The Opening of ‘The Secret Gardens’- Paintings by Lai Sio Kit  will be held at 6:30 p.m. on 13th  April, 2012 at AFA. This exhibition was partly sponsored by Secretariat of Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR Government. The exhibition period is from 14th April to 27th May  and is free admission. AFA Macau is located on 52, Estrada da Areia Preta, 10th Floor Edificio da Fabrica de Baterias N.E. National, opening hour is from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day (closed on Sunday and public holidays). Media partners include Arton.net, 99ys.com, “Gallery”, Hoje Macau, Ponto Final, Sina Weibo and Sina Collection. For enquiries, please contact at (853) 2836 6064 during office hours or email to afamacao@gmail.com . More information please browse www.afamacau.com.

Lai Sio kit is a well-known young painter who attained the Bachelor and Master Degree of Oil Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing) in 2006 and 2009, he is a full-time painter at present. He has ever participated in more than 20 solo and group exhibitions in Korea, Beijing and Macau. Art For All Society have also introduced his works to international Art Fairs held in Singapore, Taipei and also the Chongqin Young Art Festival and were so popular to the art lovers. In addition, some of his works were collected by the Macao Museum of Art and private buyers.

Lai Sio Kit’s renowned works are his "Together" series,  it shows the unique landscape of  the stacked rooftops of Macau  old  town from a high angle. In this exhibition, Lai has once again captured the urban scenery of Macao from a high angle. But this time his focus has no longer lingered on a great host of rooftops or buildings but a single structure space -- roof terrace. As Lai said that a roof terrace was somehow a private but exposed area. Some people might use these spaces for storing miscellaneous old items while others plant; some roof terraces are more organized and some are in disarray. Even though different families arrange their roof terraces in different ways, these areas are always full of breath of life and human touches, this is the ‘Secret Garden’ created by Lai Sio Kit. In his paintings, Potted plants are no longer just plants; the miscellaneous items are not all just miscellaneous: they represent the painter’s trajectory of thought and state of private dialogue. As curator, Bianca Lei says, ‘ Amidst the rapid development of the city, these are exactly the moments and scenes we desperately need to cherish.’