FIF x Hong Kong Local Artists

Wilson Shieh

Born in Hong Kong in 1970, Wilson Shieh received a BA (1994) and a MFA (2001) from the Fine Arts Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

He has a studio at the Fotan Artists Cluster since 2008. He works in Chinese Gongbi (fine-brush) style ink painting and focuses in figurative motive with a contemporary approach.

A recent exhibition was “The Naked Form in Modern Chinese Art” (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK, 2019) 

KongKee

All-rounded comic and animation artist whose style ranged from comedy to tragedy. Hong Kong based comics and animation artist.

Publications including Hi-Jacking (collaborated with Chihoi), Pandaman, Ding Ding Penguin, and Travel to Hong Kong with Blur in collaboration with English rock band BLUR in 2015. After 2017, based on his original comic, Kongkee co-directed animation short film Dragon’s Delusion -Departure, with TSUI Ka-hei and LEE Kwok-wai and received HK 2017 Regional Gold Award and Gold Mention at DigiCon6 ASIA by TBS Japan.

Meanwhile, they had a great success from crowd-funding, with the support from more than a thousand backers, the “Dragon’s Delusion” project will become one of the most exciting animation movie kickstarting project.