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Joey Leung Ka Yin (born 1976) is a Hong Kong contemporary visual artist. She is known for ink painting with the elements of gongbi, doggerel and comic drawing. In her artworks, they reflects her personal feeling and imagination towards the modern society, which is also to reflect the value of the traditional image under the contemporary media world. In most of her painting, the combination of the subject matter (which is usually a girl), the scenery (which is usually related to the nature) and also a short poem create a poetic feeling to leave a space of imagination to the viewer. In some other traditional paintings, girl usually become objectify and only focus on the shape of their bodies. However, the girl in her painting is very feasible and mouldable which can be interact with the other object or environment in harmony.
Contents
- Early life and education
- Style
- 2015
- 2014
- Solo exhibitions
- Joint exhibitions
- Book
- Periodcal
- Collection
- References

Early life and education

Joey earned a Bachelor of Arts (2000) and a Master of Fine Arts (2007) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Style

Combining Chinese traditional painting skills (Gongbi) and popular culture to create an art piece. Unlike the traditional ink painting, the object, scenery and the people in her painting is more cartoon-like.
2015

《周公沒說》 Something that Mr. Chow didn't mentioned Ballpen, acrylic, gouache, Chinese ink, drawing pen on paper

《自尋煩惱的人與掛鈴貓 》 Worrywart And The Cat With Bell Ballpen, gouache, acrylic, on cotton water colour paper

