YY9 Gallery is pleased to present “Touch”, a group exhibition featuring new works by Antonio Wong, Gloria Yip, Siu Kam Han and Yokky Wong. In the exhibition, the four artists attempt to express the sense of “touch” as an essential, innate feeling within human beings and hence present their inner thoughts towards “touch” by using clay as a media of creation.

Antonio Wong’s new work “Moonlight, Tree and Shadow in a cold mid-night” recalls his memory in the artist-in-residence program he participated in Japan in 2007. In this installation, Antonio created two seeds of maple tree with porcelain and black leather, which gave him a special feeling underneath the moon. Gloria Yip’s work “Cycle” playfully embeds the curiosity to seek reality and illusion. Through her work, Gloria tries to open the unseen wounds for reborn. Siu Kam Han’s installation work “Hold‧ 30mins” features the properties of gypsum powder and invites participants to have a mind and body connection to share Siu’s experience of “Awareness” in a meditation practice. The concept of Yokky Wong’s work is to break pieces of well-finished dishes and then re-composite them, thus giving numerous unforeseeable results. Yokky is very much fascinated by the process in which thousands of possibilities emerge in a fun and surprising way.

About the Artist

Antonio Wong Ngok-tung received his BA (Fine Arts) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) / the Hong Kong Art School in 2006 and his Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Wong was awarded the Prize of Excellence in the Competition of 2007 Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters. He was also awarded the Hong Kong Art Development Council’s “Grant for Emerging Artists” and attended as a resident artist at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan in 2007. His works are collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and private collectors.

Gloria Yip received her BA (Fine Arts) degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) / the Hong Kong Art School in 2011 and is currently studying a Master degree in Fine Arts at the RMIT University. Gloria’s pursuit of art training and exploration started as early as the 90’s when she studied in Japan Deco Clay Craft Academy and granted the Professional Clay Art Teaching Certificate in Japan. She has participated in a number of exhibitions in Hong Kong.

Siu Kam Han received her BA (Fine Arts) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) / the Hong Kong Art School in 2006 and her MA (Fine Arts) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Entered twice the competition of Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters in 2005 and 2007, Siu won the Prize of Excellence and the Third Prize respectively. She was presented with The Creative Award of Art Specialist Course 2009-2010 (Chinese Calligraphy) by the Hong Kong Visual Art Centre of Art Promotion Office. Her work is collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors.

Wong Mei Han had worked as a graphic designer for over a decade. She studied ceramics under Chan Chung-kong in 1987. She obtained a Higher Certificate in Studio Ceramics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1991. Having founded her pottery workshop in 1995, she started to devote all of her effort into the creation ceramic works and teaching ceramics. Recently, she received her MA (Fine Arts) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. She has held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows in Hong Kong and overseas. Her works are included in the collections of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea, the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan and private collectors.