • Teagu Culture & Art Centre (Korea)
  • The Association of Creative Japanese Contemporary Arts (Japan)

    • Overseas

  • USA 1997 MOUNTAIN LAKE COLLECTION
  • Phoenix Art Museum

    • Others

  • Private collectors

    • Selected in publications

    His works have been selected and included in various publications.

    1. The selected Works of Modern Chinese Landscape Paintings.
    2. The Dictionary of Famous Artists and Masterpieces of Chinese Art & Calligraphy (Vol.II)
    3. The Chinese Contemporary Masters of Arts" (Vol.II) and "The Dictionary of the Achievements of World Chinese Artists.
    4. Record of the World Famous People.
    5. The Dictionary of Chinese People‧The Book of Contemporary Grand Culture.
    6. The Modern Art History of China.
    7. The book of 200 selected top-artwork for the Chinese New Era Landscape Painting

    References

    Chan Kwan Lap Wikipedia
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