Joey Leung Ka-Yin

Place: Hong Kong

Born: 1976

Biography:

Joey Leung Ka-yin is a contemporary gongbi artist in Hong Kong. She was born in 1976 in Hong Kong. Leung's works combine tradition with modern subject matter, often commenting on urban city life and its related issues in a witty and imaginative way. Her art is subjective and personal, reflecting her strong desire to confront conventional habits and beliefs in order to present new perspectives and provoke alternative interpretations of modern life. In most of her paintings, the combination of the subject (often a girl), the scenery (usually related to nature), and the rhythmic doggerel evokes a poetic space for imagination in the viewers. The girl, a dominant motif in Leung's paintings, is imbued with agency to freely interact with the other objects and the environment, reversing the long-held notion of women taking a backseat and being objects to be looked at by men.