《無常她 1 》Transient 1 Ball pen, gouache, acrylic, colour pencil on paper

《無常她 2 》Transient 2 Ball pen, gouache, acrylic, colour pencil on paper

《等等 》Wait a Moment Ball pen, gouache, colour pencil, drawing pen on paper
2014

《浪漫偶遇只在電影發生 》Romantic encounters happen only in movies Graphite, gouache, ball pen, colour pencil on cotton water colour paper and rice paper
《牛油魚瓜蛋花湯 》Oilfish Melon Soup with Egg Drop Graphite, ball pen, acrylic on cotton water colour paper
《被嫌棄的星期一 》The despised Monday Graphite, ball pen, acrylic on cotton water colour paper
《鷄汁無力救 》 Chicken Stock is Powerless to Help Graphite, drawing pen, ball pen, acrylic on cotton water colour paper
Solo exhibitions
2014 Unpoetic poems (Grotto Fine Art)
2013 Series of “Photo-Mirror”: Japan (Aquvii TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan)
2012 Garden of Hesitation (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong)
2010 Cloudy Fairy-tales (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong)
2008 Beyond Presumption (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong)
2007 Duration – MFA graduation show ( Cheng Ming Building, CUHK)
2000 Idling Away a Second - paintings by Joey Leung Ka Yin (Galerie Martini, Hong Kong)
Joint exhibitions
2015
Walking In The Dreams ( Hong Kong Heritage Museum)
Plentitude in Commonality--- Invitational Exhibition of MFA Graduates in Chinese Media of CUHK (Hui Gallery, New Asia College, CUHK)
〔PURPLE〕: women of mankind (One East Asia, Singapore)
2014
She Looks Blue by Cold Ears Factory---Eastman Cheng + Joey Leung (Art Projects Gallery, Hong Kong)
OrienTellers ( Palazzo Incontro, Rome) Exhibited digital print-out replicas
2013
The 8th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen (Guan Shanyue Museum of Art)
Now & Then: Contemporary Ink vs Antiquities (The Fringe Club, Hong Kong)
New Ink - An Exhibition Of Ink Art By Post 1970 Artists From The YiQingZhai Collection ( Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery)
Art Basel Hong Kong ( Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center )
Fete en Papier ( Harbour City, Hong Kong)
Fotanian Open Studios 2013 (Cold Ears Factory, Hong Kong)
2012
Connect Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition and Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction. (Fine Art Asia 2012, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center)
Painting On and On (I): The Repository of Coherent Babbles(SOUTHSITE, Hong Kong)
Desire - Sculptures and paintings by Eastman Cheng and Joey Leung Ka-yin(Goethe Institut, Hong Kong)
Picks of the Harvest 2012 (Thinkspace Gallery,Culver City, LA, USA)
Cracking Creamy Face ‧ Cotton Landscape - Fotanian Open Studios 2012 (Cold Ears Factory, Hong Kong)
2011
Homeroom (Subtext Gallery, San Diego, USA)
Vision - Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition and Hong Kong Cancer Fund Charity Auction (Fine Art Asia 2011, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center)
Octopus- Nine Contemporary Artists from Hong Kong (Hanina, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Legacy and Creations - "Ink Art vs Ink Art" (Hong Kong Museum of Art)
HK ARTcomics 2011 (Artist Commune, Hong Kong)
Fotanian Open Studios 2011(Cold Ears Factory, Hong Kong)
2010
The 7th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen (Guan Shanyue Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China)
You Are Here, I Am Not - From Ho Siu Kee to Kong Chun Hei (Osage Gallery, Hong Kong)
The Linear Dimension - Contemporary Hong Kong Art (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong)
2010 My Humble House - An Exhibition of A New Generation (My Humble House, Taipei)
Legacy & Creations – Ink Vs Ink Art Exhibition ( Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China)
Fotanian Open Studios 2010 (Cold Ears Factory, Hong Kong)
2009
Shore – International Literary and Visual Art Exhibition cum Charity Sale ( Central Plaza, OC Gallery, Hong Kong)
Ink Contemporary: ReXPERIMENT (Artist Commune, Hong Kong)
Urban Spirituality - Contemporary Hong Kong Art (Rossi & Rossi in association with Grotto Fine Art, London)
Liners’ Paradox (Grotto Fine Art, Hong Kong)
Hong Kong‧Water‧Ink‧Colour – Exhibition of Chinese Paintings 2009 (Hong Kong Central Library)
2008
The Pivotal Decade: Hong Kong Art 1997-2007 (Hong Kong Art Center)
Fotanian:Fotan Artists Open Studios 2008 (Tone's Quarter, Hong Kong)
2007
Ink Non Ink - joint exhibition (Artist Commue, Hong Kong)
Think After Ink - A new interpretation of brush and ink by Hong Kong Artists (Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong)
6 Degrees of Separation (Edge gallery, Hong Kong)
The Pivotal Decade: Hong Kong Art 1997-2007 (Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK )
Autobiobliophiles – joint exhibition (Studio Bibliothèque, Hong Kong)
Brushwork - Fotanian Open Studio 2007 ( Yi Liu Painting Factory, Hong Kong)
2006
away – joint exhibition (1a space, Hong Kong)
The Art of CUHK 06 ( Cheung Ming Building, CUHK)
2005
City Art Trail – joint exhibition ( Soho, Hong Kong )
2001
Hong Kong Art Month - joint exhibition (Art Scene china, Hong Kong)
2000
Salon d'hiver iii - joint exhibition (Galerie Martini, Hong Kong)
At the Posts - Graduate Exhibition of the Department of Fine Arts, CUHK (Art Museum, CUHK)
Enough . In Love – Law Man Lok, Leung Ka Yin Collaboration Exhibition (Hong Kong Art Centre)
1999
Last 7 days - joint exhibition of mixed media (Artist Commue, Hong Kong)
“…” Ko Siu Hong, Leung Ka Yin, Wong Chung Yan- joint exhibition ( Sir Run Run Building, CUHK)
Book
2012 HONG KONG ARTISTS - 20 Portraits, Edited by Cordelia and Christoph Noe, Published by Verlag für moderne Kunst, pg122-129
Periodcal
2013 Wang Ruosi, Covering Danger with Poetic Veil. Art and Design February 2013, Issue 158. pp 70–77
2011 Lai Tsz-yuen, The Logic of Sense: A Review on Joey Leung Ka-yin’s Drawings. Twenty-First Century. December 2011, Issue128. pp 88–91
2008 劉浩敏,「似是而非」的現代工筆。C for Culture. September 2008, Issue5. pp 40–41
Collection
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University (UK)