@louisesolowaychan
Medium
Mix Media
LOCATION
From London,
based in Hong Kong
Introducing
louise
soloway chan
Born in London and educated in England and India, Louise Soloway Chan is a visual story-telling artist trying to capture the essence of the rapidly changing city. Louise’s works had been exhibited extensively in institutions such as Royal Academy of Art, Whitechapel Gallery and National Portrait Gallery in London.
Ever since she moved to Hong Kong, Louise was constantly drawn to picture the ordinary lives: men in suits rushing off to work, helpers getting children to school, and many silent voices and invisible hands that are the life force and backbone that keeps the city functioning. Observing & recording daily life has been a private passion of Louise which was brought into public view by the MTR. In 2011, the MTR Corp commissioned Louise Soloway-Chan to create a huge work consisting of 12 bas-reliefs about lives and traditional shop businesses in Hong Kong.
LOUISE’S PREVIOUS SHOWS:
FRAGRANT HARBOUR
@youngsoygallery August, 2021
YING BAAU GENG
@youngsoygallery January, 2021
‘Contactless ’inks
@Pottinger 22 Gallery Hong Kong, 2020
Royal Academy summer show
@royal academy London, 2019
Soho House HK Blue Room
@Sohohouse Hong Kong, 2019
Christies First Open
@Christies Hong Kong, 2018
MTR SAI YING PUN
@Sai Ying Pun Staion Hong Kong, 2015
Whitechapel Gallery
@Whitechapel Open, London
National Portrait Gallery London
@National Portrait Gallery, BP Portrait Awards
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